News : Two incumbents among four candidates for VS School Board; no races contested

The deadline for filing nomination petitions for the Vinton-Shellsburg School Board has passed, and four candidates will run unopposed for the four open seats.

Incumbents Kathy Van Steenhuyse (At-large) and Brenda Bartz (District 1) will seek re-election. Kyle Schminke is the lone candidate for the District 2 (Shellsburg area) seat now held by Angela Hazen. Jason Hicok is running unopposed for the District 1 seat now held by Megan Rickels, who did not seek re-election.

The school board election takes place Tuesday, Sept. 8.

Benton Community and Belle Plaine school districts also have no contested races.

The Benton County Auditor's Office oversees balloting for districts within the county; below is the list of polling places for all elections within the county:

Polls open 12:00 noon until 8:00 p.m.

Belle Plaine Community Schools

At Large – *Mike Bachelder

At Large – *Bradley G. Cook

At Large – *Marie L. Stratford

Polling place – Belle Plaine Fire Station

Benton Community Schools

Four positions open voted by districts

District 1 – Newhall – *Roy J. Becker Jr.

Polling place – Newhall City Hall

District 2 – Van Horne – Theresa Thompson

Polling place – Van Horne Community Center

District 3 – Atkins – Matt Nolte

Polling place – Atkins City Hall

District 5 – Norway-to fill a vacancy – *Theresa Ludeking

Polling place – St Michael Parish Center

District 7 – Keystone – Shannon Feuerbach

Polling place – Keystone City Hall

Vinton-Shellsburg Community Schools

District 1 – *Brenda Bartz

District 1 – Jason L. Hicok

District 2 – Kyle Schminke

At Large – *Kathleen J. Van Steenhuyse

Polling places are Garrison Fire Station, Shellsburg Legion Hall, and Benton County Courthouse

Center Point-Urbana

The Linn County Auditor's Office administers the CP-U election. CPU has two contested elections: Teresa Davis and Daniel Jones are candidates in District 2; David Sherman and Matthew Wade are District 3 candidates. Scott Millikin is running unopposed for the at-large seat.