By LeAnn R. Ralph WHEELER — It’s every emergency responder’s worst nightmare: a school bus full of children hit by a train. Fortunately, the school bus tipped on its side by the railroad tracks in Wheeler on Saturday, May 3, was part of an emergency disaster drill coordinated by the Colfax Rescue Squad and the…
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Read MoreELK MOUND — Two vintage WWII 600 horsepower T-6 “Texan” trainer aircraft flew over the Town of Elk Mound cemetery April 26 in a tribute to Clinton M. Jenson. Jenson, a long time resident of rural Colfax, was buried that afternoon at the Barum Lutheran Church cemetery.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Parents in the Elk Mound school district will no longer have the option of sending their children to all-day kindergarten every other day. The Elk Mound Board of Education approved eliminating the every-other-day option for all-day kindergarten at the April 28 meeting.
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Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — U.S. Representative Ron Kind heard a variety of concerns from Dunn County residents at a listening session held April 22 at the Dunn County Judicial Center. Several dozen people attended the listening session to talk about issues such Medicare, veterans’ benefits, heroin addiction and the shrinking middle class.
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Read MoreCOLFAX — Three candidates were on the ballot April 1 for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education and on the Elk Mound Village Board.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has been selected as a winner in the 2014 Magna Award program sponsored by the National School Boards Association.
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