ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound girls’ basketball juggernaut continues to roll. The Lady Mounders remained unbeaten this season as they added to more wins to their ever-growing tally last week. In a pair of home games, Elk Mound nearly doubled up the Osseo-Fairchild Thunder 69-35 in a non-conference game played Monday, January 15 and…
Read MoreThe Chippewa Falls McDonell Catholic/Elk Mound wrestling cooperative had an extremely busy schedule last week as it competed in four events in a five-day span. McDonell/Elk Mound was in Spooner Tuesday, January 16 for a triangular, wrestled in Osseo on Thursday, at a quad meet in Durand on Friday and finished with the Shell Lake…
Read MoreThe Bloomer/Colfax wrestling team got plenty of mat time last week when it participated in a Cloverbelt Conference triangular in Cadott Thursday, January 18 and the Shell Lake Challenge on Saturday, January 20. In Cadott, the Raptors defeated Thorp/Owen-Withee 42-6. The outcome of the Bloomer/Colfax versus Cadott dual was not available at press time. Two…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent Playing a non-conference game as part of a doubleheader with the boys, the Lady Vikings were behind as much as 11 points in the first half but put things together to pull out a 60-50 win over Somerset January 16 in Colfax. Two days later they went on the road…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent After dropping a Dunn-St. Croix Conference game to Elmwood-Plum City a week earlier, the Colfax boys got back on track with a 64-51 conference win at home over the Glenwood City Hilltoppers January 16. They went on the road three days later for another conference game against the Mondovi Buffaloes…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Board of Education has approved 343 open enrollment spaces for regular education with no open enrollment spaces available for special education or contracted services. The Colfax Board of Education approved 30 students per section as the maximum capacity of seats available for regular education at the January…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Colfax Health and Rehabilitation Center is now Colfax Senior Living LLC, which is managed by Frontida Management Group, a family-owned, Wisconsin-based company. Frontida manages 10 other long-term care communities throughout Wisconsin. “My team and I are excited to continue to serve the community of Colfax and Dunn County and support Executive Director, Amber…
Read MoreOn January 15, the Dunn County Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society gathered at the Viking Bowl in Colfax to present the “Barbershopper of the Year Award” and Install Officers and Board Members for 2024. Receiving the award of Barbershopper of the Year for 2023 was Neil Segerstrom of Mondovi. Neil’s dedication and passion show…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has accepted a proposal from Woods Run Forest Products to thin 17.5 acres of red pine plantation north of the Colfax Solid Waste & Recycling Collection Site. The recommendation is to remove 30 to 40 percent of the volume of standing timber, according to…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph EAU CLAIRE — A 31-year-old Colfax man who allegedly possessed 4.23 pounds of methamphetamine and for whom bail was set at $100,000 cash has pleaded not guilty. Dalton D. Clayton of County Highway N, Colfax, appeared in Eau Claire County Circuit court via Zoom from the Jackson Correctional Facility on January…
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