Tim Ryan, tryan@wolfrivermedia.com
Eight contested Shawano County Board races will be on the ballot in April, with one of those first going to a primary vote in February.
The deadline for potential candidates to file their nomination papers and the required signatures to qualify for the spring election passed at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
For a time it seemed as many as 11 County Board seats could be in play, but some would-be challengers, and one incumbent, didn’t return papers by deadline. All 27 County Board seats are up for re-election in April.
Incumbent District 14 Supervisor Marlin Noffke failed to return his nomination papers, leaving the seat open to challenger William Berkhahn. The district includes the town of Hartland and portions of the towns of Angelica and Washington.
Meanwhile, two challengers are vying for the District 2 seat held by incumbent Patrick Hoffman, sending that race to a Feb. 16 primary.
Hoffman is being challenged for the seat by Wesley Bucholz and Mark Bolin. The district includes Wards 3 and 4 of the city of Shawano.
Two other races expected to be contested fell through after potential challengers failed to return nomination papers.
District 1 Supervisor Deb Noffke, representing Wards 1 and 2 in the city of Shawano, will go unchallenged after Aaron Milavitz didn’t return nomination papers.
District 10 Supervisor Robert Krause, of Krakow, will also be uncontested after a potential challenge from David Kohn, of Cecil, failed to materialize.
One contested race on the April 5 ballot will be between two challengers, with the incumbent not seeking re-election.
In District 5, which covers Wards 9 and 10 in Shawano, incumbent Sandy Steinke has chosen not to run again, leaving the seat open to candidates Steve Borroughs and Lynnae Zahringer.
In other contested County Board races, Supervisor Mike McClelland, representing District 4 in Shawano, faces a challenge from Aimee Zeinert; District 8 Supervisor Rosetta Stern, town of Wescott, is being challenged by John Krizan; District 17 Supervisor Bonnie Olson, of the town of Belle Plaine, faces a challenge from Allan Kuhn, of Shawano; District 20 Supervisor Richard Giese will go up against former county administrative coordinator Thomas Madsen, both of Gresham; District 21 Supervisor Bert Huntington, of Gresham, faces a challenge from Roger Miller, of Bowler; and District 27 Supervisor Jon Zwirschitz, of Birnamwood, will face a rematch against former county supervisor Marion Wnek, of the town of Almon.