Many Returning Faces in Local Elections, Updated Again
Tuesday, January 21st, 2020 -- 12:46 PM
-Many familiar names will be on the ballots for the April spring elections around the county.Taking a look at the races happening in some of our communities, for Board of Supervisors, with the exception of District 9 and District 25, all other county districts have the same supervisor running for re-election. In District 9 Diane Feiten filed Non-Candidacy papers and no one filed papers to run for that district. In District 25, Dan Clough did not file papers nor did he file Non-Candidacy. The deadline for that seat had been extended, with the exception of Clough, and Kenneth Gerhardt has filed papers to run for that seat. Most of the races in the county are uncontested, however, there will be a contested race in District 19 and District 24. David Williams is running against Gordon Haselow for the District 19 seat. Rhonda Witte is running against Duwayne Trunkel for the District 24 seat. Also, as a side note, Mary Denk of Greenwood is running for Register of Deeds and Peggy Walter will be retiring at the end of her current term in December of 2020. For Neillsville, Alderman Jerry Quicker will not be running again and two city residents, Dave Harnisch and Ricky Buchsteiner, have filed to fill his seat. Also, Joe Neville is up for re-election. He has filed and is running unopposed. Neillsville Mayor Charles Glassbrenner is not running for re-election and two former mayors are running to fill his seat, Diane Murphy and Dewey Poeschel.
For the Neillsville School Board, incumbents Deanna Heiman and Jake Brunette are running for re-election. Paul Opelt is running for the school board as well. For the Granton Village Board, Russell Keuhn is up for re-election. For the Granton School Board, John Richmond and Doug Eichten are up for reelection and John has chosen not to run again. Cheryl Steinbach and Doug will be on the ballot. For the City of Loyal, Curtiss Lindner is running unopposed for Ward 1 and both Tim Froeba and Dave Geier are running unopposed for seats in Ward 1. In Ward 2, both Tom Bobrofsky and Matthew Prein are running unopposed. For the Loyal School Board, Dan Zimmerman is not seeking re-election and no one has filed to run for that spot. Incumbent Tom Odeen is running unopposed and Harlan Hinkelmann is also running unopposed for the 1-year remaining in his term as he was appointed to the board just this last year. For the Greenwood City Council, Mayor Jim Schecklman is up for re-election as mayor and Tracy Nelson and Ryan Ashbeck are up for re-election for At Large and Ward II positions respectively. All three are running unopposed.
For the Greenwood School Board, incumbent Mark Shain is running for re-election unopposed. For the Withee Village Board, the incumbents are up for election including Randy Shelton Jr., John Frankewicz and Susan Kalepp. They are all running unopposed. For the Owen City Council, Joan Jalling and Allen Wagner are running unopposed for re-election in Ward 1 and 3 respectively. Incumbent Robert Wilczek is running for re-election in Ward 2. Owen resident Dan Hooks is running against him. For the Owen-Withee School Board, incumbents Charlie Milliren and Dean Schmelezer are running unopposed for re-election.
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