By LeAnn R. Ralph TOWN OF HOWARD — A frac sand specialist with the state Department of Natural Resources will be speaking and answering questions about non-metallic mining at the Howard Town Hall on October 7 at 6:30 p.m.
Read MoreArticle and photos by Linda Prince McCluskey Two gorgeous days of early fall brought smiles to more than the participates of the Rural Heritage Antique Tractor Ride and Threshing Exhibition.
Read MoreTOWN OF TAINTER — An Elk Mound woman was killed and two men in the vehicle were seriously injured following a traffic accident in the Town of Tainter on Tuesday, September 23.
Read MoreThe Elk Mound volleyball team won a home match in three sets over the Glenwood City Hilltoppers 25-8, 25-12 and 25-11 Sept. 23, then went on the road to face the always dangerous Mondovi Buffaloes two days later. The results were pretty much the same however, as they again won in three sets 25-21, 25-15…
Read MoreElk Mound cross country runners competed twice last week with the boys placing fourth and the girls fifth at the Mondovi Invitational Sept. 23. They then raced in Durand two days later, resulting in a ninth place finish for the boys and a seventh place for the girls.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — What can the Colfax Village Board do when junk is piling up and buildings are falling down? The Colfax Village Board discussed two properties at the September 22 meeting that are of concern to neighbors and to village board members: the Eugene Ziebell property at 403 High Street and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Colfax has started the ball rolling toward the possibility of building a new library or a new multipurpose building to house the library, village offices and the police department. The Colfax Village Board accepted a space needs assessment for the clerk’s office and the police department and also approved…
Read MoreThe Colfax girls ran with a shortage of runners at both the Durand Invite Sept. 25 and the Roy Griak meet held at the University of Minnesota Sept. 27. The boys had some different runners compete for the varsity as they placed 12th of 13 teams in Durand and 49th in their division of 54…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If all goes according to plan, construction could soon begin on new homes in a residential development in Colfax that could eventually include more than 100 new homes. The Colfax Village Board approved a residential development concept for a portion of the Jim and Mary Schindler farm on Railroad…
Read MoreTrying not to let all the homecoming festivities distract them, the Colfax volleyball team had to play four sets against the always hard hitting Mondovi Buffaloes Tuesday night at home. They then took the long and scenic road to Pepin two days later and returned with their perfect conference record intact, winning in three sets.…
Read More