Here’s your 2022 spring election guide for the Portage County executive, Stevens Point school board, city council and more
Here’s your guide to contested races in today's election in the Stevens Point area. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
There are lots of resources for voters at myvote.wi.gov. You can:
Here’s the list of contested races
(i) denotes incumbent
Almond Village Board (three seats)
Thomas Pagel, Carl T. Schmidt (i), Lori Helmrick, Kurt W. Olson (i), Gregrey R. Otto (i)
Auburndale Board of Education (two seats)
Pamela K. de Boer (i), Mike Sabel, Dave Homb, Scott Karl
Iola-Scandinavia School Board
Village of Iola: Rick Meyers, Michael Harbridge (i)
Plover Village Board
Ward 2: Steve Ransbottom, Orv Damrau (i)
Portage County Board
District 3: Kevin Flatoff, Lionel Weaver
District 4: David Medin (i), Aline Kosloski
District 6: Shaun V. Przybylski, Jesse Cornett
District 8: Joan M. Honl (i), Fred Kalkofen
District 9: David Eiden, Andrew Rockman
District 10: Bob Gifford (i), Brian Biga
District 14: Pat Keller, Edward H. Morganroth Jr.
District 15: Allen Haga Jr. (i), Lee Lukaszewicz
District 16: Mike A. Olson, Steve Fritz
District 17: Suzanne Oehlke, Jacalyn Szehner
District 19: Scott Soik (i), Amberle Schwartz
District 20: Charles Gussel (i), Greg Hakala
District 24: Gerry Zastrow (i), Steve Cieslewicz
District 25: Ray Reser (i), David L. Peterson
Portage County Circuit Court Judge
Branch 2: Louis Molepske, Stephen Sawyer
Portage County Executive
Portage County Referendum
Under state law, the increase in the levy of the County of Portage for the tax to be imposed for the next fiscal year, 2023, is limited to 1.894%, which results in a levy of $29,738,344. Shall the County of Portage be allowed to exceed this limit and increase the levy for the next fiscal year, 2023, for the purpose of paying a portion of the cost to operate the Portage County Health Care Center, including costs associated with the construction of a new Portage County Health Care Center facility, by a total of 15.132% which results in a levy of $34,238,344, and include the increase of $4,500,000 for fiscal years 2024 through 2042?
Rosholt School Board (two seats)
James A. Dombrowski, Megan Kropidlowski, Lois Glodowski (i), Alicia Wojtalewicz (i)
Rosholt School District Referendum
Shall the Rosholt School District, Portage, Marathon and Waupaca Counties, Wisconsin be authorized to exceed the revenue limited specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, by $1,100,000 for the 2022-2023 school year, by $1,250,000 for the 2023-2024 school year, by $1,400,000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and by the $1,550,000 for the 2025-2026 school year, for non-recurring purposes consisting of District operating expenses?
Rosholt Village Board (three seats)
Dusty Brown, Craig A. Anderson (i), Travis Firkus (i), Chris J. Martin
Stevens Point School Board (four seats)
Jeffery Ebel (i), Barb Portzen (i), Rob Manzke (i), Jennifer Bushman, Miguel Campos, Alex Sommers, Kari Prokop, Dennis David Raabe
Stevens Point City Council
District 1: Marc Christianson (i), Stephen Klein
District 2: David Shorr (i), Corey Kealiher
District 4: Mykeerah Zarazua (i), David Crueger
District 8: Thomas Leek (i), Dean Shuda
District 10: Keely Fishler (i), Robert Larson
Tomorrow River School Board (two seats)
Joseph Mulrooney, Hayli Breyhan, Dream Scott, Mark J. Kryshak (i)
Tomorrow River School District Referendum 1
Shall the School District of the Tomorrow River, Portage County, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in the amount not to exceed $21,300,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a district-wide school facility improvement project consisting of: construction of additions to the school building for science, technology, art, general, agricultural science and technical education classrooms, and administrative and support spaces; renovations to update existing spaces; safety, security and site improvements; building systems and infrastructure replacements and upgrades; and acquisition of related furnishings, fixtures and equipment?
Tomorrow River School District Referendum 2
Shall the School District of the Tomorrow River, Portage County, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in the amount not to exceed $4,400,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a district-wide school facility improvement project consisting of: renovations to the school building to update middle school classrooms, family and consumer science, and library spaces; building systems and infrastructure replacements and upgrades pertaining to the listed areas; and acquisition of related furnishings, fixtures and equipment?
Tri-County Area School Board
Area 3: Sherry Lynn Caves, Cody Smiley
This article originally appeared on Stevens Point Journal: Stevens Point school board, Portage County executive on spring ballot
