Another spring election is in the books for Stanley-Boyd Country. With blue and somewhat cloudy skies and temperatures in the lower to mid-forties on the Fahrenheit scale, the communities of of Boyd, Stanley, and surrounding townships turned out to vote in the Tuesday, April 5 election, with the following results.

First though, a public awareness announcement!

The next election for Stanley will be ELECTION

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held at the Community Center at Chapman Park, not the fire hall on First Avenue.

With that little notice out of the way, these were the results in local races, reported in full and then divided by municipality.

In the City of Stanley incumbent Al Haas has won a second term as mayor, with post-election results showing 168 votes total to zero for Travis Schuebel. So what was up with that?

“Being that he was not a registered write-in, we could not count any votes for him,” City clerk Nicole Thiel said when questioned on the zero vote total amid reports that people had voted for Schuebel.

According to Thiel, one must be a registered write-in per the Wisconsin Elections Commission when running against someone on the ballot. If no one is running for the position, on the other hand, “all write-ins count,” she said. Schuebel had been given paperwork but not returned it, Thiel said.

As to ward elections, Kevin Hendrickson, Mark Fitzsimmons, and Holly Kitch- ell have all been returned to office,Hen drickson with 39 votes, Fitzsimmons with 77, and Kitchell with four write-in votes.

As to Ward 3, there were four write-ins, while clerk Nicole Thiel confirmed that Mike Henke–though not officially run – ning–had accepted the vote for the vacant Third Ward seat for which no one had registered. Henke is the seat’s incumbent but declined to run this time.

“Basically everyone’s in the same position as they were,” she said regarding the election’s outcome.

As to turnout, Thiel said that there were 199 voters, a turnout of 18.8 percent for pre-registered voters, along with those who walked in.

Shifting from Stanley to Boyd, Casey Dorn has won re-election as a village trustee, with 50 votes total to three write-ins. But if you think that one vote can’t matter, you’re wrong. Dale Isaacs—married to clerk Sandi Isaacs—was elected with a single write-in vote to the trustee seat vacated last year when Bob Geist became village president. The result means that Boyd will now have a full slate of trustees, while the other two write-ins reportedly filled in the oval but didn’t put a name down.

"The other two just had the ovals filled and nothing written in,” village clerk Isaacs said of the other write-in votes. With a 17 percent turnout overall from eligible Boyd voters, the next board meeting is scheduled for April 27 at 705 East Murray Street.

The board meeting is at 7 p.m.,” clerk Isaacs said for those who might be interested in attending.

Regarding school board races, meanwhile, Becky Peterson sailed to victory with 374 total votes to two writes-ins, while Lanse Carlson also saw re-election, with 353 votes to just three write-ins. Both candidates saw their strongest support in the City of Stanley numerically, Peterson receiving 166 votes and Carlson receiving 167.

But whereas the second highest support came from Delmar with 71 votes for Peterson and 62 for Carlson, it was also where they saw some opposition, with all writein votes coming from Delmar. Edson saw 46 votes for Carlson and 53 for Peterson, while Boyd saw 45 for Carlson and 48 for Peterson. Lastly, Colburn saw 33 votes for Carlson and 36 for Peterson.

Voters in the Tuesday April election were informed that they needn’t vote in every race, but that their ballot would still be counted in those they did vote. Which brings us to the County Boards!

Starting off in Chippewa County, Jim Ericksen won election to District 8 and the City of Stanley, with 174 votes total and zero write-ins.

For District 10, Matthew Peterson won election over Tammy Tom-Steinmetz, with 160 votes for Peterson to 64 for Tom-Steinmetz. Peterson won 53 of those votes in his home area of Delmar, with no third choice write-ins for the seat.

As to District 6, Glen Sikorski won 311 votes to represent all or parts of Arthur, Colburn, Delmar, Estella, and Goetz, the county board shifting to 21 seats with redistricting from 15 prior. The number of seats represents a middle position of sorts, as prior to being divided into 15 seats the county had been divided into 29.

Chippewa County Board meetings are viewable on YouTube at “Chippewa, County Wisconsin” channel.

Shifting to the Eau Claire County board, Todd Meyer won the District 1 board seat, with 257 votes total to 147 for Courtney Kneifl. Meyer's challenger, meanwhile, carried the town of Ludington with 71 votes total to 65 for Meyer in the township south of Cadott.

Lastly for District 3 Judge on the Appeals Court, Thomas M. Hruz won overwhelmingly with no challenger, gaining 12,820 votes in Eau Claire County alone to 171 write-ins.

Dale Isaacs elected to open trustee seat at Boyd

Casey Dorn Boyd trustee