An Update for the Spring Election

Wisconsin’s Spring Election will be held Tuesday, April 1. It will include local officials and school board.

Four alderpersons on the Richland Center City Council are up for re-election. They are: Karin Tepley representing District 1, Wards 1,2, and 3; Mark Chambers representing District 2, Wards 4, 5, and 6; Melony Walters representing District 3, Wards 7, 8, and 9; and Steve Downs representing District 4, Wards 10, 11, and 12. Four residents have filed to run for alderperson in the city of Richland Center. They are: Incumbent Karin Tepley; Rachel Schultz in District 2, Wards 4, 5, and 6; Incumbent Melony Walters; and Incumbent Steve Downs. Incumbent alderperson, Mark Chambers, has filed Notification of Non-candidacy.

Area school boards will also be holding elections. Two seats are up for election in the Richland School District: Area #2 West, covering the Village of Boaz and the townships of Bloom, Sylvan, Marshall, Akan, Dayton, Richwood, and Eagle, currently held by Erin Unbehaun; and Area #3 City, currently held by Neil Huntamer. Both are for a three year term. Neil Huntamer has filed a notification of non-candidacy.

Three seats are up for election in the River Valley School District. They are: Area 3 which covers the Town of Clyde in Iowa County currently held by Jeff Maier; Area 6 which covers the Village of Spring Green in Sauk County currently represented by Sara Young; and Area 9 which covers the Village of Plain in Sauk County currently represented by John Bettinger.

The Boscobel Area School District has two seats up for election. The seats, currently held by Greg Loos (loose) and Jimmie Kaska (kuss-kuh). Loos represents Area 3, which includes all of the Boscobel school district’s area north of the Wisconsin River in Crawford and Richland counties. Kaska represents Area 1, which includes the City of Boscobel. Both Loos and Kaska have filed Notification of Noncandidacy.

Eligible residents who wish to run for the respective offices have until Tuesday evening (January 7) at 5:00 to register for ballot access in the Spring 2025 election. The necessary paperwork for candidacy can be obtained from the respective offices.