By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Even though we could still be a couple of weeks away from the start of spring sports, the Elk Mound Village Board has approved a lease agreement with the Elk Mound school district for the Lions’ park ball field. The Elk Mound Village Board approved the one-year lease…
Read MoreIn a four team indoor meet against schools covering all three divisions, the Elk Mound boys and girls track teams both finished as the runner up at what is normally a meet between all four county schools. Boyceville did not compete this year however, and Black River Falls, a Division II school as is Elk…
Read MoreCompeting in just running events due to the fact the field events area was under snow, the Elk Mound boys finished second while the girls were third in their respective divisions at the 11 team meet held at St. Croix Central High School April 4.
Read MoreST. PAUL, MN — The Elk Mound softball team didn’t let a little thing like wet fields stop them from opening their season as they traveled to Minnesota and played a game in the new dome in West St. Paul April 4.
Read MoreWith a track clear of snow but not the field events area, St. Croix Central hosted an 11 team, running events only meet April 4. The Colfax girls placed fourth, while the boys, with some help from the baseball team finished ninth.
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Colfax High School Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 22 new members at the NHS banquet April 3.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Instead of receiving $3.50 or $4.50 an hour, Colfax EMTs will now be paid $20 or $30 per ambulance run. The EMT compensation proposal approved by the Colfax Village Board at a special meeting April 1 also includes other pay adjustments for the EMTs, such as a $25 stipend…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Village Trustee Scott Gunnufson was elected as Colfax village president in the April 2 election. Chris Olson, village trustee, also was a candidate for village president. Gunnufson was appointed to the village board last fall following the resignation of Tina Bradford, who had been appointed to fill the position…
Read MoreCOLFAX — Colfax was the scene of a substantial drug bust early Friday morning. The West Central Wisconsin Drug Task Force, the Colfax Police Department and the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department executed multiple search warrants at multiple locations in Colfax early in the morning on April 5, reported Colfax Police Chief Pete Gehring.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has agreed to donate the municipal building heat radiators to the Colfax Municipal Building Restoration Group. Although the village board had planned to discuss the issue of the radiators again at the first regular meeting in April, the radiators were included as an agenda item…
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