(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak have arrested a man for Child Endangerment – an Aggravated Misdemeanor. Authorities report 38-year-old Aaron Lucas Allen, of Red Oak, was arrested just before 7-p.m. Tuesday, in the 800 block of E. Reed Street in Red Oak. Allen was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 bond.

(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.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Red Oak Police report two separate arrests were conducted Tuesday evening. A little after 5-p.m., 64-year-old David Gene Carroll, of Villisca, was arrested for Driving While Revoked, following a traffic stop near 190th St. & Eastern Avenue, in Red Oak. Carroll was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond.

And, at around 5:30-p.m., 32-year-old Jessica Lynn Hardman, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 300 block of E. Valley Street, on a Red Oak Police Dept. warrant for Driving Under Suspension. Hardman was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash-only bond.

(Radio Iowa) – Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of government borrowing plans were approved by voters in this year’s city-school elections in Iowa. Eighty percent of Polk County voters approved a 350-million dollar plan to build a new terminal and expand check-in, baggage claim and security checkpoint areas at the Des Moines Airport.

Nearly 55 percent of voters in Webster County voted to borrow 45-and-a-half MILLION dollars for a new county jail, but bond issues have to pass with at least 60 percent support, so the plan failed. Voters in Pocahontas and Greene Counties crossed that 60 percent threshold and approved building new county jails. Bonding plans in 34 school districts were decided, too.

Voters in the Cedar Rapids School District rejected a 220-million dollar bond issue to build a new middle school and make other improvements in the district. Voters in the Waukee district approved a 180 million dollar bond referendum to update district facilities.

Hundreds of city council and mayor’s races around the state were decided Tuesday. Connie Boesen is the first woman to be elected mayor of Iowa’s largest city. Boesen, an Iowa State Fair food vendor who’s been a member of the Des Moines City Council for six years, finished ahead of three others running for mayor.

Davenport Mayor Mike Matson won a third term as mayor of Iowa’s third largest city. Candidates backed by the conservative “Moms for Liberty” group failed to win seats on the Linn-Mar School Board. Several Republicans have criticized the district’s policies for transgender students and Governor Reynolds has said the new state funded scholarships for private school expenses are an option for parents who feel trapped in districts that don’t share their values.

Conservative slates of candidates campaigning on parental rights issues failed to win seats on school boards in the Des Moines suburbs of Johnston, Waukee and West Des Moines.

Full (Unofficial) results will be available HERE

CITY OF AVOCA

City Council (elect 2):

Fred G. Miller, III 145

Drew Becker 157**

Robert McCarthy 185**

Clint Fichter 89

CITY OF WALNUT

City Council (elect 2):

Dakota Nelsen 98**

Joshua Thomas 42

Michael Chapman 22

Larry M. Hagadon 60

Kevin Clark 83

Cheyenne Mertz 89**

City Council to fill a vacancy (elect 2):

Adrian J. Griffith 99**

Timothy A. Branan 127**

Mike Martin 81

Tracy Stohler 56

RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Director District #5 (elect 1):

Mark Jeppesen 220**

Tate M. Brandon 62

TRI-CENTER CSD

Director At-Large (elect 2):

Kevin K. Holben 56

Katie Ausdemore 203**

Sara Arnold 179**

TRI-CENTER Public Measure SB  (Re: Adoption of a Revenue Purpose Statement)

Yes 202

No 26

TRI-CENTER Public Measure SC (Re: PPEL renewal of $1.34/1,000 assessed property valuation, effective in the FY ending 6/20/2025)

Yes 182

No 47

(Updated by Montgomery County Auditor’s Office with Write-In’s, 11/8/23 6:29-p.m.)

Full results available HERE

City of Elliott – Mayor

Michael Carson 30**

Dean Anderson 2

City of Elliott – City Council At-Large (Elect 2):

Leta Rush 15**

Lisa Jamison 24**

Chris Tischer 10

City of Grant – Mayor [2-year term] (Elect 1)

John J. Giefing 6

Emerson Hill 20**

Steve Williams 1

City of Grant City Council At-Large (elect 5):

Greg Karwal 24**

Connie K. Giefing 7

Clay Amos 26**

Chelsea Dvorak 23**

Lyn Sliger 24**

Jeff Brown 6

Nancy Taylor 20**

City of Red Oak – Mayor

Shawna L. Silvius 472**

Bill Billings 187

City of Red Oak – City Council Ward 1 (elect 1):

John F. Haidsiak 101

Jeanice Lester 78

City of Stanton – Mayor:

Matt Kutzli 29**

Chris Stephens 8

Jeff Magneson 4

Leland Lantz 4

City of Villisca – Council Member At Large [4-year term] (Elect 3)

Robert Tripp Narup 78**

Marsha S. Shepherd 69**

Gabrielle Jackson 66

Vince Abraham 75**

East Mills School Director At-Large (TFV) (elect 1):

Suzanne Schraft 0

Nicole Marie Semrau 0

Dana Carter 1*

Red Oak School Director At-Large (elect 2):

Ashley York 254

Scott Bruce 565**

Aaron D. Schmid 481**

Shenandoah School Dirctor At-Large (elect 2):

Jeffrey A. Hiser 0

Glen Owen Mason, Jr. 0

William Brent Twyman 0

Villisca School Director At-Large (elect 3)

Richard Allen Mullen 98**

Jason Poston 125**

Scattering 2

Full results are available HERE

Shelby County Public Measure TD (Summary: funding for EMS for 15-years via 1% Local Option Income Surtax effective 2024, & an Ad Valorem tax not to exceed 75-cents/$1,000 taxable property valuation on assessed property)

Yes 1,710 **

No 368

Elk Horn City Council (Vote for no more than 3):

Danny L. Petersen 116**

Rick Sloth 54

Kayla Creek 106**

Kendall Petersen 122**

Harlan Ward 1/City Council At Large Lincoln (Elect 1):

Troy Schaben 516**

James Sheehan 109

IKM-Manning School Board:

Director At Large (Elect 1) –

Mike Blum 120

Zachary Meiners 223**

Sarah Ferneding 65

Director District 2 (Elect 1) –

Bridget Gore 141

T.J. Sterk 145**

Director District 2A (Elect 1)

David Heller 331**

Emmalie Rasmussen 109

Tri-Center Community School District (Shelby County district patrons)

Director (Elect 2)

Kevin K. Holben 0

Katie Ausdemore 5

Sara Arnold 4

Tri-Center Public Measure SB (Shelby County patrons) (Re: Revenue Purpose Statement [RPS] renewal) – use of SAVE funds for infrastructure improvements)

Yes 5

No 0

Tri-Center Public Measure SC (Shelby County patrons) (Re: PPEL of $1.34/$1,000 assessed valuation)

Yes 5   No 0

Full results HERE

UPDATED by Adair County Auditor 4:28-p.m. 11/8/23, with Write-In candidates

CITY OF ADAIR

Mayor (elect 1):

Joanne Byars 126 **

Kim Hodne 89

Scattering: 6

City Council At Large (Elect 3):

Perry Leeper 83

Shannon Mullen Haus 134**

John W. Haus, Jr. 35

Jaden David Forsyth 72

Jade Irlmeier 126**

Renee Jensen 136**

Lee R. Garside 29

Scattering: 8

ADAIR-CASEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Director At-Large (elect 2):

Randal Carney 179**

Erica Tunink 65

Justin Crawford 204**

Public Measure AA (To adopt a Revenue Purpose Statement for SAVE funds)

Yes 211**

No 20

CITY OF BRIDGEWATER

City Council – To fill a vacancy (Elect 1):

Steven A. Frese 17**

Vicki J. Bera 2

Scattering: 1

CITY OF CASEY

City Council – At Large (elect 3):

Rick Blake 0

Bret Wedemeyer 0

Leland Acker 0

Cheinie Case 0

CITY OF FONTANELLE

Mayor:

Michael Walker (Write-in) 16

Mary Sturdy Martin (Write-In) 12

City Council At-Large  (elect 3):

Dianna Goetz 65**

Bernie Connors II 68**

Jessica Young 71**

Terrin Gettler 60

Bryce Edwards (Write-In) 13

Scattering: 14

City Council (TFV) – elect 2:

Dawn Brown 89

Bryce Edwards 10

Scattering: 10

CITY OF STUART

City Council At-Large (elect 2):

Kristina A. Renslow 22

Michael A. Kalbach 33**

Craig Russell 33**

Angie Capps 10

Scattering: 12

Full results can be viewed HERE

CITY OF CORNING – Public Measure AG (re: changing the current makeup of the City Council from 2 elected At Large and 1 from each of 3 wards, to ALL 5 Council members elected At Large without any ward residency requirements), effective at the beginning of the term following the next regular city election.

Yes 191**

No 83

CITY OF PRESCOTT – Public Measure AH (Shall the composition and manner of selection for the Prescott Library Board be changed to reduce the number of trustees from 6 to 5, and to change the residency requirement for trustees from city residents to county residents?)

Yes 12**

No 4

LENOX COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

School Board Director – At Large (Elect 2)

Jake Tripp 5**

Eric Caldwell 4

Seth Evans 5**

Full results can be viewed HERE

CITY OF AUDUBON

Council Member (elect 2):

Andrew Grabill 328**

Jacob Murray 165

Rick Freimuth 78

Brandi Meyer 294 **

Katherine Beckman 101

City of Audubon Public Measure A – SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED? Summary: To authorize a change in the use of the one percent (1%) local sales and services tax in the City of Audubon effective July 1, 2024. If the change is approved, revenues from the sales and services tax shall be allocated as follows: 0% for property tax relief; The specific purposes for which the revenues shall otherwise be expended are: 100% for construction, reconstruction, replacement, maintenance, and improvement of city streets, curbs, storm sewers and related infrastructure; and public works related expenses, including administrative expenses. CURRENT USES OF THE TAX:
Revenues from the sales and services tax are currently allocated as follows: 0% for property tax relief; 100% for street construction and repair                     YES    303**                            NO 176

CITY OF BRAYTON

Mayor (elect 1):

Gregory Gust 15

Cally Christensen 18**

Neil C. Poldberg 11

Council member (elect 3):

Steve Fister 30**

Steven L. Sykes 34**

Tanya Marshall 18

Joan B. Meese 23**

CITY OF EXIRA

City of Exira Public Measure B – SHALL THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC MEASURE BE ADOPTED? Shall the City of Exira be authorized to adopt an ordinance reducing the membership of the Library Board of Trustees from seven (7) members to five (5) members, with one member being a resident of the rural area served by the library, and all members to be appointed by the City Council.    YES      69**                 NO 6

CITY OF GRAY
Mayor – Alecia Bluml  13

City Council Member 3 positions open– no one filed  (22 write-in’s)

CITY OF KIMBALLTON

Mayor (elect 1):

Peggy Mortensen 23

Millette L. Shores 59**

City Council Member  (elect 2):

Katie Kunik 56

Tony Petersen 72**

Adam Larsen 63**

AUDUBON COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Board Member At-Large (elect 3):

Derek Anthofer 258

Anne Bomstad Miller 481**

Bethany Meese-Sample 102

Mark Nissen 498**

Justin Sprague 590**

EXIRA-ELK HORN-KIMBALLTON CSD

Board Member At-Large (elect 4):

Jodee D. Dixson 168

Terri Harris 162

Matthew Jorgensen 187

46 Write-in’s