57 players on the 2013 Elk Mound football team greeted first year head coach Dave Lew on the field for the first day of practice last week. Eight of those players are seniors and letter winners from last year’s team that went 8-2 overall and 5-1 in conference play, earning them a conference title. After…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Three girls who have spent plenty of time around a golf course, will be part of Colfax sports history when they start competition on the first girl’s golf team for Colfax High School this week. Senior Whitney DeMoe brings her experience from playing on the boys’ team the past three spring seasons to…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Coming off a 2-7 season in which they won their first and last game but lost all the rest in between, the Colfax football team along with head coach Mark Maloney thinks their team unity and extra time in the weight room in the off season will allow them to improve on that…
Read MoreMADISON – On August 6, The Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL) approved nearly $6.6 million in State Trust Fund Loans to support eighteen projects in twelve municipalities and three school districts in Wisconsin. Loans approved include Colfax School District – Chippewa and Dunn Counties, $900,000 for financing energy efficiency projects.
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger COLFAX — With just two people who were not administrators, board members or a local reporter attending the annual meeting, Colfax District Administrator Bill Yingst reported in his third year leading the district on the proposed budget along with the usual business of the meeting July 22 in the high school cafeteria.
Read MoreMENOMONIE — In what was probably their final action of the season, the Colfax high school age softball team whomped on the Menomonie team to the tune of 22-6 and 19-0 in what was supposed to be two five inning games played July 23 at Wakanda Park.
Read MoreIn a game that looked like it would be a blow out for the opposing team, the Colfax girls’ high school summer softball team fought back from a 7-0 deficit after five innings of play to take a lead in the sixth, only to see it slip away as they absorbed a 14-13 loss to…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger It was a busy evening for the Colfax school board with the annual audit report and budget review preceding the regular meeting July 15. With several staff resignations or retirements taking place in the past two months, the board approved new hirings for some of the positions and are waiting before filling…
Read MoreBy Marlys Kruger It seems like this column seems to get written a lot less often than in the first four years I worked for The Messenger. As I begin my fifth year, I am still wrapping up spring sports as several of our local baseball and softball players are still earning awards while college…
Read MoreKeeping seniors out for a spring sport has always been a challenge in any high school, but Colfax had quite a few athletes finish off their high school careers on the track and in the field this year. Several of them competed for four years and culminated their hard work with a trip or multiple…
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