Voters straggle to polls
Markert beats Weiss at MNW; Nick Spencer defeats Chris Green
- -Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Framed by the office window, precinct election officials Kathy Porrez, at left, Deb Schuh and Norma Hughett, right, wait for Precinct 8 voters Tuesday afternoon at Butler Elementary School. Turnout in the election was light; as of 6:10 p.m. 11 voters had cast ballots there. That included the three cast by each of them. Hughett said the first voter made it to the polls, which opened at 7 a.m., at 9:55 a.m.

-Messenger photo by Hans Madsen Framed by the office window, precinct election officials Kathy Porrez, at left, Deb Schuh and Norma Hughett, right, wait for Precinct 8 voters Tuesday afternoon at Butler Elementary School. Turnout in the election was light; as of 6:10 p.m. 11 voters had cast ballots there. That included the three cast by each of them. Hughett said the first voter made it to the polls, which opened at 7 a.m., at 9:55 a.m.
Two incumbents and one newcomer were elected to the Fort Dodge Community School District Board of Education Tuesday that produced low numbers at the polls.
Incumbents Stuart Cochrane and Lisa Shimkat were returned to the board. Dan Hansen will join them as the newest board member.
Shimkat won 344 votes, Hansen won 339 votes and Cochrane won 323 votes, according to unofficial election results released Tuesday night by the Webster County Auditor’s office.
They were running for three seats on the board.
“It’s an exciting time to be on the board because education in Fort Dodge and elsewhere is going through a big transition,” Cochrane said. “We are at a point in time where things are changing fast, the demands on public dollars are many, and we need to continue.”
“I am excited to be a part of it again because I honestly believe Fort Dodge is heading a great direction,” he added. “It’s just exciting to be shaping education for people who will be shaping it in the future. We have always had a great board to work with. They are all sincerely very caring people and passionately believe what they are doing.”
Hansen and Shimkat could not be reached for comment Tuesday night.
MANSON — Manson Northwest Webster School board member Steve Markert won re-election, defeating challenger Denise Weiss Tuesday night.
Markert won 232 votes to Markert’s 177, or 56 percent to 44 percent, according to unofficial results that came in after 10 p.m. Tuesday night.
Markert has been on the board for four years. He represents District 1.
Fort Dodge
Vote for three:
Stuart Cochrane – 323
Lisa Shimkat – 344
Dan Hansen – 339
Write-in 14
Southeast Webster Grand
District 1, vote for one: Chad Lambert – 79.
District 2, vote for one: Katie VanSickle – 79
District 3, vote for no more than two:
Paige Smith – 58
Alison Swanson – 75
Manson Northwest Webster
District 1, vote for one:
Steve Markert – 232
Denise Weiss – 177
District 2, vote for one: Patrick Fitzgerald – 343
At large, vote for one: Jill Nelson – 354
Prairie Valley
At large, vote for one: Jim Carlson – 75
District 1, vote for one: Heidi Leigh McGuire – 74
Distrct 3, vote for no more than two:
Joe Harrison – 62
Shannon R. Miller – 73
South Central Calhoun School District
District 1, vote for one: Kari Musselman – 270
District 1 to fill a vacancy, vote for one: Jason Hawkins – 246
District 2, vote for one: Darci Lightner – 287
District 2 to fill a vacancy, vote for one: Judy Hungate – 265
At large, vote for one:
Chris Green – 145
Nick Spencer – 168
East Sac County Community School District
Vote for two:
Jay Stoltenberg – 328
Brent Wilhelm – 290
Gilmore City/Bradgate School District
At large, vote for three:
Marsha Habben – 19
Beau Jergens – 20
Mitch Nielsen – 14
Humboldt
District 1, vote for one:
Michael Heier – 122
Janell Smith (i) -, 101
District 3, vote for one:
Randy Hildreth (i), -99
Robert Myott – 121
At large, vote for one:
Joe Jacobson -100
Suzanne Newton (i) – 117
Twin Rivers
At Large, vote for two:
Brandon Jenson – 19
Kristyn Olson -16
Clarion-Goldfield Community School District
District 2, vote for two.
Beth Jackson- 104
Elizabeth Severson – 106
Write-in 10
District 3
Megan Ring – 109
Write-in 4
Eagle Grove Community School District
Erin Halverson – 37
Jon Rowen – 39
Write-in 2
Belmond-Klemme Community School District
At large, vote for two
Gary L. Berkland – 297
Laura LaRue – 140
Marc Schlichting -175
James R. Swenson-163
District 4, vote for one
Robert Arnold -79
Rick McDaniel-308
Pocahontas Area Community School District
At large, vote for three:
Richard Garner — 76
Chris Janssen — 95
Nick Lenz — 96
Iowa Central Community College
Merged Area V: Terri Wessels — 213
District 6: Bennett O’Connor — 102
District 7: Mark Crimmins — 159
North Kossuth Community School
District 1, vote for one:
Phillip Abers — 171
Write-in — 9
District 2, vote for two:
Rick Baur — 179
Write-in — 59
Public measure: Physical Plant and Equipment Levy of 67 cents per $1,000:
Yes — 98
No — 119
LuVerne Community School
At large, vote for three:
Meredith Collins — 39
Charles Legler — 42
Write-ins — 1
At large, to fill vacancy, vote for two:
Jennifer Ludwig — 44
Write-ins — 0
Public measure, Physical Plant and Equipment Levy of 67 cents per $1,000:
Yes — 37
No — 4
Algona Community School
At large, vote for three:
Gloria Bartlet — 179
Cheryl Grether — 177
Jay Limbaugh — 189
Write-ins — 13
Public measure: Physical Plant and Equipment Levy of 67 cents per $1,000:
Yes — 173
No — 29
Emmetsburg Community School
Vote for three:
Aaron Dietrich — 275
Jill Graham — 236
Jane Hoyman — 389
Linda Mathis Tienter — 132
Kathleen Roethler — 330
Write-in — 0
Laurens-Marathon Community School
Charles Harrold — 136
Brian Josephson — 31
Megan Josephson — 14
Laura Todd — 117
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