Unofficial Election Results in Koochiching County

Unofficial results for the local races are in. For the City of International Falls in the East Ward Lois Lundin won the seat with 501 votes, in the Center Ward Bobbi Bernath clinched the race with 398 votes, and in the West Ward Ed Bates won with 610 votes. Voted into the two seats in the Big Falls City Council are Jason Nelson and Jeff Oehlerking. Sara Wendt and Todd Thydean were voted to the two seats in the Littlefork City Council. Ricky Roche was elected Koochiching County Commissioner in District 2 with 553 votes. A number of county roles were maintained by the unchallenged incumbents including Timothy Mathews as the Koochiching County Commissioner in District 1, Jason Sjoblom as Koochiching County Commissioner in District 4. Joan Nelson as County Auditor/Treasurer, Lindsay K Frank as County Recorder, Perryn Hedlund as Koochiching County Sheriff, Jeffrey S. Naglosky as County Attorney, as well as Ralph Lewis, Mary Jean-Becker, and Jody Reller as Soil and Water Supervisors in Districts 1, 4, and 5. Richard Feguson won the Big Falls Mayoral race and Bruce Grotberg was victorious in the Littlefork Mayor race. For the School Board in ISD 361 four seats were available. Toni Korpi, Jessica Crosby, Amy Milender, and Mandy Johnson have been voted to fill the seats. Then in ISD 362 the three spots will be filled by Delane Klemetsen, Preston Hoy, and Heather Kennedy. We will have the official results once they are released.