Fox Cities election roundup: Grand Chute voters retain Gehring, oust Ings
Voters had their say Tuesday in deciding 45 contested races for local government leaders and representatives in the greater Fox Cities.
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Voters had their say Tuesday in deciding 45 contested races for local government leaders and representatives in the greater Fox Cities.
Incumbent Tom Walsh didn't seek reelection, so Penny Hoh, Tom Meyer and Greg Sprangers will face off in the Feb. 20 primary to narrow the field to two.
The election will take place on Tuesday, April 4, and the polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The spring elections includes Grand Chute Town Chair Jason Van Eperen running against former Chair Dave Schowalter in a rematch of the 2021 election.
He later learned that wasn't the case. After the city clerk's office posted the District 13 results online, showing Lobner as the victor, an error was found that gave Hartzheim 10 additional votes and swung Lobner’s eight-vote win into a two-vote loss. In the end, Hartzheim received 463 votes (50.1%) compared with 461 (49.9%) for Lobner. "It's been kind of an interesting night after I had publicly announced that I had won," Lobner told The Post-Crescent. Lobner, the council president for the past two years, said he was thinking about requesting a recount but hadn't yet made a decision. Be...