by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Facing several teams on their schedule from Divisions 1, 2 and 3, the Colfax girls’ basketball team hopes the stiff competition will lead them to another successful season much like they had a year ago. The Lady Vikings finished 21-7 last year and 11-3 in Dunn-St. Croix Conference…
Read MoreFive members of this year’s Colfax/Elk Mound girls’ golf team have been selected as 2023 Academic All-State honorees. Colfax/Elk Mound golfers Belle Kongshaug, who won the WIAA Division 3 individual state championship last month and is a two-time CloverCroix Conference champion, Gabrielle Amble, Josie Seehaver, Isabelle Baier, and Selena Clickner were all named as Academic…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent ELK MOUND — Coming off one of their most successful seasons in many years, the Elk Mound girls’ basketball team will have to come up with replacements for three Dunn-St. Croix all-conference players from a year ago. The Mounders finished 25-2 overall and ran the tables with a 14-0 record…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The preliminary 2024 budget for the Village of Elk Mound shows total expenditures of $779,039, representing an increase of $46,039 over 2023. Elk Mound has a 15.46 percent increase in net new construction, which allows the property tax levy to increase by $40,000, said Karin Wolf, village clerk-treasurer,…
Read MoreThe Colfax High School Student Council is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive on November 29 from 12 noon to 6 p.m. in the lobby of the Martin Anderson Gymnasium, 601 University Avenue in Colfax. For more information and to make an appointment to give blood, visit www.redcrossblood.org. You can also start your RapidPass health…
Read MoreI miss read election issues! I have a long list of election issues that I thought were on top of what items needed to be addressed for the upcoming presidential election that is now less than a year away. My list did not include abortion and apparently that one item is what the Democratic Party…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has approved a contract for 2024 with the Dunn County Humane Society at a cost of $1,770.72. The contract is calculated on a per capita basis. “It’s worth every penny on the police side,” said Elk Mound Police Chief Chad Weinberger at the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound Village Board has approved holding one meeting per month on the third Monday, rather than two meetings on the first and third Monday. Changing the number of meetings per month would require an ordinance change, specifically Section 2-2-9, said Terry Stamm, village president, at the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — For some families in the Colfax school district, the “Support for Sunday” program helps provide food security for the weekend. The “Support for Sunday” backpack program, spearheaded by Colfax Caring Ministries, aims to alleviate the problem of food insecurity for children in the Colfax area by sending home ingredients…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Members of the Wisconsin Northwoods Quilts of Valor presented eight quilts to area veterans on Veterans’ Day during the annual Veterans’ Day supper Saturday evening at the Grapevine Senior Center. Vietnam era veterans Jerry Anderson, Mike Boyd, Tom Dunbar, Stan Knudson, Richard Larson, Jon Scott, Julian (Happy) Silva —…
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