COLFAX — A free community forum on water quality with special guest Neil Koch, hydrologist and geologist, will be held Tuesday, May 28, at 7 p.m. at the Grapevine Senior Nutrition Center, 121 Main Street, Colfax.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — During the early 1900s, business owners and professional people in the Colfax area formed the Colfax Commercial Club to promote the village. Those who attended a meeting May 7 at Lynn’s Brewed Awakenings Coffee Shop with business owners and Eric Turner, director of the Dunn County Economic Development Corporation,…
Read MoreAfter a pair of losses to Elk Mound the day before, the Colfax baseball team bounced back quite nicely with a 19-8 win against St. Croix Central on the Panthers home field May 7, then made it two wins in a row when they stayed on the road and beat Bloomer 10-4 May 10.
Read MoreAfter several postponements due to the crazy spring weather around here, the Colfax and Elk Mound girls finally faced off on the ball diamond for a double header in Colfax May 10. The Mounders continued their dominance over the Vikings by taking an 8-0 win in the first game then added a 10-4 win in…
Read Moreby Mark Walters Rowan Creek, A Good Friend! Hello friends, Twenty-four years ago today I climbed into a tree that was located above a bear bait and wrote my first column, which was for the Poynette Press. I was living in the Canadian bush at the time, and managing Chimo Lodge, and also spending…
Read MoreLast week the activities included Catholic communion, popcorn and a movie, exercises, manicures, baking club, church with Trinity Lutheran, book club, resident council, the Heutmaker Band, Catholic mass, the Mother’s Day tea, and music entertainment by Dale Martel. This week is National Nursing Home week.
Read MoreGirl Scout camp registration is open, and any girl—even non-Girl Scouts—in grades kindergarten-12 are welcome to participate. Local Council Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes (GSNWGL) proudly offers a number of unique and dynamic camp programs for all interests.
Read MoreThe top producing cow in St. Croix County is a five-year-old Holstein owned by Bomaz Inc. The Area Center of the Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative reported the top producing cows that completed lactations in March.
Read MoreThe top producing cow in Dunn County is a Holstein under three years old, owned by Denmark Dairy. The Area Center of the Wisconsin Dairy Herd Improvement Cooperative reported the top producing cows that completed lactations in March.
Read MoreMANKATO, MN — Minnesota State University, Mankato graduated more than 1,500 students during spring commencement exercises on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in Bresnan Arena at the Taylor Center on the Minnesota State Mankato campus.
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