Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Wakefield's city utility billing clerk Patty Sperhake unfolds a voting station at the Municipal Building Monday in preparation for today's city council election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Similar elections are being held in Ironwood and Bessemer today.
By LARRY HOLCOMBE
It's Election Day in Michigan cities - including Ironwood, Bessemer and Wakefield - as voters will head to the polls to choose their city representatives.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
In Ironwood, there are seven people running for all five open seats on the city commission.
Incumbents on the ballot include Annette Burchell, who is mayor; Kim Corcoran, Jim Mildren and Rick Semo.
Also on the ballot are Joseph J. Cayer, Dave Kinnunen and Bill Martell.
Ironwood voters will also see two amendments to the city charter that are meant to bring the charter in compliance with state law, according to City Manager Scott Erickson.
In Bessemer, there are no names on the ballot for city council because no one filed their candidacy papers in time. But instead, no less than 11 people later filed with the city clerk their intention to be considered as a write-in candidate.
All five seats on the council are open.
Among the people who are eligible to receive write-in votes are: Allen Archie, Susan Brown, incumbent Rob Coleman, Richard Duncanson, Terry Kryshak, Bill McDonald, Louis Miskovich, incumbent Linda Nelson, James Prezkop, Jim Slagerman and Adam Zak.
Under state law, only candidates who filed the proper paperwork will have their write-in votes counted.
In Wakefield, there are five open seats and four incumbents' names on the ballot, including John Granato, Patricia Mann, Amy Tarro and Kay Wiita. A fifth person, James Anderson, was the lone person to file as a write-in candidate.
