Challengers vie for city seats in many Plymouth County towns

There are races in six Plymouth County towns for city elections Nov. 3.

Le Mars is not one of them, with incumbents running unopposed for mayor, three seats on the city council and two on the Floyd Valley Hospital Board of Trustees.

Mayor Dick Kirchoff is seeking a second two-year term. Councilmen John Leonard (Ward 1), Ken Nelson (Ward 3) and Rex Knapp (council at-large) are seeking another four-year term.

Hospital trustees William Young and Craig Bauerly are also seeking another four-year term.

Towns with races include Brunsville and Struble, where the current mayors face challengers on the ballots.

In Brunsville, Steve Dickman is running against current mayor Wayne Schlotfeldt, and in Struble, Dale Grasmeyer is running against current mayor Joseph Vollmecke.

For Brunsville's two open council seats, Rob Wiese and Kathy Renken run unopposed.

Struble has five candidates for five two-year council seats: Kenneth Urban, Robert Hughes, Barry Jurgensen, Michael Vander Molen and Scott Keairnes.

Voters will also decide races for city council seats in Craig, Hinton, Kingsley and Remsen.

* Remsen has six candidates running for three seats on the council for four-year terms: Tom Haverkamp, Jay Schroeder, Jeff Cluck, Tom Kockler, Jeff Schorg and David Sonnichsen.

* Craig voters will choose five out of six candidates for two-year council seats: Glen Moller, Candace Eades, Greg Lammers, William Lalk, Owen Smith and Joe DeYoung. Craig's mayor, Barry Cornish, is running unopposed for another two-year term.

* In Hinton, three candidates are running for two council seats for four-year terms: Randy Roerich, Jake Milton and Kenneth Spies. Mayor Gary Fischer is running unopposed to hold his office for another two years.

* Kingsley has four candidates running for three four-year council seats: Neal Rolling, Ron Mathers, Chad Iseminger and David Dugan.

* Oyens has an opening for mayor with no candidate on the ballot. Voters can choose a mayor via write-in votes. Four candidates are running for four Oyens City Council seats: Eric Mitchell, seeking a two-year term, and Kathy Meis, Randy Kellen and Steve Swalve seeking four-year terms.

* Akron has four candidates seeking four city council seats: Barbara Johnson, Brent James, Chad Ericson and Deanna Boe. Three candidates are running for three openings as Care Center Trustees: Daniel Rexwinkel, Tamara Small and Iola Frerichs.

* Merrill's mayor, Richard Husman, is running for another two-year term without a challenger. Two candidates, Nick Hartman and Lyle Bernard, are running for two seats on the council for four-year terms.

* In Westfield, Michael Bohlke is running unopposed for mayor and three candidates are seeking the three seats open on city council: Julianne Young, Bonnie Lahr and JoAnn Eden.