Nominations

Deadline to enter school board election nears (07/23/08)
Ten school board positions are up for election this fall in Plymouth County, and the deadline to file papers is only a week away. Candidates wishing to run for seats must turn in nomination papers with a designated number of signatures by 5 p.m. Thursday, July 31 to their schools' board secretary...

Loutsch defeats Schneider in county supervisor race (06/04/08)
Republican challenger Mark Loutsch unseated incumbent John Schneider as the District 2 Plymouth County supervisor in Tuesday's primary election. Based on unofficial numbers, Loutsch brought in 682 votes compared to Schneider's 386. As he celebrated with family Tuesday night, Loutsch said he was surprised at the wide gap in the number of votes between himself and Schneider, but that the people had spoken...

Feenstra says focus on results would drive his work as senator (05/29/08)
Randy Feenstra traces his path to politics back to selling candy. Feenstra, of Hull, is running unopposed in the June 3 primary for the Republican nomination to the Iowa Senate seat vacated by Dave Mulder. The Dordt College graduate, now the Sioux County Treasurer, worked seven years as the head of sales at the Foreign Candy Company...