By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Wendy Lausted has been a crossing guard for the Colfax school district for 19 years. No matter what the weather — sub-zero cold, windchills, snow, rain, sleet, fog or the heat of a warm fall day — Lausted is at her post, helping students to safely cross state Highway…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education reviewed 17 resolutions, ranging from text amendments to existing resolutions to resources for summer school to gender identity, prior to the Wisconsin Association of School Boards’ annual state convention January 17 – 20. One of the text amendments the Colfax school board reviewed at…
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Read MoreMILWAUKEE — The Forest County Potawatomi Foundation announced today that it has created a scholarship program for Wisconsin residents enrolled in a high school vocational / technical program, one of Wisconsin’s technical colleges, or an accredited Wisconsin University / College. A total of $475,000 in scholarships will be awarded annually.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski The first few games of the 2016–17 girls’ basketball season left Colfax head coach Joe Doucette wondering if his team would be able to pull off a winning record. With two wins last week, the Viking girls are now firmly over .500.
Read MoreRIVER FALLS — The Colfax Varsity Dance Team competed Saturday January 14th in River Falls, WI in the Western Wisconsin Dance Conference Competition. All the teams in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference came with strong routines.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski The Colfax boys’ basketball head coach Garrett Maas and his team knew the Glenwood City squad was a better team than its 1-9 record indicated. Last Friday, the Hilltoppers proved just that with a 71-64 victory over the Vikings. It was Colfax’s fourth conference loss of the year and dropped the…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski The Bloomer/Colfax cooperative wrestling team has seen plenty of action lately on Saturdays. On January 7, the team traveled to Osseo-Fairchild High School for the Osseo Duals. The Blackhawks won four of five duals. Colfax wrestlers Tommy Anderson, Mitchel Harmon and Cole Olson participated in matches at Osseo.
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski ELK MOUND — It always seems to be a more exciting game when two rival schools play each other. Just ask anyone from Colfax and Elk Mound. The latest installment of the decades-long rivalry between the Mounders and Vikings played out on the basketball court at Elk Mound High School January…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski OSSEO — The Bloomer/Colfax wrestling team which included three Colfax grapplers took to the road January 7 to compete in the Osseo Duals. Last Saturday’s dual tournament held at Osseo-Fairchild High School featured teams from Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek, Arcadia and Independence/Gilmanton as well as Bloomer/Colfax. The Blackhawks dual against the Independence/Gilmanton team…
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