VIKING GIRLS HEADED TO STATE — The Colfax girls’ basketball team defeated Neillsville 39-37 Saturday afternoon, March 4 at Osseo-Fairchild High School to win its first sectional championship in ten years and earn a berth in this week’s WIAA Girls’ Division State Basketball championship to be held at the Resch Center in Green Bay. The…
Read Moreby Marlys Kruger Sports Correspondent After a dramatic 67-56 overtime win over the number one seed, Phillips Loggers, in the WIAA Division 4 sectional semifinal game held in Chetek Thursday, March 2, the Colfax girls’ basketball team traveled to Osseo for a Saturday afternoon sectional final game. The team they faced was none other than…
Read MoreEAU CLAIRE — A volunteer brings comfort to people displaced from a home fire, blood collections teams welcome back donors after winter storms disrupt the blood supply, a military officer returns home from deployment to be with family, and a local community member learns hands-only CPR. All these actions make our communities stronger – and…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Four candidates are on the ballot for the April 4 election for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education: Jaclyn Ackerlund (incumbent), Ken Bjork (incumbent), Jodi Kiekhafer (incumbent) and Denise Solberg. The Colfax Messenger sent out candidate questionnaires. Here are Jaclyn Ackerlund’s responses. Ackerlund is married to her husband, Steve, and has…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Four candidates are on the ballot in the April 4 election for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education: Jaclyn Ackerlund (incumbent), Kenneth Bjork (incumbent), Jodi Kiekhafer (incumbent) and Denise Solberg. The Colfax Messenger sent out candidate questionnaires. Here are Denise Solberg’s responses. Solberg, age 47, is married to Nathan Solberg and…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Four candidates are on the ballot in the April 4 election for three positions on the Colfax Board of Education: Jaclyn Ackerlund (incumbent), Kenneth Bjork (incumbent), Jodi Kiekhafer (incumbent) and Denise Solberg. The Colfax Messenger sent out candidate questionnaires. Here are Ken Bjork’s responses. Bjork, age 72, and his wife, Mary, have four…
Read MoreInterest payments on national debt exceeds defense spending Over the number of years that I have been writing this column, I have been questioning the national debt and the amount of spending that our national government does and much of it is with borrowed money. Last week I read an article penned by Casey Harper that…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has contracted with Hydrocorp to continue cross-inspections for residential service connections in the village for the amount of $3,024. The state Department of Natural Resources requires so many residences and/or commercial properties to be inspected per year to prevent backflow contamination of municipal water sources,…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — And so it begins. The Board of Commissioners for the Tainter Lake Rehabilitation District held the first official meeting March 2 after the Dunn County Board approved forming the lake district in January. About 60 people attended the meeting held at the Dunn County Government Center. The initial Board…
Read Moreby LeAnn R. Ralph EAU CLAIRE — Bail has been set at $100,000 cash for a 30-year-old Colfax man charged in Eau Claire County with possession with intent to deliver more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Dalton D. Clayton, County Highway N, Colfax, appeared in Eau Claire County Circuit Court for an initial appearance on…
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