ALERT :
- 5/24/13;Reminder that the Forest City CSD will have a one (1) hour early dismissal on Friday, May 24th.:
- 5/25/13, ANNOUNCEMENT; Family Fun ride has been rerouted: from Waldorf College, down J Street to Golf Course Road, to the Golf Course. At the Golf Course, families will enjoy the build-your-own Trail Mix station and compete in put-put golf then return for the pasta feed and games at Waldorf College. :
Johnson challenges Tlach in Hancock County Supervisor race
CANDIDATES FOR HANCOCK COUNTY SUPERVISOR IN THE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH GENERAL ELECTION ARE INCUMBENT JERRY TLACH AND CHALLENGER JOHN B. JOHNSON, BOTH OF BRITT. SUPERVISORS ARE ELECTED TO FOUR-YEAR TERMS. TLACH, A REPUBLICAN, SEEKS REELECTION TO A FOURTH TERM AS COUNTY SUPERVISOR. JOHN B. JOHNSON IS RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE, THE SAME AS HE DID IN THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION.
TLACH TELLS WHY HE IS SEEKING RE-ELECTION.
:38 seconds Jerry Tlach 1 … “county doing it”Jerry Tlach 1
TLACH IS A FARMER AND HAS BEEN MARRIED TO HIS WIFE CAROL FOR 30 YEARS. THEIR TWO OLDEST DAUGHTERS ARE MARRIED; THEY HAVE A SON ATTENDING IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY; AND THEIR YOUNGEST SON IS A SENIOR AT WEST HANCOCK HIGH SCHOOL.
JOHNSON IS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AT DART TRANSIT. HE IS MARRIED TO LINDA AND THEY HAVE ONE DAUGHTER. JOHNSON WAS UNAVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON HIS DECISIONS TO RUN AGAIN, BUT HE PREVIOUSLY STATED IT IS BECAUSE HANCOCK COUNTY’S RURAL TAX PORTION IS UP 13 PERCENT THIS YEAR, FOURTH HIGHEST IN THE STATE. JOHNSON MAY BE BEST KNOWN IN HANCOCK COUNTY FOR WRITING NUMEROUS LETTERS TO LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ABOUT HIS ISSUES OF CONCERN.