By: Matt Scher, [email protected]
(KHBT) – The ballots are out for this year’s election on Nov. 7. Here are the candidates looking for your vote this year in Humboldt County and for families whose students attend school districts located outside of the county.
Cities
Bode
City of Bode – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- D.L. Peterson
City of Bode – Council Member At-Large – 2-Year (Vote for 5)
- Carol Miller, Paula Fulwider, Myra Barnes, Glenn Hasfjord, Robert McKenna, Jess Tener, and Ryan McCart
City of Bode – Public Measure KP
- Shall the following be adopted?
- Do you approve the Council Members of the City of Bode to be elected for a term of four years and said terms be staggered.
Bradgate
City of Bradgate – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- No declared candidate
City of Bradgate – Council Member At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 2)
- No declared candidates
Dakota City
City of Dakota City – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Sean Phillips
City of Dakota – Council Member At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- Jon Stern, Samantha Pals, Mychal Edler, and Ross Newton
Gilmore City
City of Gilmore City – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Landon Bailey
City of Gilmore City – Council Member At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- Mary Torkelson, Jacob Peterson, and Paul Kipfer
City of Gilmore City – Council Member At-Large To Fill Vacancy (Vote for 1)
- Irina Jacobs
Hardy
City of Hardy – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Kathy Petersen
City of Hardy – Council Member At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- Tammie Tuttle, Madison Tuttle, James A. Hutchinson, Dennis Lippolt, and Austin Thompson
Humboldt
City of Humboldt – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Daniel E. Scholl
City of Humboldt – Council Ward 1 – 4-Year (Vote for 1)
- Matt Dominick
City of Humboldt – Council Ward 2 – 4-Year (Vote for 1)
- John Sleiter
City of Humboldt – Council Ward 3 – 4-Year (Vote for 1)
- Joel A. Goodell
City of Humboldt – Council Member At-Large To Fill Vacancy (Vote for 1)
- Jeff Harklau
City of Humboldt – Park Board Commissioner – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- Thomas Tecklenburg and Tom Nostrom
Livermore
City of Livermore – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Billie Scott
City of Livermore – Council Member At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 2)
- Janice Frost Schmieder, Dean Thompson, and Todd Russell
LuVerne
City of LuVerne – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Kevin McPeak
City of LuVerne – Council Member At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- Dennis Carroll, Kelsey Casey, and Scott Frideres
Ottosen
City of Ottosen – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Monte Newton
City of Ottosen – Council Member At Large – 4-Year (Vote for 2)
- Bruce Bleuer, Micah R. Mitchell, Chris Thompson, Eric Miller, and Jan Brown
Renwick
City of Renwick – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Taylor Kunert
City of Renwick – Council Member At Large – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- Robert Wolf, Daniel Kraft, and Andrew Berte
Rutland
City of Rutland – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- No declared candidate
City of Rutland – Council Member At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- No declared candidates
Thor
City of Thor – Mayor – 2-Year (Vote for 1)
- Emory Wayne White
City of Thor – Council Member At Large – 4-Year (Vote for 2)
- Nick Rosendahl, Terry Bender, and Tracy Nerem
Schools
Algona Schools
Algona School – Director At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 4)
- Andrea Vinci, Brent Owen, Todd Louwagie, and Tom Nugent
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Schools
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows School – Director District 1 (Vote for 1)
- Joseph Corrow, Craig Warnke, and Cindy Dorn
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows School Director District 2 (Vote for 1)
- Troy G. Seaba
Eagle Grove Schools
Eagle Grove School Director At-Large (Vote for 3)
- Darren Robinson, Tracy Crail, and Amanda Willard
Eagle Grove School – Public Measure WW
Eagle Grove CSD PPEL
Shall the Board of Directors of the Eagle Grove Community School District, in the Counties of Wright, Humboldt, and Webster, State of lowa, for the purpose of purchasing and improving grounds; constructing schoolhouses or buildings and opening roads to schoolhouses or buildings; purchasing of buildings; purchase, lease or lease-purchase of technology and equipment; paying debts contracted for the erection or construction of schoolhouses or buildings, not including interest on bonds; procuring or acquisition of libraries; repairing, remodeling, reconstructing, improving, or expanding the schoolhouses or buildings and additions to existing schoolhouses; expenditures for energy conservation; renting facilities under low Code Chapter 28E; purchasing transportation equipment for transporting students; lease purchase option agreements for school buildings or equipment; purchasing equipment authorized by law; or for any purpose or purposes now or hereafter authorized by law, be authorized for a period of ten (10) years, to levy annually, a voter-approved physical plant and equipment property tax not to exceed One Dollar Thirty-Four Cents ($1.34) per One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the school district commencing with the levy for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or each year thereafter?
Eagle Grove School – Public Measure WX
Eagle Grove CSD ISL
Shall the Board of Directors of the Eagle Grove Community School District, in the Counties of Wright, Humboldt, and Webster, State of lowa, be authorized for a period of ten (10) vears to continue to levy and impose an instructional support tax in an amount (after taking into consideration instructional support state aid of not exceeding ten percent (10%) of the total of regular program district cost for the budget year and moneys received under Section 257.14, Code of lowa, as a budget adjustment in the budget year, and be authorized annually, in combination, as determined by the Board, to levy an instructional support property tax upon all the taxable property within the School District commencing with the levy of property taxes for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, and to impose an instructional support income surtax upon the state individual income tax of each individual income taxpayer resident in the School District on December 31 for each calendar year commencing with calendar year 2026, or each year thereafter, the percent of income surtax to be determined by the Board for each fiscal year, but which shall not exceed seven percent (7%), to be used for any general fund purpose?
Gilmore City-Bradgate Schools
Gilmore City-Bradgate School – Director At Large – 4-Year (Vote for 2)
- Abbi Telford, April Smith, and Angie Jergens
Gilmore City-Bradgate School – Director At-Large To Fill Vacancy (Vote for 1)
- Devin Ellrich
Humboldt Schools
Humboldt School – Director District 2 – 4-Year (Vote for 1)
- Kristi Clark
Humboldt School – Director District 4 – 4-Year (Vote for 1)
- Jim Mertz
Twin Rivers Schools
Twin Rivers School – Director At-Large – 4-Year (Vote for 3)
- Kaylyn Stalzer, Ashley Foth, Megan Warnke, and Emily Jensen
West Bend-Mallard Schools
West Bend-Mallard School – Director At-Large (Vote for 4)
- Dawn Schmidt, Jillian Hansen, Nicole Myer, and John Zaugg
Area Schools
Iowa Central Community College
Iowa Central Community College – Director District 1 (Vote for 1)
- Darrell Determann
Iowa Central Community College – Director District 5 (Vote for 1)
- Andrea Oswald
Iowa Lakes Community College
Iowa Lakes Community College – Director District 1 (Vote for 1)
- Arden N. Kinnander