By Amber Hayden The Colfax Vikings boys’ basketball season got underway last week with road games against Amery and Chippewa Falls McDonell Central, which resulted in a win and a loss for the Viking men. Colfax’s first game of the season, last Thursday, December 5, ended with a win over Amery by a score of…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden ELK MOUND — The Lady Mounders’ basketball squad got off to a 2-0 start as it squeezed past the Baldwin-Woodville Blackhawks by a score of 46-37 in its regular-season home opener last Monday night December 2. “The girls gave everything last night,” said Elk Mound head coach Jordan Kongshaug of the non-conference…
Read MoreBy Amber Hayden It wasn’t the start that the Elk Mound boys wanted for their 2019-20 season. The Mounders got off to a 0-3 start on the basketball court after suffering loses to St. Croix Central, Prescott, and Altoona in the opening week of play. First-game-of-the-season jitters and a tough St. Croix Central defense played…
Read MoreMANKATO, MN – Minnesota State University, Mankato will award 1,709 degrees at the end of the fall semester, with commencement ceremonies scheduled for 9 a.m. and noon Saturday, Dec. 14 in Taylor Center’s Bresnan Arena on the Minnesota State Mankato campus. Among the graduates are Dexter Curry, Elk Mound, BS, Automotive Engineering Technology; and Madeline…
Read MoreI will not question my liberal professors! I have over the years written that I believe that students in colleges are brainwashed into a liberal socialist agenda. One only has to watch national TV over a period of time and witness the number of college campuses that turn out students to protest anyone that has…
Read MoreTOWN OF MENOMONIE — A 66-year-old retired deputy from the Dunn County Sheriff’s Department has died in a tractor accident after falling out of the bucket and being run over by the tractor. The victim has been identified as Craig S. Koser, who retired from the sheriff’s department in 2009 after 24 years of service…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Although the additional recommended increase in the 2020 solid waste fee was $2.39 per person, Dunn County will not increase the per capita but the hours at the collection sites will be reduced. The Dunn County Solid Waste and Recycling Management Board approved keeping the originally proposed per capita…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — Former Colfax resident Richard W. Seehaver, who has been charged with one felony count of first-degree intentional homicide, has told a Dunn County judge he would like to fire his attorneys and represent himself. Seehaver, age 53, appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court with his attorneys, Donna Burger and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has approved a budget of $1,200,239 for 2020. The village board held the budget hearing December 2, although no members of public attended the hearing. Scott Gunnufson, village president, kept the budget hearing open for 15 minutes to accommodate any members of the public who…
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