By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Following the April 7 election, the Colfax Village Board will welcome one new trustee and will say goodbye to a veteran trustee. David Wolff was elected to the village board, while Beverly Schauer lost her bid for re-election.
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger By watching Aydin Bjork, a six-year-old kindergarten student at Colfax Elementary School, you might notice a slight limp when she moves through the hallways. But the limp, caused by a tumor in her ankle which stems from neurofibromatosis (NF), doesn’t seem to hold her back from many activities.
Read MoreMENOMONIE — Resting the majority of their varsity athletes, Colfax sent just a few members of their track and field team to the Dunn County Indoor Championships meet April 7 at the Menomonie High School Fieldhouse. Both the boys and girls teams finished sixth in a field of six teams as a result.
Read MoreCOLFAX — After finishing last in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference a year ago, Colfax golf coach Vince Ross expects his five returning players to improve and move the team up in the standings this year.
Read MoreColfax-Elk Mound school menus – 4-15-2015
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — One school district administrator in the area is calling the governor’s proposed education budget for 2015-2017 “a double whammy.” Not only would the School Districts of Colfax, Elk Mound, Boyceville and Glenwood City lose $150 per student in state aid, but they would also lose revenue from a freeze…
Read MoreAlthough the meet was held at Knowles Fieldhouse on the UW-River Falls campus, Menomonie High School hosted the competition with the Colfax girls’ track and field team placing sixth of 10 teams while the boys were eight of 10 teams on March 31. Teams from all three divisions including three teams from the Big Rivers…
Read MoreMAUSTON -— Sawyer DeMoe, Logan Mittelstadt and Jarrod Rudi combined to throw a seven hitter as the Colfax baseball team hung on for a 7-6 win over the Bloomer Blackhawks in a game played at the Woodside Sports Complex in Mauston April 2.
Read MoreBenjamin Kragness, son of Todd and Cassie Kragness of Colfax, was named a Good Citizen by the Eau Claire Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at a presentation held at the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire on Monday, April 6, 2015. This award is given to a high school senior who…
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Colfax baseball team returns a large part of their pitching staff as well as most of their leading hitters from a year ago, allowing coach Tim Wilson to be optimistic coming into the 2015 season. With eight seniors and seven juniors back, the majority with varsity experience, the team hopes to improve…
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