By Cara L. Dempski EAU CLAIRE — Colfax girls’ basketball coach Joe Doucette found himself in unusual circumstances heading into this year’s holiday break. In the past two seasons, the Vikings found themselves staring down the holiday tournaments with 4-2 (2015 – 2016) and 6-1 (2014 – 2015) records. After the team’s 41 – 36…
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound School Lunch Menus – 12-28-2016
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Students representing various student organizations in the Colfax school district have presented a check for $2,100 to the daughters of Linda Salazar, owner of Mom’s Restaurant and Pub in Colfax. The student representatives visited Mom’s December 20 to bring get-well cards that some of the younger students had made…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Those who knew Alva Misselt Speros say they are not surprised she would leave money to the Colfax school district. “It was a fun and shocking piece of mail,” said Bill Yingst, Colfax school superintendent, who reported on receiving a check for $21,189.58 from the estate of Alva Speros…
Read MoreThe winter storm that blanketed the area with several inches last Friday and Saturday, December 16 and 17, and left subzero temperatures in its wake, caused the postponement or cancellation of several high school and middle school extra-curriculars and sporting contests. Most of the basketball games and wrestling matches that had been slated for Dunn-St.…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski LADYSMITH — The Bloomer/Colfax wrestling team followed up its seventh place finish at Eau Claire North’s invitational by hitting the mats against Ladysmith for a Heart O’ North dual. The Blackhawks left the home of the Lumberjacks on December 15 on the low end of a 56-24 team score. Four Colfax…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski SPRING VALLEY — The only other game the Colfax Vikings girls basketball team has won this season was its November 22 non-conference battle against St. Croix Central that ended with the Vikings on the top end of a 56-52 score. Coach Joe Doucette’s team then waited three weeks to tack another…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski Colfax’ boys’ basketball team followed up its December 9 home win against the Boyceville Bulldogs by going toe-to-toe with 2016 WIAA Division 5 state champions, Chippewa Falls McDonell. The Macks, looking as formidable as ever, made short work of the Vikings, nabbing an 89-52 win over a Colfax squad who held…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Students in the Colfax school district have been making cards and doing fund raisers for Linda Salazar, the owner of Mom’s Restaurant and Pub. Salazar, age 67, suffered critical injuries when she was struck by a passing vehicle at around 5:30 a.m. Friday, December 9, while crossing Main Street…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski After finishing the 2015–16 with a 21-2 overall record and 12-2 record in the Dunn-St. Croix, the Hilltopper girls have not gotten off to a good start this season. After Glenwood City lost its conference opener to Plum City/Elmwood the previous week, the team traveled to Cameron to meet the Comets…
Read More