By Charlie Mahler
Minnesota township elections were held across the state on Tuesday, including the many townships in the greater Northfield area. The results of those elections were quite close in some races, and not very close at all in others.
Anthony “Tony” Rowan defeated Daniel Chesky II to claim an open seat on the Greenvale Township Board of Supervisors in Tuesday’s election. Rowan tallied 228 votes to Chesky’s 129.
Rowan becomes the newest member on the five-person Greenvale board, replacing Charles Anderson, the current board chair, who did not seek reelection. Greenvale Township is located immediately northwest of Northfield in Dakota County.
Greenvale’s was one of a handful of contested races in nearby townships in the March elections. Thyra Nelson won unopposed as Greenvale’s new town clerk.
In Waterford Township, just north of Northfield, Cameron Cornick and Tom Davis won unopposed races for supervisor and town clerk, respectively, as did Randall Volkert and Kristal McNamara, in Sciota Township, east of Waterford.
In Rice County, Nick Bolton defeated Mark Koktavy 97-53 for one of two Bridgewater Township seats up for vote. Frances Boehning won the other seat in the township west of Northfield over Micheal Little despite a tie vote. Boehning earned the seat “by lot,” per state statute. Bolton and Boehning replace Kathleen Kopseng and Thomas Hart who didn’t seek re-election.
In Northfield Township, just east of the city, Foster Transburg won reelection as supervisor running unopposed.
Annual township meetings were also held Tuesday across the area to vote on township tax levies and to consider matters like annexation, development, road maintenance, and fire protection services.
Charlie Mahler is a KYMN News correspondent. Contact him at charlie@kymnradio.net
