–Mike Genrich, Barry Boland, and Gary David Miller have all been elected to serve on the Kossuth County Board of Supervisors following the results of Tuesday’s election.
Genrich won a 3-way race for the District #1 seat currently held by Carter Nath, who did not seek reelection. Genrich finished with 791 votes, defeating independent candidate Lara Cram, who finished with 384 votes, and Democrat Lany Mitchell, who received 315 votes.
Miller was unopposed in seeking the District #3 seat currently held by Josh Waecther, while Boland was also unopposed in the race for the District #4 seat, currently held by Kyle Stecker. Boland tells KLGA News he’s looking forward to getting started.
The board is currently deciding whether to implement a moratorium on data center construction, something Boland says he would not support.
Todd Holmes was reelected to serve as County Attorney and Karen Benschoter also won reelection to serve as County Recorder, as each was unopposed.
Connie Ludwig will be the new County Treasurer, as she was unopposed in a race to replace Nick Rahm, who did not seek another term. Ludwig tells KLGA News she has learned a lot from Rahm during her 27 years working in the treasurer’s office.
Ludwig says her biggest goal is to keep things running smoothly.
Voters in Kossuth, Emmet, and Palo Alto counties living in the North Union School district opposed a $12 Million bond issue that would have funded a new competition gymnasium along with other facility upgrades. In Kossuth County, 306 voted against the proposal and 172 voted to approve. In Emmet County, the vote was 525 against and 285 in favor, and in Palo Alto County, the vote ended up with 9 in favor and 31 opposed.
In Palo Alto County there was a contested race for Board of Supervisors in District #5, with Aaron Dietrich edging Linus Solberg and Matt Reding. Dietrich finished with 409 votes, while Solberg received 326 and Reding grabbed 87.
A bond issue to fund construction of a new elementary school in Emmetsburg failed for the 3rd time Tuesday, as the $25 million proposal failed to get the necessary 60% approval mark. The vote total ended with 1,165 in favor, and 988 opposed, which only works out to 54% approval.
All of the area election results can be found by going to www.sos.iowa.gov.
