Decorah Council Seat Headed to Run-Off

DECORAH - A chaotic result was seen in the Decorah City Council election Tuesday.

“Because the City of Decorah has run-off provisions in their city ordinance, and none of the candidates received 50% +1 of the votes cast; there will be a run-off election on January 7^th between the two candidates that received the most votes,” said Auditor Ben Steines.

Voter turnout was poor, as only 21.77 percent of registered voters bothered to cast ballots.

Top vote-getters were Cody A. Whittle with 673 ballots (49.02 percent) and Kent Klocke with 571 (41.59 percent).

Paul Wanless saw 129 votes (9.4 percent).

The race was to fill a vacancy for city council.