Ken Schmitt resides at 4988 120th Avenue, Colfax, WI 54730. Ken and his wife Laura have 4 children between the ages of 6 1/2 and 12 and have a small grass-based cow-calf operation. He is a former Chippewa County Board Supervisor and Chippewa Valley Electric board member.  They live on the southern end of a large industrial sand mining district and he has spent the last 9 years studying and working to protect citizens in the vicinity of the mines from the negative side effects of the industry as well as speaking at informational seminars about the industry and giving tours of the mining district.