by Marlys Kruger “Does anyone know how many dairy cows we have in the state of Wisconsin?” was just one of the questions Alice In Dairyland, better known as Zoey Brooks asked fourth grade students in Mrs. Kiekhafer’s and Mrs. Larson’s class when she visited Colfax Elementary School April 29. (The answer is 1.25 million…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Election of new officers, retirement approvals and increasing hot lunch prices and fees for summer swimming lessons were just a few things the Colfax School Board dealt with in their monthly meeting April 27.
Read MoreSTEVENS POINT – The membership of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association defeated amendments intended to address competitive equity concerns, and passed resolutions for coaches’ certification requirements and adding basketball, hockey and volleyball to the list of sports with unlimited non-school contact in the summer at the 2015 Annual Meeting today in Stevens Point.
Read MoreSTEVENS POINT – The Board of Control voted to grant final approval of an Executive Staff recommendation to suspend membership dues and fees for two years and gave final acceptance to a conference realignment plan in the Northwest area of the state at its April meeting today.
Read MoreSTEVENS POINT — The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association, in cooperation with Rural Mutual Insurance, has chosen the recipients of the team Sportsmanship Awards for the 2015 winter State Tournaments. The winners of the prestigeous sportsmanship honor are Spring Valley/Elmwood in wrestling, Mount Horeb in gymnastics, Superior in boys ice hockey, the D.C. Everest Co-op in…
Read MoreAfter some cool and nasty weather earlier in the week, the Colfax track team hosted a meet that was held under pretty decent conditions April 23. With four individuals and one relay team taking firsts, the girls won the meet against five other teams, while the boys had three individuals and two relay teams place…
Read MoreAfter splitting a pair of five inning games at Plum City April 20, dropping the first one 12-11 then winning the second one 10-9, the Colfax softball team walloped Mondovi 18-11 a day later, then lost to conference leading Elk Mound 6-0 April 23. (Colfax-Elk Mound story is elsewhere in The Messenger).
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — When Rod Larson received a telephone call from a community member saying she thought his son had been in a motorcycle accident, Larson said his first thought was, “How can that be? Michael doesn’t own a motorcycle.” Larson, whose son Michael was killed August 12, 2014, in a motorcycle…
Read MoreOn a cold and windy day, the Colfax golf team competed in Glenwood City for a conference match April 20, finishing fifth, then went to Mondovi on a sunny and much more warmer day for a makeup match April 23 and also claimed a fifth place.
Read MoreAfter playing ball in near perfect weather two weeks ago, the Colfax baseball team had to play a game at Spring Valley April 20 with temperatures in the 40 degree range and ended up winning a close one over the Cardinals 5-4. With weather conditions a whole lot better three days later including sunny skies…
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