By Cara L. Dempski WISCONSIN RAPIDS — Colfax cross country runner Erica Kallstrom is only a sophomore, but she has already participated in two state meets. This year, she had the pleasure of earning a ninth place, a medal, and a spot on the individual podium following the conclusion of the WIAA Division 3 Girls’…
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Read Moresubmitted by Janell Newcomb, Dunn County Land and Water Conservation Division PEPIN — Pepin County hosted the 2016 Tri County Land Evaluation Contest on Thursday, October 6th at R. Green Acres Farm in Pepin, WI. This contest is an annual event hosted by Dunn and Pepin Counties and is open to schools in the surrounding…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — In actual dollars, the Colfax school district will be receiving nearly $140,000 less in state aid for 2016 -2017 than the district received ten years ago. Bill Yingst, district administrator, handed out an analysis of the state aid received by the Colfax school district at a public informational meeting…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski DURAND — The Colfax girls’ cross country team had one member qualify for the state cross country championship slated for this coming Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids. The Viking boys’ finished ninth out of 17 teams at the WIAA Division 3 sectional hosted by Durand at the Rolling Greens Golf Course October…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski GRANTSBURG — Throughout this season, the Colfax Vikings volleyball team has demonstrated time and again, the ability to overcome point and set deficits to win matches, but there would be no rally last Thursday night in Grantsburg. The Pirates, ranked seventh in the final Division 3 state volleyball polls and seeded…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski MADISON — Colfax freshman Abby DeMoe participated in the Division 2 state Girls Golf tournament at University Ridge in Madison October 10 and 11 and finished tied for 18th with Arcadia’s Rylee Haines after carding a 188 in the 36-hole tournament. DeMoe’s final score for the two-day tournament put her 44…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski MONDOVI — The Colfax Vikings managed to get their girls healthy enough and their boys far enough forward for both teams to finish second in the Dunn-St. Croix’ cross country conference meet held October 13 at the Valley Golf Course in Mondovi. The girls finished with 63 points in Thursday’s race…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski Heading into the final week of conference and regular season play, the Colfax volleyball team had its sights set on winning a fourth consecutive Dunn-St. Croix. To accomplish that feat, the Vikings would need victories over Glenwood City and Mondovi in their final two matches of the 2016 regular season. The…
Read MoreBy Cara L. Dempski DURAND — The Colfax Vikings may only have won a single football game this season, but they scored more points in the October 14 regular season finally against newly crowned conference champion Durand than they have against any other opponent this season. The only problem was that the Panthers also scored…
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