Elections

Frethem, Jessup cruise through primary

Mike Munzenrider
executive editor

Bridget Kranz
staff writer

Candidate filing closed Aug. 13 for the handful of local elections taking place in the north suburbs this fall.

All three school boards covered by the Roseville Review and Bulletin newspapers will elect new members this November.

With filing closing Aug. 13, the ballots are set for school board elections in the South-West area.

Candidate filling for the city council and school board races closed Aug. 13 and East Siders will be seeing full ballots this fall.

The race to fill Blake Huffman’s former seat on the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners is an unusually crowded contest, meriting a primary on Tuesday, Aug. 13, to narrow the field to two candidates.

As of July 30 candidate filing is open for this year’s regularly scheduled elections in the north suburbs — three school board races and two municipals.

9 seek to replace Huffman going into August primary

Matt Hudson

staff writer

The dry food started in boxes stacked in the Irondale High School cafeteria.

The Lauderdale City Council voted its way to control of two major streets in the city and is in line to get some $850,000 for the trouble.