The Elk Mound girls’ basketball team delivered two more dominant performances last week to remain unbeaten this season. Playing in an out-of-conference contest Monday, December 11, Elk Mound hosted the St. Croix Central Panthers (5-4). Backed by a strong defensive performance, the Lady Mounders easily dispatched the visiting Panthers 62 to 37. Three days later,…
Read MoreCAMERON — Competing in the six-team Cameron Jamboree Friday evening, December 15, the Bloomer/Colfax wrestling squad finished 1-4. The Raptors defeated Durand-Arkansaw 42-24 for the team’s lone victory in the dual-style tournament. Bloomer/Colfax lost its other four duals, dropping a 45-24 decision to host Cameron, falling in a close battle to Unity 41-36, and also…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent After cruising to their second Dunn-St. Croix Conference win in a row with a convincing 66-16 win over the Spring Valley Cardinals at home December 14, the Colfax girls traveled to Hudson two days later for a big change of pace when they took on the Raiders and lost 69-48.…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent Coming off a pretty big loss to McDonell Central three days earlier, the Colfax boys turned things around very quickly and used a total team effort to hang on for a 65-62 overtime win over the Boyceville Bulldogs in Boyceville December 12. Two days later, they finally played a home…
Read MoreThis is the season of giving! During this time of year, families and friends come together to celebrate the holidays with a feast, gift exchanging and remembering of a time long past. As I was thinking about the Christmas season, I wondered how the gift exchange got started. The only thing that I could put…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Residents and businesses in Colfax will be paying an increase of 2 percent on sewer rates in 2024. Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer, provided a spreadsheet to the Colfax Village Board during the December 11 meeting showing the increase at 2 percent, 4 percent and 6 percent. The average residential…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — The Dunn County Planning and Land Use (Zoning) Division is working on updates to the shoreland-wetland zoning ordinance that will most likely go into effect by next summer. The county’s shoreland-wetland zoning ordinance was last amended in October of 2017, and since then, the state of Wisconsin has made…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The next two streets identified in Colfax for reconstruction and paving are Balsam Street and Oak Street. To start the process, the Colfax Village Board approved a contract with Ayres Associates at the December 11 meeting for a total cost of $86,800 to survey the two streets; for the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved changing the procedure so that instead of paying the entire bill from the Colfax fire department for a fire within the village limits, the village will cover $500 toward the deductible. Right now, the village pays 100 percent of the cost for the…
Read MoreShawn Allen Millermon, age 52, of Wilson, WI, passed away on December 7, 2023 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital with his family by his side. Shawn was born October 7, 1971, in Amery, WI to Steve Millermon Sr and Susan (Hess) Freeman. He grew up in Amery and graduated with the class of 1990. After high…
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