(Area) – There will be some new faces on the Atlantic City Council beginning in January, 2024, following Tuesday’s City-School Elections. Unofficial results from the Cass County Auditor’s Office show incumbents Pat McCurdy and Linda Hartkopf lost their respective 3rd and 4th Ward seats to challengers Mike McDermott and Shawn Sarsfield, respectively. McDermott won by a vote of 211 to 49. Sarsfield’s win was by a 158-to 89 margin. Voter turnout was 18.16% of all registered voters in Cass County.

Voters in the Atlantic Community School District chose to re-elect incumbent Laura McLean to the school board. Joining her will be newcomers Gini Jordan and Jodi Stowater-Goodrich. In Anita, Ben Daughenbaugh was elected Mayor over Kevin Littleton, and Cheryl Sokol along with Roger L. Huffman were elected to At-Large seats on the Anita City Council. In Lewis, Russell Hansen won the Mayor’s race over Rick Sanny, and Roy Wheatley, Ryan Lockwood and Donna Roberts were elected to fill three At-Large seats on the Lewis City Council.

In Adair County, Joanne Byars was elected Mayor of Adair. Shannon Mullen Haus, Jade Irlmeier and Renee Jensen were elected to At-Large seats on the Adair City Council.  In the City of Fontanelle, Dianna Goetz, Bernie Connors II, and Jessica Young were elected to At-Large seats on the City Council. And in Stuart, Michael Kalbach along with Craig Russell, were elected to At-Large seats. Voters in the Adair-Casey School District chose Randal Carney and Justin Crawford to fill to At-Large seats on the school board, and, Public Measure AA (Adoption of a Revenue Purpose Statement) passed by 211 Yes to just 20 No votes.

In Adams County, Public Measure AG in Corning (regarding a change to the make-up of the City Council) passed by a vote of 191 Yes to 83 No. Voters in Prescott approved Public Measure AH (Regarding the number and residency requirement for Prescott Library Board trustees), 12 to 4. Adams County voters also chose Jake Tripp and Seth Evans for At-Large seats on the Lenox Community School District Board. Voter turnout was 18.08%.

In Audubon County, residents of Audubon approved Public Measure A, authorizing a change in the use of the one percent local option sales and services tax, 303-176, or 63.26 percent, to 36.74 percent. The change expends 100 percent of the Local Option Sales and Services Tax for construction, reconstruction, replacement, maintenance, and improvement of city streets, curbs, storm sewers, related infrastructure, and public works-related expenses, including administrative costs. The measure passed by a vote of 303 Yes to 176 No. Voter turnout in Audubon County was 25.26%.

Two seats will be filled on the Audubon City Council by Andrew Graybill and Brandi Meyer, who defeated three other challengers. In Brayton, Cally Christensen was elected Mayor over two other candidates. Steve Fister, Steven Sykes and Joan Meese were elected to the Brayton City Council. In Exira, voters approved (69-to6) a change in the number of Trustees on the Exira Public Library from seven members to five, with one trustee being a resident of the rural area served by the library. The City Council will now appoint all members.

In Kimballton, Millette Shores was elected Mayor, Tuesday. Tony Petersen and Adam Larsen were elected to the City Council. Voters in the Audubon Community School District chose Anne Bomstad-Miller, Mark Nissen and Justin Sprague to represent them as At-Large Directors on the school board. At-large seats on the Exira-EHK School Board will be filled by Jodee Dixson, Terri Harris, Matthew Jorgensen and one of 46 write-in votes to fill the four seats on the board.

In Guthrie County, Joanne Byars won the Mayor’s race in Adair. Jaden David Forsyth, Jade Irlemier and Renee Jensen were selected for the City Council in Adair. Glen Foresman won the Mayor’s race in Bagley, and those elected to the City Council include Kyle Carmichael, Emily Chapman-Olesen, as well as Daphne Clark. Lexee Bonus was elected to fill a vacancy on the Council. Leland Acker, Rick Blake and Bret Wedemeyer were elected to the City Council in Casey. In Panora, Curt Thornberry won the race for Mayor, Tom Flanery and Mark Sheeder were elected to the City Council, in Panora. And, Roger Dorr along with Blake Michaelsen were elected to fill a vacancy on the Council.  Heidi Clark, Clinton Deardorff and Deborah Westergaaard won seats on the Panora School Board.  Patrons of the Guthrie Center School District in Guthrie County, passed a RPS (Revenue Purpose Statement), by a vote of 162-to 18. Voter turnout was 15.74%.

Montgomery County voters elected Emerson Hill as Mayor, in Grant. And, Robert Tripp Narup, Marsha Shepherd and Vince Abraham to At-Large seats on the Villisca City Council. Voter turnout was 15.40%.

In Pottawattamie County, Drew Becker and Robert McCarthy were elected to the Avoca City Council. Dakota Nelson and Cheyenne Mertz won two seats on the City Council in Walnut. Adrian Griffifth and Timothy Branan won the two vacancy seats on the Council in Walnut, and, Mark Jeppesen, Katie Ausdemore and Sara Arnold were elected to the Riverside School Board. Pott. County voters in the Tri-Center School District passed a measures pertaining to a RPS and PPEL. Voter turnout was 14.36%.

In Shelby County, voters overwhelming approved a referendum on taxation [Public Measure TD] (75-cents per $100,000 valuation, & a 1% income surtax) to fund EMS service in the County. The measure passed 1,710 Yes to 368 No. The referendum makes EMS in Shelby County an essential service. Danny Petersen, Kayla Creek and Kendall Petersen were elected to the City Council in Elk Horn. Troy Schaben was elected to the At-Large Lincoln seat on the Harlan City Council/Ward 1, and Shelby County voters elected Zachary Meiners, T.J. Sterk and David Heller to the IKM-Manning School Board. Voter turnout in Shelby County was 24.07%.

See all the results, county-by-county, in links to the Iowa Secretary of State’s website through each area county’s results that were posted on the kjan.com News page.