By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — By June of next year, Colfax is expected to have an updated Smart Growth comprehensive land use plan to help direct residential and economic development in the village. The Colfax Village Board approved at the March 11 meeting hiring Patrick Beilfuss, a senior planner with Cedar Corporation, to review…
Read MoreColfax Bowling – 3-20-2013
Read MoreJessica Marie Noe of Elk Mound, who is an Education Undergraduate, has been named to the Dean’s List at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the Fall 2012 semester.
Read MoreColfax/Elk Mound School Lunches – 3-20-2013
Read MoreELK MOUND — Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church in Elk Mound will celebrate its 100th anniversary at a 10 a.m. service on April 7. The theme will be “Path of the Shepherd.” The guest speaker will be Pastor Greg Kaufman, assistant to the bishop. Formed on April 7, 1913, 17 families met under the…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE —Members of the congregation at St. John Lutheran Popple Creek are hoping to build a new church. The Dunn County Planning, Resources and Development Committee at the March 12 meeting recommended that the Dunn County Board approve a rezone from Exclusive Agriculture to A3 to allow a new church to…
Read MoreOut of the Past – 3-20-2013
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — An 18-year-old Colfax woman has pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor drug charge while three other felony drug charges and another misdemeanor have been dismissed. Samantha R. Osterberg was charged as a party to a crime with three felonies of possessing marijuana with intent to deliver, possessing methamphetamine with intent…
Read MoreMerlin Stanford Olson was born the 3rd of six sons to Stanley and Gladys (Gaard) Olson on September 10, 1935 in Colfax, Wisconsin. He left this world on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Powell Valley Care Center.
Read MoreThree senior girls, all with three years of varsity playing time, finished off their high school days on the basketball court for Elk Mound this year. Josie Hayes along with twin sister Emma Hayes and Kaysi Meindel were all instrumental in the team going from a 9-14 record their sophomore season to 14-10 as juniors…
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