Ladysmith voters elect two new aldermen

Luke Klink

The Ladysmith Common Council will have two new members following an election Tuesday marked by light turnout.

About one in every five registered city voters cast a ballot in the election, which featured two challenged city common council races as well as several statewide races.

In district 5, challenger Marty Reynolds defeated incumbent Winnie Lee on a 77-46 vote.

In district 7, incumbent Fred Love defeated challenger Ray Carlson on a 42-19 vote.

In district 3, incumbent Mike Hraban was running unopposed and received 33 votes. Mark Stensvold and Jeanette Vlcek each received one write-in vote.

In district 1, Carol Huiras-Rozak ran unopposed and received 39 votes. Alderman Chuck Goin did not seek re-election.

Reynolds called his victory “awesome” and “good news.” He said he was looking forward to returning to the common council after serving as the city’s mayor from 1986-92 and again in 2002 before resigning after making controversial comments about post-tornado recovery efforts.

Lee narrowly defeated Reynolds for the same position two years ago.

On the Ladysmith-Hawkins School Board, incumbents John Ziemer with 653 votes and Sue Hendricks with 565 votes return to the school board after running unopposed.

The Flambeau School Board will have one new member, as four candidates faced off for two open seats. Challenger Doug Dicus with 393 votes and incumbent Sue Mills with 323 votes won seats on the school board, defeating challenger Amy Lund with 312 votes and incumbent Theresa Gulish with 146 votes.

On the Lake Holcombe School Board, incumbent Jeffrey Anders with 290 votes returns after being challenged by George Ronnestrand with 167 votes for one open position on the school board.

In state races:

— Incumbent State Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson easily defeated challenger Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Randy Koschnick based on preliminary results reported by the Associated Press.

— Deputy State Superintendent Tony Evers defeated parental advocate and former nurse Rose Fernandez. Former state superintendent Elizabeth Burmaster did not seek re-election.

Vote totals were not immediately available.

In a breakdown of just the City of Ladysmith voting results: Ladysmith-Hawkins School Board — John Ziemer received 297 votes and Sue Hendricks received 270 votes while running unopposed. Each receiving one write-in vote for school board were Al Bebak, Bob Larson, Bill Morgan, Tim Bienert, Terry Carter and Kurt Gorsegner.

State superintendent — Tony Evers received 253 votes and Rose Fernandez received 104 votes. Each receiving one write-in vote were “Vickers” and Joe Baye.

Wisconsin Superme Court Justice — Incumbent Shirley Abrahamson received 227 votes and challenger Randy Koschnick received 138 votes.

Court of Appeals Judge District 3 — Incumbent Michael Hoover received 279 votes, running unopposed.

In a breakdown of other area races:

Town of Atlanta — Chairperson: Steve Tiegs, 60; Supervisor: Chris Benson, 52, Larry Barringer, 58; Clerk: Susan R. Mayer, 61; Treasurer: Michelle Brinker, 61.

Town of Big Bend — Chairperson: John Stencil, 72; Supervisor: Jim Powers, 67, Thomas Meisner, 65; Clerk/Treasurer: Cecelia Stencil, 73.

Town of Big Falls — Chairperson Howard Nicholson, 33; David Fiser, 35; Supervisor: Jeff Zimmer, 57, Michael Waeltz, 28, Jim Sarb, 31; Clerk: Jerry Gillis, 58; Treasurer: Pamela Fiser, 44, Gwelda Tucker, 25.

Town of Cedar Rapids — Chairperson: Robert Johnson, 11; Supervisor: Louis Hanson, 8, Perry Felske, 11; Clerk: Marlene Hanson, 11; Treasurer: Donna Kudlicki, 11.

Town of Dewey — Chairperson: John Moore, 97; Supervisor: John Sie, 82, Everet Van Doorn, 81; Clerk: Mary Ann Metzger, 99; Treasurer: Kathy Adisek, 92; Mun. Judge: Peter J. Groothousen, 93; Constable: Tony Arts, 95.

Town of Flambeau — Chairperson: Andy Slesar, 91; Supervisor: Marj Gustafson, 87, Dave Flohr, 86; Clerk: Ron Evert, 93; Treasurer: Vicki Richardson, 88.

Town of Grant — Chairperson: Thomas Riegel, 128; Supervisor: George Jerome, 100, Paul Quinnell, 77, Earl E. Barber IV, 84; Clerk: Melissa Roach, 62, Kurtis Gorsegner, 96; Treasurer: Tami Moore, 103, Colleen Gaddy 55.

Town of Grow — Chairperson: Larry Thompson, 67; Supervisor: Charles Evjen, 58, Randy Pospisil, 56; Clerk: Pauline Lundgren, 64; Treasurer: Beverly Evjen, 66.

Town of Hawkins — Chairperson: Wayne Mabie, 26; Supervisor: Ray Lazar, 23, David L. Curtis, 24; Clerk: Shirley Severson, 27; Treasurer: Leonard Severson, 27.

Town of Hubbard — Chairperson: Cliff Lyon, 68; Supervisor: Gary Johnson, 63, Robert Chady, 52, Steve Vacho, 27; Clerk: Rhonda Lyon, 72; Treasurer: Anne Schweitzer, 69.

Town of Lawrence — Chairperson: Robert G. Nawrocki, 33; Supervisor: John Paulsen, 30, Duane L. Biller, 30; Clerk: Betty Timp, 35; Treasurer: Robert Babcock, 34.

Town of Marshall — Chairperson: Joe Lorence, 63; Supervisor: John Kozial, 48, Erness Heiden, 29, Bill Kochevar, 42; Clerk: Connie Meyer, 61; Treasurer: Debra Kochevar, 59.

Town of Murry — Chairperson: Alex Nickel, 38; Supervisor: Richard Schott, 36, Peter Boss, 31; Clerk: Myrtle Willoughby, 38; Treasurer: Debra Fetting, 37.

Town of Richland — Chairperson: Dale McKittrick, 37; Supervisor: Christopher Sutton, 18, Robert Barron, 33, Herb Steiner, 33; Clerk: Cassandra McKittrick, 38; Treasurer: Mary Ann Schneider, 43.

Town of Rusk — Chairperson: Steven Zmrazek, 110; Supervisor 1: Melvin Vana, 75, Steve Styczynski, 91; Supervisor 2: William B. Ziegler, 103, Jim Shultz 63; Clerk: JoAnne L. Spenle, 138; Treasurer: Donna Matus, 146.

Town of South Fork — Chairperson: Michele Eckes, 49, Ken Hodowanic, 7; Supervisor 1: Michael Borek, 52; Supervisor 2: Daniel Wilson, 50; Clerk: Susan Plaza, 51; Treasurer: Nancy Wilson, 52.

Town of Strickland — Chairperson: Marvin Kraczek, 34; Supervisor: Fred Kotulski, 32, Larry Armstrong, 28; Clerk: Carol Lynn Arndt, 31; Treasurer: Larry Fortuna, 30.

Town of Stubbs — Chairperson: Art Dixon, 44, Dan Ruiter (write-in), 111; Supervisor: James Zak, 151, Duane Taylor (write-in), 99, Lyle Lieffring, 98, Leroy Hopkins (write-in), 96, John Bonczyk, 82; Clerk: Louise Stevens, 247; Treasurer: Lynne Wierzba, 142, David Bonczyk, 124. The Town of Stubbs will be having a recount due to the close vote in the supervisor position, according to county clerk Denise Wetzel.

Town of Thornapple — Chairperson: Cindy Kelley, 81, Jerry J. Geisler, 88; Supervisor: Jack C. Christman, 90, David Trott, 103, Nanci A. Mertes, 63, Jerome J. Sisko, 56; Clerk: Lisa M. Podgornik, 57, Dorothy Parker, 114; Treasurer: Marilyn Butterfield, 167.

Town of True — Chairperson: Dennis Lelm, 37; Supervisor: Jack Fettes, 34, Phillip Montwill, 34; Clerk: Linda Zimmer, 35; Treasurer: Ramona Nichols, 40.

Town of Washington — Chairperson: Tom Costello, 44; Supervisor: Richard Brand, 41, Mike Wetzel, 39; Clerk: Deb Klund, 47; Treasurer: Margaret Linskey, 49.

Town of Wilkinson — Chairperson: Keith Swenson, 12; Supervisor: Jim Viehauser, 10, Thomas Jackson, 11; Clerk: Dawn Jackson, 13; Treasurer: Ann Roeder, 13.

Town of Willard — Chairperson: Roger W. Gierke, 44; Supervisor: James B. Patrick, 40, John L. Papiernik, 37; Clerk: Mary Jane Nelson, 42; Treasurer: Joan Fijalkiewicz, 47; Assessor: Larry Pedersen, 44.

Town of Wilson — Chairperson: Earl Smith, Jr., 29; Supervisor: Mike Clark, 31, Louie Jilek, 29; Clerk: Jo Henk, 32; Treasurer: Cindy Clark, 32.

Village of Bruce — President: David Samardzich, 98; Trustees: Lloyd J. Waite, 94, Steve Quade, 96, Bobbi Jo Fillion 69.

Village of Conrath — Trustees: Michelle Sheffield, 15.

Village of Glen Flora — Trustee: Wannetta Soules, 16.

Village of Hawkins — President: Kyle R. Austad, 39; Trustees: Lyndon Schancer, 37.

Village of Ingram — President: Shirley McBride, 17; Trustee: Dale Bisson, 21; Clerk: Patti Bisson, 22; Treasurer: Staci Zimmer-Prasnicky, 17.

Village of Sheldon — President: James Shaw, 37; Trustees: Phil Schneider, 34, Kenneth Carlsen, 38, Clerk: Martin Huhn, 37; Treasurer: Carole Carlsen, 39.

Village of Tony — President: Monte Groothousen, 29; Trustee: Gert Collier, 28; Clerk: Julie Hauser, 25; Treasurer: Barb Meuli, 25.

Village of Weyerhaeuser — President: Ervin Murray, 28; Trustee: Frances Bjerke, 28.

City of Ladysmith — Alder.-Dist. #1: Carol Huiras-Rozak, 39; Alder.-Dist. #3: Michael Hraban, 33; Alder.-Dist. #5: Marty Reynolds, 77, Winnie Lee, 46; Alder.-Dist. #7: Raymond Carlson, 19, Fredrick Love 42.