Meet The Candidates: Craig Anderson (Board of Supervisors District 4, incumbent)
The lone contested race for the Plymouth County General Election next month will be between Craig Anderson and Ryan Weber for the District 4 position on the Board of Supervisors. Anderson, the incumbent, is a native of Merrill running as a Republican.
After 20 years on the board, Anderson is running again to continue to serve with “really good people and a really good team.”
Anderson’s platform is the same one he ran on 20 years ago when he first got elected: fiscal responsibility.
Anderson spoke on data centers, which is an issue he has been working on with several organizations.
When asked if there was one thing he wanted voters to know about him, Anderson re-emphasized his financial track record.
Ryan Weber’s interview will air on KLEM tomorrow.
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Absentee ballots now available
Absentee ballots for the November 3rd General Election are now available in the Auditor’s Office at the Plymouth County Courthouse during regular business hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Absentee ballots may be cast in person at the Auditor’s office until November 2nd at 5 p.m.
Absentee ballots are mailed from the Auditor’s Office from October 14th-19th per Iowa law. Ballots must be requested in writing and absentee ballot request forms need to be received in the Auditor’s office by October 19th. Absentee ballot request forms are available at the Plymouth County Auditor’s Office or at www.plymouthcountyiowa.gov by clicking on the red “General Election” tab. Absentee ballot request forms can also be obtained from the Iowa Secretary of State website.
A completed absentee ballot request form can be dropped off or mailed to the Auditor’s Office at 215 4th Avenue SE in Le Mars before October 19th, and then an absentee ballot will be mailed to the voter requesting the ballot. Voter ID is now Iowa State Law. Voters are required to complete the absentee ballot request form with either an Iowa Driver’s License number, a non-operator ID number or a 4-digit VOTER ID PIN number.
The Auditor’s office provides the postage for all absentee ballots returned by mail. In order for a ballot to be counted, ballots must be received in the Auditors office by 8 p.m. on Election Day (November 3rd). If you have any further questions, call the Plymouth County Auditor’s Office at 712-546-6100.
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Small-scale meat processors invited to apply for Iowa state grant
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig has invited small-scale meat processors and custom lockers to apply for a Choose Iowa Butchery Innovation Equipment Only Grant. Eligible businesses may receive up to $20,000 of state funding to purchase cold storage, meat processing and packaging equipment that helps increase meat and poultry processing capacity in Iowa.
State or federally inspected small-scale meat processors based in Iowa are eligible to apply for the grant. Applicants must provide at least a one-to-one financial match. Grant funds are paid out as a reimbursement after the project is completed. Full details including financial matching requirements, application, eligibility, and scoring criteria are available on the Choose Iowa website.
