Candidates are set for area school, city council races in November
Staff Reports
Candidates have filed their paperwork for the upcoming city and school board elections, according to the Harrison County Auditor’s office. Voting for the school / city elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, across the area.
Absentee Ballots
Individuals need to submit an absentee ballot request form that they can get from the Secretary of State website, or they can request one from the Harrison County Auditor’s office. Below are the dates for requesting mailed ballots and for voting in the office.
First day to accept absentee requests: Aug. 26, 2025
Last day to accept absentee requests for mailed ballots: Oct. 20, 2025
In office absentee voting begins: Oct. 15, 2025
In office absentee voting ends: Nov. 3, 2025
CITY CANDIDATES
DUNLAP
City Council (Vote for 3): Tony Casperson; Benjamin Schauer; Larry Malone; Michael Gunia; Larissa Kuker; Ryan Murphy.
LITTLE SIOUX
City Council (Vote for 1): Andrea O’Shel
LOGAN
Mayor (Vote for 1): Clinton Keith McDonald
City Council (Vote for 3): Scott Moss; Tyler Hinkel; Jason Sporrer.
MAGNOLIA
Mayor (Vote for 1): David Weigelt
City Council (Vote for 3): Thomas J. Fisher; Alvin Ploen; Lisa Pitt.
MISSOURI VALLEY
Mayor (Vote for 1): Roger Marshall; Lori White
City Council (Vote for 2): Adam Bellis; Kevin Taylor; Russ Meadows; Jo Grimes; Patty Stueve; Christopher Gilpin; Barrett White.
MODALE
Mayor (Vote for 1): Blair Adams; Johnny Lee Cooperrider.
City Council (Vote for 3): Tamara Smith-Cooperrider; Christopher Skinner; Kathleen M. Dugdale.
MONDAMIN
City Council (Vote for 3): John J. Glennie; Lacie R. Rife; Karen S. Breyfogle.
PERSIA
Mayor (Vote for 1): Shawn Flaharty.
City Council (Vote for 3): Chad Pitts; Gayle Nelson; Zachariah Taylor; Wade Andersen; Makinzee N. Marsh; Timothy Ellsworth.
PISGAH
City Council (Vote for 2): Scott Baumfalk; Ronny Woodward; April Armstrong; Alisha A. Beers; Meredith D. Jenson.
Fill a Vacancy (Vote for 1): Bruce D. Smith; Tim Hamer.
WOODBINE
Mayor (Vote for 1): Robert P. Cogdill.
City Council (Vote for 3): Jeremy Poore; Chris Lenning; Sherry Sneed.
PUBLIC MEASURE JV
The number of Library Board Trustee members serving on the Library Board of
Woodbine, Iowa shall be decreased from seven to five.
SCHOOLS
BOYER VALLEY SCHOOLS (Dunlap)
District At-Large (Vote for 1): Elizabeth M. Heistand.
District 1: Paul Cogdill.
District 2: JoEtte Cogdill.
LOGAN-MAGNOLIA SCHOOLS
DIRECTORS (Vote for 2): Leslie Vicary; Brian Koenig; Megan McDonald; Nikki Allen.
MISSOURI VALLEY SCHOOLS
Director (Vote for 2): Megan McIntosh-O’Dell; Carrie Watson; Jessie Dewaele.
WEST HARRISON SCHOOLS
District 1: John J. Glennie.
District 3: Randy Wohlers.
District 4: Hilary Stevenson.
School Board / District 2: Tammy Flint.
WOODBINE SCHOOLS
Director (Vote for 2): Curtis C. Lee; Emily Fitzgibbon; Doug McElwain.
TRI-CENTER SCHOOLS
Director (Vote for 3): Stephanie Witt; Jeremy VanArsdol; Mike Olsen.
WEST MONONA SCHOOLS
District At-Large (Vote for 1): Cora Fox, Bart Heisterkamp.
District 1: Shannon Kennedy.
District 2: Danny Komarek II.
IOWA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE MERGED AREA XIII
DISTRICT 9 (Vote for 1): Randy Pash
Shall the Board of Directors fo the Iowa Western Community College (Merged Area XIII) in the Counties of Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Crawford,. Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby, State of Iowa, be authorized too contract indebtedness and issue General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $55,000,000 to provide funds to defray the cost of any one or more o the following purposes: to construct, furnish, and equip a new Career and technical education facility for automative/diesel mechanic, commercial driver’s license, and logistics programming, to expand, improve, remodel, repair, furnish and equip existing buildings for expanded programming including HVAC, plumbing, welding, electrical, and construction technology for credit and non-credit programming?
