By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Students at Mound View Elementary have raised more than $21,000 for the Kids Heart Challenge. Eric Hanson, principal at Mound View, reported on the Kids Heart Challenge at the Elk Mound Board of Education’s February 19 meeting. The Colfax Messenger contacted Jon Chisholm, physical education teacher at Mound…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It takes a lot of work to be able to compete in the state Science Olympiad meet. Both the Colfax High School and the Elk Mound High School Science Olympiad teams qualified to compete at the state meet March 31 and April 1 held at UW-Milwaukee. According to the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district “exceeds expectations” on the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s report card for the 2021-2022 school year. The Elk Mound Board of Education learned about the latest results pertaining to the state report card at the November 28 meeting. Mound View Elementary significantly…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Five Elk Mound students were awarded scholarships by the Elk Mound High School Alumni Scholarship Fund in June. To be considered for a scholarship, each student was required to write an essay and also to participate in a virtual interview with the school counselor and board members from the Elk Mound High…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education approved 80 applications for open enrolling into the school district next fall at the May 23 meeting. Along with applications for 80 students to open enroll into the district, there were 11 applications for open enrolling out of the district, said Eric…
Read MoreELK MOUND — Isabella Hollister is the Elk Mound High School Class of 2022 salutatorian. She is the daughter of Rick and Jodi Hollister of Eau Claire. What does it mean to have earned the title of salutatorian? Being the salutatorian of my graduating class is a great feeling. Throughout high school, I did not…
Read MoreELK MOUND — McKenna Diermeier is the valedictorian of the Elk Mound High School Class of 2022. She is the daughter of Darla and Doug Diermeier of Elk Mound. What does it mean to have earned the title of valedictorian? From the time I was a fifth grade student, when we started receiving letter grades…
Read MoreSCHOLARSHIP AWARDED — Anna Roder (left) of Elk Mound High School was selected to receive a $500.00 scholarship from the Colfax Sportsmen’s Club. She attended the club’s monthly meeting on May 4 and explained that she will be majoring in biology at UW-Eau Claire in the fall, with the intent of becoming a teacher. Doug…
Read More2022 ELK MOUND Prom was held Saturday, April 23 at the Emerald Ridge Event Center. Picutred from left to right are junior class king and queen Tate Anderson and Karsyn Heath and senior class queen and king, Kyah Fischer and Carter Sundeen. —photo submitted
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