REGIONAL- There were no contested seats in local governmental elections in Tower, Eagles Nest, Embarrass, and Kugler. Other area townships hold their local elections in March. In Tower, Kugler, and Eagles Nest, write-in candidates were elected to open seats where no candidates filed.
The city of Tower had two open city council seats. Incumbent Kevin Norby filed for one seat, but incument Josh Zika did not file, and the second open seat had no other filings.
Kevin Norby won 201 votes, while David Wanless, won the other open seat with 18 write-in votes out of the 37 cast.
Eagles Nest had three open supervisor seats and a clerk seat:
David Chiabotti, won 171 votes for Supervisor Seat B, while Brian Harrington netted 160 seats for Seat E.
Write-in results for Seat C, where no one had filed, were not immediately available.
Keely Drange won the town clerk position with 176 votes.
In Embarrass, Shireen Lee won Supervisor Seat 2, with 343 votes, while Eric Garman won Seat 3 with 345.
Jennifer Boese was re-elected as clerk with 365 votes.
Kugler Township had two open supervisor seats and a clerk seat:
Christopher Suihkonen and Ross Swanson both won seats with 76 votes apiece.
Brianna Broten won in a write-in for clerk, with 15 votes out of 22 write-in cast.