Treasurer resumes food drive

The counter space is filling up with cans of food at the county treasurer’s office, where staff are conducting their second annual food drive for the FISH Food pantry in Colfax.

Staff members are asking for non-perishable food items from people bringing in the second half of their tax payments to the county office at the courthouse.

"We’ll have several thousand people walk through the door," said County Treasurer Bob Lothspeich of the days before the Oct. 31 deadline for second half taxes.

The food drive last year raised 600 pounds of food and $500 in cash donations for Colfax’s food pantry. T...