By LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — Following the retirement of Elk Mound Police Chief Randy Bartelt, the Elk Mound Village Board has started discussing what to do about the village’s police department. Captain Mike Tietz of the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department outlined options for the Elk Mound Village Board at special meeting November 28.…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — An 18-year-old Cadott man has pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of the I-94 Mart in the Town of Elk Mound. Brandon L. Hurlburt, who was 17 at the time of the robbery in November of last year, entered his guilty plea as a party to a crime November…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax EMS Association has made a donation of $100 to update maps covering the Colfax Rescue Squad’s service area in memory of Glen (Pete) Johnson. Members of the EMS Association honored Johnson’s memory at their November 28 meeting.
Read Moreby Chief Pete Gehring No matter how nice this fall has been, winter will get here eventually and the snow will come. We need to remember the winter parking ordinances of the Village and be prepared to park properly.
Read MoreColfax Health and Rehab News – 12-5-2012 Sunday November 25th was a cold day, but we stayed warm indoors watching the Grace Lutheran Church Service on TV, going to REX classes, visiting with Leona Ubbelohde and enjoying a good Sunday dinner. Family and friends came to visit residents. Many families decorated their loved ones rooms…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — If the footbridge is taken out at the Colfax fairgrounds, more houses could possibly be taken out of the Eighteen Mile Creek floodplain. Chris Goodwin, a water resources manager with Ayres Associates, spoke about the Eighteen Mile Creek floodplain study at the Colfax Village Board’s November 26 meeting.
Read MoreCOLFAX — 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 5…
Read MoreOut of the Past – 12-5-2012
Read MoreCOLFAX — Shooting 86% on the free throw line by connecting on 19 of 22 shots helped the Colfax girl’s basketball team earn a hard fought win over the Hayward Hurricanes Nov. 27 on the Viking’s home court.
Read MoreA new head coach greeted the Bloomer-Colfax co-op wrestling team this year as Jim Poirier took over the top job from Clete Bohl. There are 12 seniors, three juniors, seven sophomores and nine freshmen competing for spots on a team that finished with a 5-11 record last year (4-4 in the Heart O’ North Conference).
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