ELK MOUND — As Elk Mound prepares to move to a new conference – the Cloverbelt – for football next season, many of the Mounders’ athletes, students and fans sported a white t-shirt featuring the colored helmets of their Elk Mound squad and rival Colfax with the words, “Final Showdown” in anticipation of the pair’s…
Read MoreBelinda Loew was selected by her teachers at Colfax High School as the Dunn County Optimist Youth of the Month for September. Four seniors from Colfax will be honored throughout the year. Belinda has a broad interest in school, community activities, and organizations. The purpose of the Optimist Club is to develop optimism as a…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The locally produced and filmed movie, “The Lumber Baron,” will be shown at the Colfax Municipal Building’s Cozy Theater on Saturday, October 5. Written by Karen Hurd of Eau Claire, “The Lumber Baron” is — as one may surmise — a story about the lumber industry in the Chippewa…
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By LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax High School Class of 1949 celebrated the 70th anniversary of their graduation at Mom’s Restaurant and Pub on Saturday, September 21. As the members of the Class of 1949 recalled, there were something like 69 students in their graduating class. Attending the reunion were Elaine (Holm) Bjork,…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Wendy Lausted says you could have knocked her over with a feather. Lausted has been named in the top three of Chippewa Valley Magazine surveys about “favorites” in the category of “favorite crossing guard.” Wendy has been a crossing guard in the Colfax school district for 22 years. The…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The Colfax Village Board has decided to make cash deposits to the village’s account at Dairy State Bank. The village has a savings account at Dairy State Bank and a savings account and checking account at Bremer Bank, said Lynn Niggemann, village administrator-clerk-treasurer, at the Colfax Village Board’s September…
Read MoreImpeachment! Are the Democrats ever going to stop hating President Trump and attempting to remove him from the White House? I think the Wicked Witch of the West, Nancy Pelosi, made a big mistake in her announcement to open an impeachment investigation against Trump. What I have heard is that the full house must vote…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Senator Bernier, where are you? After reading that the State Legislature won’t go into session until October, I noticed that many elected officials across this state are having listening sessions in their districts. I have contacted Senator’s Bernier’s office twice for her schedule for listening sessions. Both times I have been…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — It’s a fair question — how is land assessed in the village of Colfax? Ricky Brockmiller, who owns the only house built to date in the East View residential development, asked that very question at the Colfax Village Board’s September 23 meeting. Brockmiller said he owns .37 acres, and…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — At the annual meeting for the Joint Review Board overseeing the Colfax Tax Increment Financing Districts, board members learned the Colfax TIFs are “right on track.” State law requires an annual meeting for the Joint Review Boards overseeing TIF districts, and the Colfax meeting was held September 23 at…
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