Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Wisconsin votes in spring primary Tuesday

By RICHARD JENKINS

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Iron County voters head to the polls Tuesday to vote in the state’s spring primary.

The lone race on the ballot involves no local candidates. Instead, voters will decide who will face off in the general contest for state superintendent of public instruction in April.

Seven candidates appear on the ballot — Deborah Kerr, who worked 13 years as superintendent of Brown Deer Schools; Jill Underly, superintendent of the Pecatonica Area School District; Sheila Briggs, an assistant state superintendent; Shandowlyon Hendricks-Williams, who has 25 y...