by Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent BOYCEVILLE — Although the Colfax baseball team had defeated both Boyceville and Glenwood City earlier in the season they found themselves on the short end of the stick when they played both teams in back-to-back games in Boyceville Monday, May 22. The Vikings lost both contests by one run, losing…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C. – As the nation celebrates National Nurses Week, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Steve Daines (R-MT) introduced the WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act to award a Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to the brave women who were World War II Army and Navy nurses. By the time World War II ended, more…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph Editor’s note: LeAnn R. Ralph serves on the Colfax Elevator Commission COLFAX — Through pledges, donations, memorials for loved ones, the $22 for 22 Steps campaign, thrift sales, bake sales and other fund raisers, the Colfax Elevator Commission has raised $123,000. The money is intended to go toward installing an elevator…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent SPENCER — The long drive to Spencer was worth it as the Colfax baseball team pulled out a 10-7 win in the first round of the WIAA Division 4 regional tournament Thursday, May 25. It was a mild upset with Colfax being the number nine seed while the Rockets were…
Read MoreELK MOUND — After losing three of four in the middle of this month, the Elk Mound baseball team has found its winning ways once more as it ran its winning streak to four games with a pair of lopsided home wins last week including a victory to open the playoffs. The Mounders closed out…
Read MoreARCADIA — Although the Colfax-Elk Mound boys’ golf team was not able to advance to the sectional meet, its season is not yet over. Colfax-Elk Mound just missed a sectional team berth when it finished fifth in the WIAA Division 2 Arcadia Boys’ Golf Regional held Tuesday, May 23 at Trempealeau Mountain Golf Course in…
Read MoreElk Mound’s run in the 2023 WIAA Division 3 softball playoffs lasted just two games. While errors plagued the Lady Mounders in both of its regional contests last week, they were able to overcome their faux pas in a home win over Durand-Arkansaw but not against a tough Prescott squad on the road a few…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Playing as a number two seed, the Colfax softball team received a bye in the first round of the WIAA regional tournament, then hosted the Eau Claire Regis Ramblers in the regional semi-final May 23. Regis was coming off a first-round win over Spring Valley but the Vikings…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent COLFAX — Competing on their home grounds, the Colfax track and field teams sent five girls and two boys along with a relay team from both the boys and girls to the sectional meet in Cameron by virtue of placing in the top four spots in their respective events at…
Read MoreDURAND — A week after claiming the Dunn-St. Croix championship on the very same field of competition, the Elk Mound boys’ track and field team returned to Bauer Built Sports Complex in Durand Monday, May 22 and won the WIAA Division 2 regional meet. The Mounder boys copped five wins including a pair of first-place…
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