Red Bridge project denied historical grant
The effort to save the Red Bridge hit a road bump after being denied an Emergency Historical Resource Development Program grant. Joe Otto, w…
From teacher to principal: Aker shares excitement, goals for new role in Baxter CSD
BAXTER – About 17 years ago, Jason Aker and his wife Renee visited Baxter Community School. Their son Braydon was 1 year old, and they were …
C-M facility plan continues to take shape
COLFAX – Monday evening, the Colfax-Mingo Community School board unanimously approved a facility and maintenance project list — a product of…
The show must go on
COLFAX —Inside the Colfax Historical Society Museum Saturday night, Jacob Buehrer played the professor an old-time melodrama “Colfax Mineral…
Baxter golfers fall in road triangular
The Baxter golf teams faced BCLUW and North Tama in a triangular on April 12 and the Bolts came up short in both boys and girls competition.
C-M boys break own record in shuttle hurdle relay
DES MOINES — Colfax-Mingo boys’ track and field coach Matt Barkalow brought a partial squad to the Saydel Eagles Boys Invitational on April …
C-M’s Nichols signs with Midland University baskeball
COLFAX — Two years into his high school basketball career, Colfax-Mingo senior Jarod Nichols didn’t think he would score 1,000 points in his…
C-M golfers sweep Lynnville-Sully
COLFAX — A warm spring day gave the Colfax-Mingo and Lynnville-Sully golf teams a chance to get in some South Iowa Cedar League competition …
Baxter takes third at home coed track meet
BAXTER — Baxter’s first scheduled home track and field meet of the season was wiped out due to cold temperatures.
Virgil Lee Fields
Virgil Lee “Gus” “Swede” Fields, 90, of Colfax, died Saturday, April 14, 2018, at Park Ridge Care Center in Pleasant Hill. A funeral service…
MidAmerican Energy reminds customers of email, text alert options for outage updates
DES MOINES — With severe weather looming in the weekend forecast, MidAmerican Energy Company reminds customers they can receive real-time al…