The Mounder ladies opened the 2019 regular volleyball season on Tuesday, August 27, with a three-set road sweep over the Orioles of Stanley-Boyd after struggling three days earlier in their first scrimmage. After a slow start against Stanley-Boyd, the Mounders Maggie Bartig could got herself into position for 11 kills, and McKenna Diermeier led the…
Read MoreMENOMONIE — The Lady Vikes were able to kick off their 2019 volleyball season with a second-place finish in the silver bracket of the Menomonie Sprawl that took place on Friday and Saturday, August 30 and 31 at UW-Stout. “We went 5-2 this weekend,” said head coach Pam Meredith. “We finished 3-1 on Friday and…
Read MoreELEVA-STRUM – The Colfax Vikings went into their second football game of the season leading at halftime, but could not hold on after the intermission. Colfax struggled to shut down the run game of Eleva-Strum in the 21-14 non-conference loss on the Cardinals’ home field last Friday, August 30. “We had a solid start to…
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Colfax is entering its second year in a conference for girls’ golf, and head coach Ryan Krall is excited to see what his team can do this season. The Lady Vikes finished second in the CloverCroix in 2018 and Abby DeMoe was named the conference player of the year, with Morgan Schleusner making 1st team…
Read MoreCROOKSTON, MN -— The Office of the Registrar at the University of Minnesota Crookston recently announced its list of summer 2019 graduates. Students completed their degree requirements during summer session 2019. Spring session graduates include: Marian Hessler, Menomonie (54751), WI, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with High Distinction.
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — We’ve all been in that position of having a “first” — first job, first home, first car, first date. Four Colfax area residents will tell their stories of “firsts” at the “Firsts Edition of Truth Be Told” to be held at the Colfax Municipal Building auditorium’s Cozy Theater Sunday,…
Read MoreAnother Year at the Newspaper Museum! After more than twenty-years with the Minnesota Newspaper Foundation’s Newspaper Museum at the Minnesota State Fair, I have told the powers that be that I would be slowing down my participation at the museum, following this year’s fair, which ended on Monday. Don’t get me wrong, everything is fine,…
Read MoreCOLFAX — The Colfax Police Department responded to 86 calls for service in July, including 46 traffic stops and three Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) arrests. Here are the calls for service: • Assist other agency — 4 (traffic stop; domestic in the county; check welfare x 2). • Disorderly — 1 (argument between a 17…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph ELK MOUND — The Elk Mound school district has set two focus group meetings September 4 and September 9 to identify potential projects for the high school and middle school. The Elk Mound Board of Education discussed the focus group meetings at the August 26 meeting. The September 4 meeting will…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — The 2018 audit report for the Village of Colfax is recommending a strategic plan for information technology and that the village board regularly review budget comparisons to avoid over-expenditures. The lack of control over information technology, such as computers and computer software, has been a significant deficiency for Colfax…
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