By Amber Hayden GLENWOOD CITY – The Glenwood City Board of Education met on Monday evening, August 19, to discuss the proposed budget for the 2019-20 school year. The proposed budget for the upcoming school year will be $8,949,534 which is a $230,971 decrease from the 2018-19 school budget. During the budget hearing superintendent Tim…
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For the first time in over forty years Hunter Education Training offered in Colfax will not be conducted in the familiar classroom format, according to Jim Nosker, lead instructor for the Colfax Hunter Ed instructor team. Instead of traditional classroom sessions, the instructor team will put on an Internet Class Field Day 9:00 a.m. –…
Read MoreFOUNTAIN CITY — Elk Mound kicked off its 2019 football campaign on the right foot as the Mounders’ whitewashed host Cochrane-Fountain City 40-0 in a non-conference contest last Friday evening, August 23. “I thought the boys played well for many of them being new to varsity,” said Elk Mound head coach Dave Lew. Blaze Todd…
Read MoreWESTERN WI — WESTconsin Credit Union held its annual School Supply Drive July 29 – August 10 to collect school supplies and monetary donations. WESTconsin employees and members, as well as members of the community collected over 4,300 supplies and raised $1,975. All proceeds were delivered by the credit union to local schools and organizations…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph MENOMONIE — A 48-year-old Menomonie man found in a Colfax garage last August with methamphetamine, marijuana, gem Baggies and drug paraphernalia has been found guilty on four felony charges while 21 other charges have been dismissed. Steven O. Johnson appeared in Dunn County Circuit Court before Judge James Peterson August 14…
Read MoreBy LeAnn R. Ralph COLFAX — Students at Colfax High School will now be able to receive science equivalent credit for the course, “Conservation,” taught through the agriculture department. “This is good news for students,” said William C. Yingst Jr., district administrator, at the Colfax Board of Education’s August 19 meeting. Yingst received a letter…
Read MoreThe veterans of Russell Toycen American Legion Post 131 of Colfax held a military funeral for Ralph M. Schindler on August 26, 2019, at Samson Funeral Home. Those serving on the firing squad were, from American Legion Post 131: Bill Yingst, “Happy” Silva, Jon Scott, Tarry Turner and Don Braaten; from Bloomer VFW Post 6175:…
Read MoreMADISON – Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Todd Anderson, 38, Centerville, Minnesota, was sentenced on Friday, August 16, by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 90 months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Anderson pleaded guilty to this charge on April 30, 2019. In…
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Christy Jane Skinner (nee Benjamin) was born December 21, 1964 to William and Harriet (McKay) Benjamin in Rochester, Minnesota. She was the youngest of five girls and enjoyed her younger years at the family cabin, riding her bike and playing volleyball. She married her loving husband Mark on Valentine’s Day in 1992 in Durand, Wisconsin,…
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