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Stene does not file for president of Village of Colfax, five other candidates file for four positions

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Gary Stene, Colfax village president, will not be running for re-election in the April 2 election. Or at least as of Friday, January 4, Stene was not listed as a candidate. The deadline for filing nomination papers at the Colfax village clerk’s office for the April election for the…

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Mayo Clinic-Red Cedar lists births – 1-9-2013

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

Menomonie The following babies were born at Family Birth Suites at Mayo Clinic Health System in Menomonie:

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Keep Them Rolling: World War II letters from Louis Solberg – 1-9-2013

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

COLFAX — Louis Solberg, who passed away in 2008, grew up in Albertville, owned a farm north of Colfax and later on farmed on the Rusk Prairie. He and his wife, Alda, who passed away in 2006, operated the farm in the Town of Otter Creek during the 1940s and 1950s. Here is Part 10…

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B-C Wrestlers compete at Northern Badger

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

Four individuals scored points for the Bloomer-Colfax wrestling team at the Northern Badger tournament held Dec. 28-29 in River Falls. B-C placed 11th of 12 teams in Division I with 36 points.

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Colfax/Elk Mound School Lunches – 1-9-2013

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

Colfax/Elk Mound School Lunches January 14-18

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From the Sports Desk – 1-9-2013

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

Local hoopsters contributing at college level Marlys Kruger, Messenger Sports I believe it’s time for my mid-season update on college basketball players from our area.

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Birth Announcement – Caden Lee Knutson

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

A son, Caden Lee was born Dec. 12 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems-Menomonie to Brian and Heather Knutson of Colfax.

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Birth Announcement – Lauren Grace Logslett

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

Lauren Grace Logslett was born December 14, 2012, at 12:09 a.m. at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Eau Claire.  Lauren  weighed eight pounds and three ounces and was 20 inches long.

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Birth Annonucement – Baby Johnson

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

Brent and Carina Johnson, Bloomer, are the parents of a baby boy, Benjamin Richard, born Dec. 27 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems, Eau Claire.

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County Committee election results for St. Croix County

By Melissa | January 4, 2013

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) in St. Croix County announces that COC member Richard Hesselink has been elected to the St. Croix County Committee to represent producers in the county.   The FSA county committee system, established in the 1930s, gives local farmers a voice in how farm programs are administered at the grass-roots level.

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