After trailing by as many as 17 points in the second half, the Elk Mound boys nearly pulled off the upset of once-beaten Bloomer before falling 46-45 in non-conference road basketball game Monday, January 22. No second-half comeback would be needed three days later when the Mounders hosted a struggling Buffaloes’ team from Mondovi. In…
Read MoreELK MOUND — The Lady Mounders basketball team maintained a game and a half lead in the Dunn-St. Croix standings and its unbeaten status with a pair of home wins over Durand-Arkansaw and Boyceville last week. Elk Mound, ranked sixth in the most recent Division 3 Wissports.net girls’ basketball coaches state poll, garnered the regular-season…
Read MoreALTOONA — The Bloomer/Colfax wrestling cooperative wrapped up its regular season at Altoona High School last Thursday, January 25 by splitting a pair of duals in a Cloverbelt Conference triangular. The Raptors opened the triangular with a 40-12 win over Spencer/Columbus Catholic/Granton, but lost to host Regis/Altoona 63-13. Regis/Altoona also defeated S/CC/G via a 78-0…
Read MoreBy Marlys Krueger Sports Corespondent It was a rough week for the Colfax boys in basketball action after they traveled to Eau Claire to face the Regis Ramblers January 23. Regis had a huge first half and the Vikings couldn’t recover as they fell 59-50 to the Eau Claire team. Things didn’t get any easier…
Read Moreby Marlys Krueger Sports Correspondent The Colfax girls had to battle back from a four-point halftime deficit before pulling out a 52-45 road win over Mondovi January 22. It was a makeup game from the week before and it gave the Vikings a heavy schedule for the week as they hosted Boyceville 24 hours later.…
Read MoreIt’s wintertime! Although the weather does not feel like winter, it is officially that time of year, and this past weekend it felt more like spring. A quick look at my cell phone and the picture I took last January 31st of the thermometer in my car, which indicated the outside temperature at twenty-nine below…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Independent Living Support pilot program through the Dunn County Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) is up and running. There have been a few glitches getting the ILSP going, but that is always the case when the state starts a new pilot program, said Tracy Fischer, manager of…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Dunn County is asking the state Legislature to take another look at a recently passed law that could adversely impact wedding barns. When the Dunn County Board approved this year’s legislative agenda at the January 17 meeting, the agenda included a “request that the Legislature revisit 2023 changes made…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Among the business conducted at the 13-minute-long January 22 Colfax Village Board meeting was the approval of a Bobcat municipal trade-in for $4,500. The village board spent about a minute making the motion and approving the trade-in. The total price of the Bobcat from Bobcat Plus is $60,907.08, along…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) Committee meeting on January 22 was going along as it normally does when the ADRC manager received a news alert on her cell phone. Tracy Fischer, manager of the Dunn County ADRC, told the committee that the Hospital Sisters Health…
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