By Kevin Boneske
For The News-Chronicle
At least one-fourth of all 20 Kewaunee County Board seats up for election will have contested races this spring, while no one's name will appear on the general election ballot in at least 10 percent of those races.
Except for the District 7 supervisory seat, which includes the village of Casco and Ward 2 in the town of Casco presently represented by Frank Fameree, the filing deadline to run for the county board was 5 p.m. Tuesday. Fameree, however, failed to file nomination papers by the deadline and also hadn't previously submitted a statement of noncandidacy, said County Clerk Linda Teske, which has extended the filing deadline for other candidates to run for Fameree's seat to 5 p.m. Friday.
If no one files nomination papers in District 7, it wouldn't be the only county board race without a candidate on the ballot. The noncandidacy of Jonas Barbiaux of Luxemburg and Paula Levy of Algoma in their respective supervisory seats in Districts 5 and 15 failed to attract a candidate filing papers to enter those races.
Teske said a primary will be held Feb. 17 in District 8, which includes Ward 1 in the town of Luxemburg and Ward 3 in the town of Montpelier.
Challengers Gordon Reckelberg and Lee Ledvina, a former sheriff, are running against incumbent Charles Froelich. The top two vote-getters will face each other in the April 6 general election.
Two contested county board races will be rematches of the 2002 elections. In District 2, which includes the entire town of Ahnapee, incumbent Larry Kirchman is being challenged by Cora Purdy. Kirchman ousted Purdy from the seat two years ago.
In the District 12 seat in West Kewaunee Wards 1 and 2, incumbent George Kruse is being challenged by Paul Junio. Junio had ousted Kruse in 2000, before Kruse won the seat back in 2002.
Two other county board incumbents face challengers with elective office experience.
In District 17, which includes Ward 7 in the city of Algoma and Ward 2 in the town of Pierce, longtime incumbent Rose Quinlan and challenger Brian Paplham have both filed nomination papers. Quinlan also chairs the Pierce Town Board, while Paplham is a town supervisor.
In District 18, which includes Ward 1 in the city of Kewaunee and Ward 1 in the town of Pierce, incumbent Nancy Lazansky faces a challenge from former Sheriff Dennis "Bucky" Zuege. Lazansky has been on the county board since 2000, while Zuege was first elected county sheriff in 1996 before deciding not to seek re-election in 2002.
The Kewaunee County Board will have a new chairman after the April 6 elections. County Board Chairman Gerald Novickis is not seeking re-election to the District 19 seat representing Wards 2 and 5 in the city of Kewaunee.
Jim Abrahamson, who is a city of Kewaunee alderman, has filed nomination papers to run for Novickis' county board seat.
Incumbents without opposition who have filed nomination papers include: LeVerle Koenig, District 1; Charles R. Wagner, District 3; Robert A. Weidner, District 4; Janice Swoboda, District 6; David Mayer, District 9; Linda Wochos, District 10; Linda Sinkula, District 11; Karen Kinstetter, District 13; James Barlow, District 14; Charles J. Hutter, District 16; and Kaye E. Shillin, District 20.
Luxemburg village voters will be able to choose from among four candidates on the ballot for three trustee seats up for election April 6.
Village Clerk-Treasurer Diane Jorgensen said the candidates seeking two-year terms include two incumbents and two challengers. She noted current trustees John Rueckl and Joe Seidl filed nomination papers, as did challengers James Vandermause and Christopher Baeb.
Jon Mathu, who was appointed in May to fill the trustee vacancy brought about by Lyle Jandrin becoming village president, filed a statement of non-candidacy and isn't running for a new two-year term.
Three of the six at-large trustee seats on the Luxemburg Village Board are up for election this spring. The top three vote-getters will each be elected for two-year terms.
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