Results are in from Tuesday’s (11/2) elections in the No Coast Network listening area. In Ottumwa, interim City Councilman Rick Johnson has been elected Mayor…as he defeated Rick Bick with 2272 votes to 1026. There are also three new city council members in Ottumwa, with Sandra Pope, Douglas David McAntire and Cara Galloway defeating three other candidates. Sigourney will have a new mayor, as Jimmy Morlan defeated incumbent Douglas Glandon 240 to 96.
In Oskaloosa, Mayor David Krutzfeldt ran unopposed for another term. In the city council races, Janet Kuskie Hermsen was the winner in Ward 1, Ronda Almond in Ward 3, and Charlie Comfort and Lisa Ossian won at-large seats. All four ran unopposed.
The Oskaloosa School Board will change the way it chooses members. Voters narrowly decided to have all seven board members be at-large members, rather than one at-large member and the other six from different areas of the city. The vote was 813 yes and 767 no.
There will also be three new Oskaloosa School Board members after Tuesday’s election. Clint O’Day defeated two other write-in candidates to win the District 2 seat. Aaron Hinnah was the winner in District 5. And Kathy Butler defeated Cheryl Benson to win the at-large seat held for many years by Carl Drost.
A $28 million bond issue for new buildings and programs at Indian Hills Community College passed by a large margin, with more than 70 percent of voters approving the bond issue.
Over in Pella, voters overwhelmingly approved a $40 million bond issue to build an early childhood center, as well as a classroom addition connecting Jefferson Intermediate School and the Middle School. The high school’s HVAC system will also be improved and there will be renovations to the stadium, baseball and softball fields, plus new tennis courts.
There were two close races for Pella City Council. Unofficial results have Spencer Carlstone defeating incumbent Bruce Schiebout by two votes. For the at-large council seat, incumbent Mark DeJong edged Tony Bokhaven by 17 votes. And in Ward 1, Lynn Branderhorst was re-elected over Kyle Nelson.
Tuesday’s results will be canvassed in the upcoming days. Here is a link to the election results:
https://electionresults.iowa.gov/IA/111395/web.278093/#/summary
