The two week filing period for the school and hospital boards and the Grand Marais city council is underway and the incumbents for seven offices on the November ballot have started to state their filing intentions. There will be at least one open seat on each of the three boards. The filing period ends Tuesday, August 11. The incumbents were... READ MORE >
The filing period opens for school and hospital board positions. Grand Marais city council positions and the special election period for a county commissioner seat begin too. The next candidate-filing period for the fall elections starts Tuesday, July 28 and runs through August 11. This round of filings is for two seats on the District 166 school board, two seats... READ MORE >
The candidate filing period for the Cook County Board and the Soil & Water Board fall election started Tuesday, May 19 and runs through Tuesday, June 2. The seats of County Commissioners Myron Bursheim, District 2, and Heidi Doo-Kirk, District 4, will be on the November ballot and will require an August primary if more than two candidates file. The... READ MORE >
Schroeder now has a write-in candidate for township clerk in the March 10 election. Anna Green has agreed to run for the position to replace retiring clerk Doug Schwecke and will take the position if elected. No one filed for the office during the nomination period so the spot is vacant on the ballot. That completes the list of candidates... READ MORE >
NOTE: This was the candidate filing status as of Tuesday evening, January 6. COOK COUNTY – Lutsen and Schroeder townships still needed candidates for some of the open positions on the spring election ballot as we went to press. The candidate filing period ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, in each township. Tofte township also has a spring election... READ MORE >
The candidate-filing period for the Lutsen, Schroeder, and Tofte township March elections is coming soon. Each of the towns will elect a supervisor and a town clerk, and candidates for the offices must file their nomination papers by Jan. 14. While township elections are sometimes low-key, it might be different this year in Schroeder where the clerk is retiring and... READ MORE >
