By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Unbelievable as it may seem, LeRoy Butler, a member of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame and recently nominated to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, started out life in a wheelchair. Butler spoke to elementary, middle school and high school students in the Colfax High School gymnasium…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district will soon be expanding its boundary by a dozen properties. Eric Wright, district administrator, reported at the Elk Mound Board of Education’s September 17 meeting that the Eau Claire County Planning and Development office had contacted him with a question about a property…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has hired a new Elk Mound High School principal. The school board held a special meeting at 6:30 a.m. September 5, and during a closed session, agreed to contract with Paul Kling for the position of high school principal. Kling has taught…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Five new staff members will begin their duties in the Elk Mound school district when school starts September 4. The new staff members include McKayla Brunner (financial literacy, career explorations, AP principals of marketing and computer applications at Elk Mound High School); Abe Ferguson (fifth grade English…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education has accepted the resignation of high school principal Paul Weber. The school board accepted Weber’s resignation during the regular monthly meeting August 20 held prior to the school district’s annual meeting.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Electors approved a property tax levy of $2,905,117 for the 2018-2019 school year at the Elk Mound school district’s annual meeting August 20. The property tax levy, representing an increase of $27,524, is based on a revenue and expense budget of $12.8 million for this year. The anticipated…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Board of Education is an anticipating a tax levy of $2,905,117 for the 2018-2019 budget. The school board reviewed the 2018-2019 budget and associated tax levy and mill rate at the July 23 board meeting. The projected levy amount includes the local tax levy with…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district has been awarded a school safety grant of $64,133 through the Wisconsin Department of Justice. Elk Mound was one of 52 schools awarded grants July 9. Out of the 52 schools, the largest grant was for $210,800 to the Elmbrook school district, and…
Read MoreMADISON – Ellie Schiszik, a fifth-grade student from Elk Mound, is the District 9 finalist in the Ag in the Classroom Essay Contest. Wisconsin fourth and fifth graders were asked to write a 100-to-300-word essay with the theme, “Inventions that made agriculture great.”
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