Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Ouimette has until Friday to request recount

By RICHARD JENKINS

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MERCER, Wis — The parties involved in the contested election for District 11 representing Mercer on the Iron County Board of Supervisors met Wednesday morning to make sure everyone was on the same page.

In the April 5 election, John Sendra beat incumbent Victor Ouimette 109 votes to 105 to win the seat on the county board. However, issues arose during the election when an unknown number of voters received ballots for District 12’s county board seat — a race where Opal Roberts was running for re-election unopposed. Both districts voted in the same...