Coming on November 4th will be an election for many school board and city positions. In the largest Jasper County city, Newton, there are 3 city council seats opening up and the Mayor position. Running for mayor there is only 1 candidate, Randy J Ervin. Ervin is currently an At-Large city councilor and his term will end at the end of this year. There is only 1 candidate for each City Councilor position, At Large has Jeff Holschuh, Ward 2 has Melissa Dalton, and Ward 4 has Amy Roth.
In Baxter the mayor position and 3 At Large council members are on the ballot. For Mayor the race is between, Stephen C Smith and Daniel Kunkel. The At Large Council position has 5 people running, Michael Churchill, Joel Schabilion, Brad Hier, Lindsay Bethards, and Tootie Samson.
Zach Tomesch, News Director KFJB