Three-way race to succeed Ragen in Little Suamico

The Town of Little Suamico, which has become Oconto County’s most populous municipality, has a three-way primary election for town chair, with longtime chairman Elmer Ragen opting not to seek another term.

The candidates in the Feb. 19 primary are Dale Mohr, Frank Nowak and incumbent Supervisor David Pribyl. There are five candidates for the remaining two seats on the town board, including Pribyl, Nowak, Douglas Allen Sr., Tracey Krumrei and Liz Paape.

The top two vote-getters for chairman, and the top four for town board, advance to the April 4 ballot.

The Oconto Falls School Board will have two new faces come April, as both incumbents decided not to run for reelection this year.

Longtime board member Jan Stranz and first-term member Adam Adler filed notices of non-candidacy, indicating they do not plan to seek another term.

Three candidates filed their nomination papers for the two available seats before the Jan. 3 deadline: Carrie Hill, Ginny O’Harrow and Emilie Trudell.

Among other municipal and school board races around the county:

OCONTO FALLS CITY COUNCIL: Devin Wirtz, Ashley Bahrke and Mathew McDermid are running for reelection without opposition.

GILLETT CITY COUNCIL: Half of the six-member council is up for election every year. All three incumbent alderpersons — Matt Stroik, Gary Spaulding and Debbie Rudie — decided not to run for reelection. No one registered to run for Stroik’s seat in Ward 1. Jerry Luther is running to succeed Spaulding in Ward 2, and Irene Drake is running to succeed Rudie in Ward 3. Also, Randy Winkler is unopposed for a new term as multijurisdictional municipal judge.

GILLETT SCHOOL BOARD: Ron Lenz and Nanette Mohr are running for reelection unopposed.

VILLAGE OF LENA: Village President Steve Marquardt is seeking another term, as are Village Trustees Terry Hinds, Robert Borchert and Nicholas Heise. All are unopposed.

LENA SCHOOL BOARD: Lori Dufek is unopposed for reelection.

VILLAGE OF SURING: Leslie Steffeck is running for reelection for village president, and there are five candidates for three seats on the Village Board — incumbents Terry Bengston, James Kohlwey and Amber Wozniak, along with challengers Mark Dudenhoeffer and Tina Nieling.

SURING SCHOOL BOARD: Gary Regal, David Lally and Cathleen Lundgren are all unopposed for reelection.

CITY OF OCONTO: Cheryl A. Young and Steve Brazeau are running for municipal judge, and there are four candidates for two seats on the city council: Rachel Demerath, Bob LeBreck, Garrett Sowle and Riley Sowle.

OCONTO SCHOOL BOARD: School board members Connie Brabant (rural seat) and Doug Thompson (city seat) are unopposed for reelection.

PULASKI SCHOOL BOARD: Jennifer Schwartz is running unopposed for a three-year term in Zone 4, representing the towns of Maple Grove and Lessor. Michael Voelker decided not to run for reelection. In Zone 6 (Hobart, Town of Oneida), incumbent Heidi Melzer, the board president, is challenged by Corey Juelich. Running for a one-year term in Zone 2 (towns of Chase, Little Suamico, Morgan) are incumbent Alisa Anderson and Dennis R. Kaminski.