By John Raffel
Correspondent
LAKE CITY – The primary election will be extremely light for the Missaukee County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
There are seven county commission districts and six have only a Republican candidate who has filed. District 7 has had no candidates file for the seat.
The Republican candidates who have filed are Lan Bridson, of Manton, in District 1; Frank Vanderwal, of Lake City in District 2; Roger Ouwinga, of McBain in District 4; Dean Smallegan, of McBain in District 5, Star Hughston, of McBain in District 6 and Gary Gladu Jr., of Merritt, in District 7.
Two Republican candidates are running for one six-year term on the county road commission: George F. Davis, of Falmouth and Tim Smith, of Lake City.
Norwich Township has two races. Lois Whipple, of Lake City, is running for clerk for a partial term ending Nov. 20, 2024. There is also an open seat for Norwich Township treasurer for a partial term ending Nov. 20, 2024, but no candidates have filed and are on the ballot.
Winning candidates will be placed on the November election ballot.