(Harlan, Iowa) – Shelby County Auditor/Elections Commissioner Mark Maxwell has provided KJAN with a list of candidates whose names will appear on the November 2nd City/School Election ballots.
City of Shelby
Mayor – Ron Kroll
City Council (vote for 2) – Jackie Hursey & Pat Honeywell
City of Tennant
Mayor – James Brantner
City Council (Vote for 2) – Todd Hively & Dennis Oellerich.
City of Harlan
Mayor – Michael Kolbe
City Council – Ward 1: Jay Christensen.
City Council – Ward 3: Jeanna Rudolph.
At Large Center: Sharon Kroger.
City of Irwin
Mayor – James Borcher
City Council (Vote for 3): Lana Schwieso; Greg Gaer; William D. McMahon.
City of Westphalia
Mayor – Jerome Gross.
City Council (Vote for 3): Julie Goetzinger; Ed Goetzinger; Brian Arkfeld.
Cities of Defiance and Panama: Mayor – OPEN City Council (Vote for 3): OPEN (No candidates have filed)
City of Earling
Mayor – Janice Gaul.
City Council (elect 3) – Troy Langenfeld; Jackie Frum; OPEN
City of Elk Horn (No Mayor elected until 2023 – 4 year term)
City Council (elect 2): Jerry Hoffman; Derick Hogberg; Nolan Teegerstrom.
City Council – To fill a vacancy: Kendall Petersen.
City of Kirkman: Mayor – OPEN; City Council (elect 2) – No candidates filed.
City of Portsmouth
Mayor – Donald Kenkel
City Council (elect 3): Dustin Kleffman; Tim Blum; Jill Prososki.
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
AHSTW Director District 2, 3, 5 and At-Large (Pottawattamie County will provide the information)
Harlan Community Schools – District 1: Alan Hazelton; Missy Cox
HCS – District 2: Mathew Worthey; Jade Albertsen.
HCS – District 3: Mark Sorfonden; Seth Piro; James Reischl.
HCS – District 4: Gregory Bladt; Chris Swensen.
HCS – District 6 (To fill a vacancy): Joseph D. Herzberg.
Exira-EHK Schools Director – Vote for 4: (Information to be provided)
IKM-Manning CSD Director At Large – Vote for 2: Phil Stracke Luke Potthoff; Sam Hansen; Mike Blum.
IKM-Manning Director, District 1B: Megan Reis; Amy Ferneding.
IKM-Manning Director, District 2B: Josh Linde; Steven A. Wiskus.
Information on the Tri-Center and Woodbine CSD Directors, Boyer Valley Director District’s 1 & 2 (Vote for 2 in each), Des Moines Area Community College District 3 and Iowa Western Community College District 9, will be provided by those schools.
In addition, voters in the City of Harlan will vote on Public Measure TE: Shall the following public measure be adopted? “Shall the Board of Trustees of Harlan Municipal Utilities, City of Harlan, in the County of Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized to discontinue and dispose of the municipally-owned communications utility by sale?”
The polling stations are as follows:
Absentee: Shelby County Courthouse
Fairview-Shelby precinct: Shelby Community Hall in Shelby; Clay-Monroe precinct: Elk Horn Town Hall; City of Harlan, Wards 1,2,3,&4: Therkildsen Center; Cass-Lincoln-Center-Jackson precincts: Therkildsen Center; Greeley-Jefferson-Douglas-Polk precincts: Irwin Community Building; Grove-Union-Washington-Westphalia precincts: St. Joseph’s Parish Hall, in Earling. For more information, contact the Shelby County Auditor’s Office at 712-755-3831. Select option 6.