Steve e-mails: "Now that the deadline has passed for people to file papers to run for election locally, where do I go to find a list of all the candidates on the ballot?"
Mr. Answer Person says: "The Winneshiek County Auditor's Office has provided decorahnews.com with an office-by-office ballot listing for local races:
Countywide Races:
Auditor:
Benjamin D. Steines (R)
2575 Grouse Valley Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Sheriff:
Leon Francis Bohr (R)
1529 Canoe Ridge Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Chuck T Ihde (Nominated by Petition)
1951 Centennial Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
County Supervisor District 1:
Dennis Karlsbroten (R)
3871 Locust Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Bill Ibanez (D)
303 Upper Broadway
Decorah, IA 52101
Bob Watson (Nominated by Petition)
2736 Lannon Hill Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
County Supervisor District 2:
Floyd Ashbacher (R)
1795 Old Stage Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Rachel Vagts (D)
405 Day St
Decorah, IA 52101
John Franzen (Nominated by Petition)
410 Decorah Ave
Decorah, IA 52101
County Supervisor District 3:
Les Askelson (R)
908 Pine Ridge Court
Decorah, IA 52101
Dean Martin Thompson (D)
217 Riverview Dr
Decorah, IA 52101
County Supervisor District 4:
John Logsdon (R)
236 Jessie St
Ossian, IA 52161
Clark Goltz (D)
105 N Hill St, PO Box 16
Ossian, IA 52161
County Supervisor District 5:
Lonnie Pierce (R)
3455 Bluffton Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Mark Kuhn (D)
1799 293rd Ave
Fort Atkinson, IA 52144
Non Partisan Races:
County Hospital Trustee (two vacancies):
Steve Hildebrand
2553 Clay Hill Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Karl Jacobsen
902 Rosa Dr
Decorah, IA 52101
David Kratz
2312 Highway 9
Decorah, IA 52101
Jim Tweedy
3395 Bluffton Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Soil and Water Conservation Commission (three vacancies):
Danny Leidahl
1582 Old Stage Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
John F. Lubke
2350 270th Ave
Ridgeway, IA 52165
Wilbur C. Stoen
604 Shady Lane Dr
Decorah, IA 52101
Agricultural Extension Board (four vacancies):
Edward Albertson
3128 210th St
Calmar, IA 52132
Kevin Lansing
1553 175th St
Ossian, IA 52161
Gary Lien
2148 187th St
Calmar, IA 52132
Jessica Rediske
3171 Scenic River Rd
Decorah, IA 52101
Township Trustee (township listed in parenthesis):
Erlin Walter (Bluffton)
Davis Lange (Bluffton)
Dawn Marlow (Burr Oak)
Russell Lensing (Calmar)
Dale Suhr (Calmar)
Laura Boice (Canoe)
Curtis Gjere (Decorah)
John Nielsen (Frankville)
Leland Hovey (Fremont)
Allan Dahlen (Glenwood)
Lori Herold (Jackson)
Rodney Ollendieck (Lincoln)
Elmer Buchheit (Military)
Bruce Sersland (Springfield)
Robert Klimesh (Washington)
Ballot Question in the City of Ossian:
Shall the City of Ossian, in Winneshiek County, Iowa, enter into a loan agreement and issue bonds in an amount not exceeding $700,000 for the purpose of paying the cost, to that extent, of constructing, furnishing and equipping a building to be used as a fire station/maintenance shop and demolishing and removing the existing building?