WINTHROP — Winthrop voters re-elected Mayor Julie Trebelhorn Tuesday, according to unofficial results.

Trebelhorn got 358 votes to 319 for challenger Brent Roiger. There were 13 write-ins.

A city council member since 2014, she said there’s plenty of things to work on.

“We just finished up a big street and utility project here, but we’re working on a large wastewater treatment project with other cities, businesses and agencies. Our business partners are Heartland Corn Products (ethanol plant) and Dairy Farmers of America. They are great business partners. We’re working with the cities of Lafayette, Gibbon and New Auburn plus the DNR.”

Trebelhorn said the project would save each city and business partner quite a bit of money and more details about it will be known in the near future.

“We’re working on park improvements too,” she added.

Martha E. Santelman and Edward (Ed) C. Stoll were elected to the Winthrop City Council with 358 and 319 votes respectively.

Santelman talked about her election preparation and results.

“I’m incredibly humbled by all the support from the people of Winthrop. I was out door knocking and got a lot of good feedback, but you never know what people will do. My husband told me I was going to get the most votes,” she said.

Following Santelman and Stoll were Brandon Nelson with 183 votes, Myranda Bauer 140, Christian Tangness 129, Jacki Kruggel 96, Jason O. Walz 78. There were 67 write-ins.

There were 254 write-ins in a special election for a city council member in which no candidate filed for election.

Gibbon

Greg Hartmann and Dave Theis were elected to the city council with 252 and 217 votes. Shannon Zangel received 142 votes. Gibbon Mayor Steve Klukas was re-elected with 344 votes. There were five write-ins.

Theis talked about being elected.

I look forward to working alongside community leadership to create a better tomorrow. I want to extend my appreciation to the community for the support. I support our new school construction project and encourage city growth with more residential construction,” he said.

Lafayette

Curtis Tauber got 143 votes to win the race for Lafayette mayor. Incumbent Sandra Peterson received 114 votes. There were two write-ins.

Andrew C. Hartley and Logan VanDeest were elected to the city council. Hartley got 154 votes and Scott Portner 110 votes.

“I’m looking forward to serving the town as mayor and working with two new council members, (Andrew Hartley and Logan VanDeest. I look forward to working on more park improvements and adding more housing in town,” said Tauber.

Hanska

Daniel K. Paulson received 117 votes (63.24%) to take the Hanska mayor race. Jason James Geiger got 67 votes.

Paulson said city challenges include adding a new water well, street and utility improvements.

“Hanska is a pretty good town. People are willing to work with you. I’m just here to help. I appreciate all the support the people of Hanska have given me,” he said.

The Hanska City Council race for two seats were more hotly contested. Mikale Gustafson and Willie Wurtz were elected with 129 votes and 111 respectively. Following were Lisa Miller 91 votes, Constance Jenkins 10 votes. There was one write-in.

Fairfax

In a race for two Fairfax City Council seats, John Schaefer received 266 votes and Jill Pelzel Grejtak 241 for the win. Robert Timm got 200 and Jesse Diehn 180 votes. Fairfax Mayor Josh Bunkers got 491 votes. There were 38 write-ins.

Schaefer talked about what he wants to see in Fairfax.

“I want to keep our town neat and clean to attract new business and industry. We all have to do our part to make it an attractive town. We’ve taken a few buildings down at taxpayer expense, but we have a few empty buildings,” he said.

Courtland

Justin Kraus got 319 votes and Nathan Marti 247 to win two Courtland City Council seats. Gregory Juberien received 156 votes. Courtland Mayor Al Poehler was re-elected with 387 votes. There were 35 write-ins.

Sleepy Eye

Joann M. Schmidt received 1,382 votes for mayor. There were 100 write-ins. Ward 1 City Councilor Scott Krzmarzick was re-elected with 596 votes. There were five write-ins. Ward 2 City Councilor Christina Andres was re-elected with 850 votes. There were 27 write-ins.

Brown County Commissioners

District 1 Commissioner Dave Borchert was re-elected with 2.307 votes. There were 23 write-ins. District 3 Commissioner Scott A. Windschitl was re-elected with 2,423 votes. There were 13 write-ins.

District 1 Soil and Water Supervisor Craig Fischer was re-elected with 11,648 votes. There were 69 write-ins. District 2 Soil and Water Supervisor Brad Augustin was re-elected with 11,638 votes. There were 45 write-ins. District 4 Soil and Water Supervisor Mark Wellner was re-elected with 11,557 votes. There were 35 write-ins.

Sibley County Commissioners

Lyle W. Grochow got 757 votes to win the District 3 seat. Fred Latzke Jr. got 662 votes. Keith Henne got 1,108 votes to win the District 4 seat. There were three write-in votes. Joe Kreger got 567 votes. There were seven write-in votes.

Loren Evenson got 6,199 votes to win the District 3 Soil and Water Supervisor seat. . There were 37 write-ins. Wayne R. Grams got 6,173 votes to win the District 4 Soil and Water Supervisor seat. There were 40 write-ins. Robert Nielsen got 6,162 for District 5 Soil and Water Supervisor. There were 32 write-ins.

Nicollet

Mayor Fred L. Froelich was re-elected with 560 votes. There were 25 write-ins. Mary Wels and Matthew Anthony were elected two two councilor-at-large seats with 514 and 487 votes respectively. There were eight write-ins.

Springfield

Josh Anderson got 617 votes and Nicholas Klish 503 to win two Springfield City Councilor At Large seats. John P. Ryan got 494 votes. There were nine write-ins. Springfield Mayor Lowell Helget got 836 votes. There were 37 write-ins. Jeanette Pidde got 420 votes to win the Ward 1 special election. There were three write-ins.

Gaylord

Mayor Dawn Kratzke was re-elected with 680 votes. Challenger Paul Wagenius got 297 votes. There were five write-ins.

City councilor Scott Kuphal was re-elected with 658 votes. Challenger Leighton J. Rose was elected with 482 votes. Chad Muchow got 472 votes. There were six write-ins.

Comfrey School District

Comfrey School District voters approved increasing their general education revenue by $700 per pupil for 10 years beginning with taxes payable in 2025 by a vote of 117 to 97. In a race for three school board seats, Jen Englin got 165 votes, Nathan Hesse 164 and Brandy Stamp 135 votes. There were three write-ins.

Franklin

Corey Gruendemann was re-elected mayor with 132 votes. Challenger Robin Kokesch got 83 votes. There were five write-ins. Nobody filed for election for two city council seats. There were 87 write-ins.

Morgan

Voters elected Beth Christensen mayor with 313 votes. Jessica Weber got 84 votes. There were 11 write-ins. Cory Kleinschmidt was elected to one of two city council seats. There were 58 write-ins.

Redwood Falls

Voters elected Shannon Guetter for councilor at large with 1,428 votes. Don Hazen had 745 votes. There were 17 write-ins. Denise Kerkhoff was elected Ward 1 councilor with 628 votes. There were 15 write-ins. Matthew Smith as elected Ward 2 councilor with 703 votes. There were 10 write-ins.

Redwood County Commissioners

Rick Wakefield was elected District 1 County Commissioner with 1,324 votes. There were four write-ins. Robert Van Hee was elected in District 4 with 1,382 votes. There were 34 write-ins. Corey Theis was elected in District 5 with 922 votes. David Forkrud got 545 votes. There were four write-ins.

Voters turned down a county question of appointing rather than electing the county recorder by a vote of 5,841 to 2,038.

Rick Maurer was elected District 3 Soil and Water Supervisor with 6,742 votes. There were 34 write-ins. Nobody filed for election for in District 4. There were 251 write-ins.

GFW School Board

With 19 of 20 precincts reporting, Mark J. Turtle got 2,355 votes for the Gibbon District seat. There were 109 write-ins. Amy Acree got 1,907 votes for the Fairfax District seat. There were 556 write-ins. Russell Miller got 2,423 votes for the Winthrop District seat. There were 60 write-ins.

For more information, visit https://electionresults.sos.mn.gov/