By LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 20-year-old Boyceville man facing 22 felony and misdemeanor charges related to exposing a child to harmful material by texting pictures of his genitals to young girls has pleaded not guilty on all charges. Jonathan A. Zebro, along with his attorney, Alicia Linzmeier, appeared before Judge James Peterson for…
Read MoreBy Renee Bettendorf BOYCEVILLE- At their regular meeting held on January 10, the Boyceville School Board heard from Middle/High School Principal, Patrick Gretzlock, about the volume of students in the middle and high schools who have or have had failing grades during the second quarter. “With less than two weeks remaining in the second semester,…
Read MoreGLENWOOD CITY — Among several items on the agenda at Monday nights City Council meeting was withholding pay from members who missed regular meeting of the council. Council member Jess Olson brought up the subject by saying, “If you are not at the meeting, you should not get paid.” But council members Austin Sandow countered…
Read MoreClair Henry Stovern, 72, was born at the Stovern Maternity Home overlooking Mirror Lake in Colfax, WI on October 20, 1951 to Louise (Johnson) Stovern and Adolph Stovern. Earthly life ended at Mayo Clinic Hospital – Eau Claire on January 9, 2024. He was a second generation American of Norwegian and Swedish immigrants and was…
Read MorePatricia J. Longdo, 80, of Colfax, died Wednesday, January 10, 2024 at her residence. She was born on May 29, 1943 to Walter and Clara (Kohlman) Schuch. She married DeWayne Longdo on July 30, 1962, in Menomonie, WI. Pat drove the special needs van for the Colfax School District for many years. She loved to…
Read MoreELK MOUND — In what turned out to be its only contest of the week, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team remained unbeaten as it pummeled the winless Wolves from Elmwood-Plum City 78-20 at home Tuesday, January 9. The victory maintained the Mounders one-game lead over Durand-Arkansaw in the Dunn-St. Croix as they improved to…
Read MoreCADOTT — The Chippewa Falls McDonell/Elk Mound wrestling cooperative competed last Thursday, January 11 in a Cloverbelt dual quad meet in Cadott. Unfortunately, the scores of McDonell/Elk Mound’s three duals were not reported to the Colfax Messenger or posted online. The Messenger will attempt to have the scores in next week’s edition. The previous Saturday,…
Read MoreIn their only competition of the season held at Colfax High School, the Bloomer/Colfax Raptor wrestlers split a pair of duals in a Cloverbelt triangular Thursday, January 11. Bloomer/Colfax lost to Abbotsford/Colby in the opening dual of the triangular before closing out the meet with a victory over Osseo-Fairchild/Augusta/Fall Creek. Two days later, the Raptors…
Read MoreWhile the Elk Mound boys’ basketball team bookended last week’s three-game set with a pair of impressive non-conference wins, it was a loss to Dunn-St. Croix co-leader Spring Valley that put a damper on those other two victories. The Mounders began last week in Fall Creek where they squashed the Crickets 58-44 in the Monday,…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent In their only game scheduled last week, the Colfax boys let a great opportunity to move up in the Dunn-St. Croix Conference standings get away from them when they lost in Plum City to the Elmwood-Plum City Wolves 55-45. The Vikings had one win in conference play while the Wolves…
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