Turnout was light for Tuesday’s (3/2) special elections across the No Coast Network listening area.  In Oskaloosa, voters overwhelmingly approved raising the city’s hotel/motel tax from five percent to seven percent.  There were 157 votes in favor, with 25 against.

Elsewhere, voters in both the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont and Ottumwa school districts approved raising their property tax levy by $1.34 per $1000 of assessed value on their home.  The money would go toward each district’s facilities and technology.  The unofficial total in the EBF election is 248 yes and 186 no.  While in Ottumwa, the unofficial vote is 693 yes and 357 no.

Also in the EBF school district, Patti Maloy was re-elected unopposed to the District 6 seat on the EBF school board.