Elections

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levy, the district does not expect residents of the district to experience a tax increase from the school district as debt from a previous referendum will have fallen off.

The additions will help the district manage the additional 170 students it has gained since 2009. Six additional classrooms are planned to be added to the middle/high school building while two new classrooms will be added to the elementary school. Throughout 2018 and 2023, the elementary school has already added on seven classrooms.

The referendum will also help fund an estimated 2,275 square foot expansion of the kitchen and freezer/cooler area to help with storing the increased amount of food needed to feed more students.

Dorchester Village Board

Incumbents Julie Goldschmidt (53 votes) and Thomas Carter (43 votes) were reelected to two year terms. Incumbent Daniella Schauer did not receive enough votes to be re-elected as Troy Ballerstein garnered 73 votes to Schauer’s 37.

Clark County Board of Supervisors In Clark County District 16, the towns of Unity, Colby and village of Unity voted to elect Scott Johnson over Larry Oehmichen to replace longtime Clark County Chairman Wayne Hendrickson by a count of six votes.

In District 17, the voters decided incumbent Chuck Rueth would represent the towns of Beaver, Green Grove and Warner on the Clark County Board of Supervisors for another two-year term. He beat Tony Horvath by a tally of 11688.

Colby School Board

Incumbent David Decker and firsttime school board member Brian Streveler will be representing residents of the Colby School District on the board of education. Streveler will be taking the place of former board president Bill Tesmer who chose not to run this term.

Abbotsford School Board

Present board president Eric Reis, Kraig Schindler and Ivone Vazquez all were re-elected to a three-year term. The trio ran unopposed.

Area village and city board elections

The Curtiss Village Board will be welcoming back Mark Kunze and Jonathan Unruh as village trustees. Unity residents earning spots as village trustees were Jason Luedtke, Abby Miklaszewicz and Dean Schilling.

In the city of Abbotsford, Jeremiah Zeiset, Roger Weideman, Selenia Espino and Jan Read all earned spots on the board for two more years. Judy Kalepp was re-elected as the municipal judge.

In Colby, Jim Schmidt will serve as mayor for two more years while Liz Baumgartner, Todd Schmidt and Nancy O’Brien retained seats as alderpersons on the city council.

Presidential primary

Joe Biden and Donald Trump won the Democratic and Republican primaries in Wisconsin by wide margins over their opponents. The two are expected to run against one another on the November ballot.

State referendum questions

Both questions concerning state matters that appeared on the ballot were passed by voters. The first question aiming to prohibit private funding of elections passed by an estimated 54 percent. The second question concerning limiting election conduct to elected officials passed by a clip of 59 percent.