Incumbents retain offices in Wabasha County

by Michael Smith Wabasha County Sheriff Rodney Bartsh won 32 of 33 precincts in last Tuesday’s General Election and garnered over 71% of the votes to earn a fourth term in office and withstand a challenge from former police officer Scott O’Hara of rural Zumbro Falls. Rural Lake City farmer Brian Goihl and Lake City resident Cheryl (McGrath) Key will be the newest members of the County Board when they are seated in January, after winning the Primary Election Tuesday over challengers Simon Kehren and former County Board member Thomas Dwelle, in the 2nd and 5th Districts respectively. They will replace incumbents Deb Roschen, who chose not to seek re-election; and David Harms, who lost in the September primary, also respectively. Incumbent Fourth District Commissioner Mike Wobbe ran unopposed and was re-elected. Incumbent County Auditor/Treasurer Denise Anderson of Wabasha easily withstood a semi-challenge from Lake City resident David McCormick, who, shortly before the election, announced he was not actively going to campaign for the office. Anderson also received more than 70% of the votesTuesday, winning all 33 precincts in doing so. In Wabasha’s Third Ward, Dean Meurer defeated Jim Roemer with 58% of the votes to Roemer’s 42%. Both are former Councilmen and Meurer is replacing incumbent Charles Bricher, who did not seek re-election. Elsewhere in Wabasha, incumbents John Friedmeyer in the 1st Ward and Steve Schmidt in the 2nd Ward retained their seats over challengers Joni Sargent and Sharon Burke. Wabasha Mayor Rollin Hall was unopposed and won re-election, but there were 50 write-in votes, including 15 for John Evers. No one else received more than one. In Kellogg, Dan Schmitz will be the new Mayor, picking up 61 votes to 47 for Lonnie Larson. There were 62 write-in votes cast, with former mayor Gary Gile receiving 52. Denise Bassett received 19 votes for mayor. Incumbent Frank Lee did not file for re-election, but he did receive two write-in votes. Bill Hager also received two and no one else received more than one vote. Larry Passe and Susan Bronner won council seats in Kellogg, with Kenneth Baker finishing third. Bronner received 116 votes, Passe 109 and Baker 67. There were 27 write-in votes for City Council in Kellogg. Angela Reinhardt received 16 write-in votes for the Council. Matt Schmoker, Bill Hager and Gary Gile received two each and no one else received more than one. In a close five-way race for four seats on the Wabasha-Kellogg School board, challenger Mary Jo Bussian will become the newest member of the board, as she picked up the most votes. She was followed by incumbents John Danckwart, Lalena Blaschko and Rita Rabehl, all of whom will remain on the board. Incumbent Board Chairman Roland Kallstrom was fifth—though all five received between 1,154 and 1,615 (19.38% to 23.23%) of the votes—and will not return to the board in January. Assistant County Attorney Karen S. “Karrie” Kelly ran unopposed to replace retiring Jim Nordstrom as County Attorney and was elected. Incumbent County Recorder Jeffery Aitken also ran unopposed and was also re-elected. There were two races for Soil and Water Conservation District seats. In Dsitrict 1, incumbent Roland Wood ran unopposed and was re-elected. In District 4, incumbent Tom Gosse (69%) won over Paul Wotzka (30%). See the vote totals for each candidate elsewhere on Page 1. (Bold indicates candidate won.)
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