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COLFAX - More than 60 students rallied in front of the Colfax High School on their first day back against state COVID vaccination and mask mandates.

The Associated Student Body (ASB) organized the event on Aug. 30 to express the students' views.

"We thought that what the state is doing is wrong with the mandates," said ASB Representative Tucker Senter. "We wanted to do something peaceful and that got our point across."

He's a senior and said the rally represented the students.

"A lot of the students here agreed with us 100%," said Senter. "It was pretty unanimous with the ideas that we had....