With the closing of the nomination filing period Thursday, the stage is set for the Nov. 5th City/School Elections in Cass County. This list will be updated with School Board candidates later today. Here is current list of candidates whose names will appear on the ballot (I= Incumbent, TFV= To fill a vacancy):

City of Atlantic

• Ward 1 – Jim Behrens
• Ward 3 – Pat McCurdy (Incumbent by appointment)
• Ward 4 – Linda Kartkopf (I)
• At Large (vote for 1) – Grace N. Garrett, Dana Halder (I)
• Parks  Recreation Board (elect 2)- Erin McFadden (I), Ashley Hayes.

City of Anita

• Mayor – Thomas R. Harris
• City Council (elect 2) – Mark Harris, Kevin Littleton and Pat Cassell

City of Cumberland

• Mayor – N. Virginia Coughlin (I)
• City Council (Elect 2) – Sandra Eversole (I), Scott Becker (I)

City of Griswold

• City Council (elect 3) – Carmen Sorensen (I)

City of Lewis

• Mayor – Russell Hansen
• City Council (elect 3) – Richard L. Clark, Ryan Lockwood (I), and Duane Scott Anderson (I).
• The following is the Public Measure that will be included on the ballot for the City of Lewis voters: “Shall the City of Lewis, Iowa be authorized to amend Section 5-1-2 of the City of Lewis 2018 Code of Ordinances changing the composition of the Lewis Library Board of Trustees as follows from: “Five (5) voting members shall be from the Community At-Large, and one (1) non-voting member shall be the Librarian” And changing to: “Five (5) member Board of Trustees with Four (4) Bona Fide Citizens and Residents of the City and One (1) Non-Resident?”

City of Marne

• Mayor – Randall I. Baxter (I)
• City Council (elect 5) – Vergil W. Anderson, Jericho Schmitt, Mark Opbroek, Wayne Preister, Aaron Williams, and Angela Redler (I).

City of Massena

• City Council (elect 3) – Micah Lee, Kevin McCunn and Adam McCunn, all incumbents.

City of Wiota

• City Council – Jim Fisher and Steven R. Havens, both incumbents.

Griswold School Board

At Large – Ryan Askeland.