The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire awarded 678 degrees in December. Of the degrees awarded, 676 were received by students attending the Eau Claire campus and 2 were received by students attending UW-Eau Claire – Barron County. Local students who received degrees and their fields of study are: Colfax: Makayla Mattson, Arts and Sciences, Bachelor of…
Read MoreSand Creek Arts will be offering one $1500 scholarship ($750 each semester of the freshman year) for a 2022 graduating high school senior. The focus of Sand Creek Arts is to promote the arts, recreation, and theater in the Sand Creek, Wisconsin community. The goal of this scholarship is to help its recipients toward reaching…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved renewing the wrestling cooperative with Bloomer for another two years. Every two years, Colfax and Bloomer have to apply to the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) to continue the wrestling cooperative, said William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, at the Colfax Board…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — As is the case with other schools in the area, the state and the nation — substitute teachers and bus drivers are still in short supply for the Colfax school district. As of the day of the Colfax Board of Education’s December 20 meeting, 43 Colfax students were in…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — A letter posted on the social media platform TikTok referring to a threat to school safety on Friday, December 17, caused some Colfax parents to keep their children home from school. The rumor of threats to school safety posted on TikTok went nationwide and gained traction in a short…
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Recognizing the outstanding talent of Dunn County youth is one important ac-tivity of the Menomonie Optimist Club through its Youth of the Month Program. Madison Barstad of Colfax High School has been named a December Youth of the Month. Madison Barstad has shown leadership at Colfax High School. A member of the Student Council, she…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been authorized for emergency use in children ages 5 to 11, but the Colfax school district will not be offering vaccine clinics. In the past, blood drives have been held in the lobby of the Martin Anderson…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Did you know you can order Viking apparel, personalized mugs, signs and cribbage boards and “Viking buck” coat racks from a student-run business at Colfax High School called The Viking Ship? Jamie Buchholtz, CHS technology education teacher, and three of his students — Taylor Risler, Will Wanish and…
Read MoreCOLFAX — The theme for the School District of Colfax’s Veterans Day program on Thursday will be “Honoring All Who Served.” The Veterans Day program begins at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 11, in the Colfax High School gymnasium. Veterans and members of the general public are invited to attend, and the program will be live-streamed…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved a property tax levy of $3,345,616 for 2021-2022, representing an increase of $210,062 over last year’s tax levy. The mill rate on the tax levy will be $7.98 per $1,000 of property value, which is the same mill rate as last year,…
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