Kewaunee County spring elections start to take shape

Following the Jan. 7 filing date, the April 1 spring election is taking shape in Algoma and Kewaunee.

For the few races with more than two candidates contesting a seat a Feb. 18 spring primary will be held, which doesn’t look to apply to these communities this spring.

Here are the spring election candidates, with the incumbents marked with an asterisk.

Algoma City Council
One seat open in each district unless otherwise noted.
District 1
John Ortlieb*
District 2
Midge Swedberg*
District 3
Wayne Schmidt*
District 4
Lee Dachelet is not running for reelection.
Jake Maring
Dawn Kidd

Kewaunee City Council
One seat open in each district unless otherwise noted.
District 1
John Blaha*
District 2
Russell Anderson is not running for reelection.
District 3
Robin Nelson is not running for reelection.
Joe Mills
District 4
Two seats open — one is currently vacant.
Jeffrey Kohnle*