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The Lynd Public School District had both a school board election and a referendum this year. The referendum, which proposed to increase the school district's general education revenue by $700 per pupil, narrowly failed with voters, according to unofficial vote totals from the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office. A total of 257 voters said 'no' to the referendum question, and 247 voters said 'yes.'
Lynd was also holding elections for a total of three school board members, and had six candidates running. According to the Secretary of State's Office, candidates David Gruhot, Amanda St. Aubin and Brenda Sanow had the lead in vote totals. Gruhot received 348 votes. St. Aubin received 187 votes, and Sanow received 176 votes.
Candidates Mark DeJaeghere, Vickie Radloff and Shelby Eischens received 165 votes, 142 votes and 120 votes, respectively.
Several area school districts held board elections or referendums Tuesday. Below are results from districts within Lyon County.
MINNEOTA
The Minneota Public School District held elections for four seats on its school board, and had a total of six candidates running. According to unofficial vote totals from the Minnesota Secretary of State's Office, Abby Thostenson, Martin Hennen, Trisha Fink and Shelby Sorenson were in the lead in the election. Thostenson received 860 votes. Hennen received 770 votes, Fink received 567 votes and Sorenson received 347 votes.
Candidates Josh Anderson and Lisa Becker received 487 votes and 402 votes, respectively.
LAKEVIEW
The Lakeview School District held elections for four school board seats, and had a total of five candidates running. According to the Secretary of State's Office, Joel Timm, Blake Geistfeld, Korey Herrick and Alan Grube had the lead in vote totals. Timm had 582 votes, Geistfeld had 557 votes, Herrick had 516 votes and Grube had 445 votes. Andy Frank received 366 votes.
TRACY AREA
Tracy Area Public Schools held elections for four school board seats. Four candidates ran for school board. According to unofficial vote totals, Scot Bowman received 1,010 votes. Adam Snyder received 1,082 votes. Jody Bauer received 1,134 votes and Ryan Verlinde received 1,132 votes.