WISCONSIN – On May 30 U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced that 24 school districts across Wisconsin will receive funding to replace existing school buses, which have been linked to asthma and other harmful health conditions, with zero- and low-emission buses. The investment, from the 2023 Clean School Bus Program, is funded through the Baldwin-back…
Read MoreWESTERN, WI—Hunger doesn’t take summer vacation. Kids are often provided breakfast and lunch throughout the school year, so food banks face their greatest need for donations during the summer months. To help kids and other community members during summer vacation, WESTconsin Credit Union is hosting the School’s Out Summer Food Drive. June 3-15, all WESTconsin…
Read MoreBy Lexie Aspen [Lexie Aspen just finished eighth grade at Colfax Middle School.] Memorial Day is a very important holiday. It is celebrated on May 27, 2024, this year. This holiday is observed on the last Monday of May every year. Memorial Day is a holiday that celebrates the men and women who fought for…
Read MoreBarbara E. Topper, 82, from Mondovi, WI passed away in Mesa, AZ on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. Born April 23rd, 1942 in Chippewa falls, WI to Ernest and Elizabeth (Olson) Topper. She graduated from Chippewa High School in 1960 and went on to get her teaching degree in 1964, from the University of Wisconsin –…
Read More2024 DSC ALL-CONFERENCE SOFTBALL TEAMS FIRST TEAM Hannah Dunn BOY Sr. Aubrey Malean BOY Fr. Delaney Olson BOY Jr. Brynn Sikora COL So. Jada Anderson COL Sr. Laikyn Beyer COL So. Katie Bignell D/A Sr. Gracie Bauer D/A Sr. Hailey Meyer EM Jr. Ellie Schiszik EM Jr. Bella West MON So. SECOND TEAM Jadynn Traxler BOY…
Read More2024 DSC ALL-CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAMS FIRST TEAM Devin Halama BOY Sr. Carson Roemhild BOY So. Mason Yarrington COL Sr. Kaden Russo EM Sr. Carter Vieth EM Sr. Kamron Diermeier EM Jr. Victor Noller EM So. Austin Remington MON Sr. Keegen Catt MON Jr. Hunter Sandberg MON Jr. Cade Stasiek SV Jr. SECOND TEAM Braden Roemhild…
Read MoreELK MOUND — The Elk Mound baseball team won back-to-back five-inning, ten-run playoff victories over a pair of Cloverbelt teams last week to capture its second WIAA Division 3 regional baseball championship in three years. The Dunn-St. Croix’ most valuable player, senior Kaden Russo, tossed a three-hit shutout and blasted a three-run home run in…
Read MoreRICE LAKE — The Colfax-Elk Mound boys’ golf season concluded in sectional play last Tuesday. The local linksmen shot a combined 363 to finish 11th out of 12 teams in the WIAA Division 2 Rice Lake Golf Sectional held at Turtleback Golf Course May 28. Sophomore Orion Nichols led the Colfax-Elk Mound team with an…
Read MoreLA CROSSE — For the second consecutive year, Keinin Miller scored all of the Elk Mound boys’ points at the state meet. In Saturday’s competition, the junior speedster copped a eighth-place finish in the Division 2, 100-meter final and followed it a few hours later by taking sixth in the 200-meter final to provide the…
Read MoreLA CROSSE — The conditions were not ideal but the result was! Despite a steady drizzle of rain and a wet concrete throwing circle, Colfax senior Jeanette Hydukovich made her fourth and final appearance in the Division 3 girls’ state discus competition one to remember. On her second attempt in Saturday morning’s competition, Hydukovich unleashed…
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