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Hornets suffer losses to Columbus, Elk Mound

Hornets suffer losses to Columbus, Elk Mound Hornets suffer losses to Columbus, Elk Mound

The Colby Hornets rounded out their regular season with a pair of losses in best of five game matches against Columbus Catholic and Elk Mound over the last week. They will finish with an 18-17 reco...

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Promises aborted?

To the Editor: MAGA has changed! It's original platform was understandable in the US political scene. It's basic ideas were sound. No extended foreign wars. Try to balance the budget and to keep the national debt from growing. To aggressively go after the worst of the worst immigrants. Control inflation and the cost of living for the average family. Have a morally upright government. Support democ...

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Once more into the woods…Colby’s Haunted Trail open this weekend
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Once more into the woods…Colby’s Haunted Trail open this weekend

This upcoming weekend, the annual Haunted Trail is once again taking over the Colby school forest fo...

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Take two for police budget

Issues surrounding the 2027 budget for the Colby/Abbotsford Police Department arose at the Colby City Council’s most recent monthly meeting and were further addressed during the joint commission meeting held on Monday. With Colby facing overall budgetary concerns, a motion to approve the CAPD’s proposed budget did not even come to a vote at Colby’s council meeting on Oct. 6 after failing ...

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Small town voting importance

To the Editor: It saddens me, and makes me a little mad, when I hear people questioning the integrity of our elections in Wisconsin - especially here where I live and vote. Granton has been my home for the past 26+ years and I have voted every year, mostly in person and occasionally by absentee ballot. The poll workers are my neighbors. They are trained, they are detailed and they follow the rules...

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Frost marks the change in seasons
BY CHRIS HARDIE
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Frost marks the change in seasons

Fall is in full swing with the trees changing colors but for me there is another annual event that i...

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One man’s junk, treasure

One of my favorite idioms is “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure”. This means what one person considers worthless might be highly valuable to someone else. This idiom came to mind this morning as my wife and I headed to church. We passed a house where the entire garage and driveway were full of “stuff” that was for sale at a yard sale. I think it is safe to assume that the ownerâ...

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