There will be new faces on two local governing boards following Tuesday’s election, which saw a dismal voter turnout in Grundy County. Just 18 percent of the county’s voters turned out to cast ballots for the several contested races. Of 5,707 registered voters, only...
Winning offices in the April 5 Election were: Trenton City Council, First Ward: Glen Briggs defeated Kevin Klinginsmith by a margin of 90 to 41. Trenton City Council, Fourth Ward: Duane Urich defeated Bob McIntyre by a margin of 128 to 100 Trenton R-9 School Board...
The question of how to recruit and retain quality teachers has been a mainstay of recent school board candidate forums, but how to handle Critical Race Theory, the 1619 Project and the possibility of the state handing down curriculum that doesn’t align with community...
The Grundy County Clerk’s Office will be open Saturday morning for those who wish to vote absentee in the Tuesday, April 5 School and Municipal Election. Grundy County Clerk Betty Spickard said the office will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. Absentee voting for...
There will be only one contested local race on the Grundy County ballot when voters go to the polls for the August Primary Election and no contested local races in Daviess County. Grundy County Billy Wilson of Trenton filed as a Republican candidate for presiding...
Editor’s Note: The Trenton Republican-Times is profiling candidates for the Grundy County Health Department Board in the April 5 election. Four candidates, Amy May, Cari Blackburn, Stacey McCullough and Jewell Harris, are seeking to fill the two full terms on...
