Cliff Buchan
News Editor

By this time next week, the finalists for four seats on the ISD 831 Board of Education will be known.

Voters in the Forest Lake area school district will be asked to go to the polls next Tuesday for a primary election contest that will eliminate three of the 11 candidates who filed for the school board.

Those who survive the Sept. 11 primary will move on to the general election ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 6. Four school board seats, all for four-year terms, are up for election this year.

Polls in the district will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11.

Voters on Sept. 11 can vote for up to four candidates. The list of candidates on the ballot will be as follows:

•Linda Nanko Yeager, Wyoming.

•James Heck, Forest Lake;

•Kenneth L. Engler, Forest Lake;

•Jim Banta, Wyoming;

•John N. Freed, Columbus;

•Jackie McNamara, Forest Lake;

•Dick Tschida, Forest Lake.

•Incumbent Board President Bill Bresin, Forest Lake.

•Incumbent Joe Grafft, Linwood Township.

•Incumbent Rob Rapheal, Scandia.

•Incumbent Dan Kieger, Lino Lakes.

One of the candidates, McNamara, has announced that she was withdrawing from the contest and would not seek support from the public.

Her name, however, can not be removed from the ballot at this date.

Look for election results at www.forestlaketimes.com.

Where to vote

Residents of the school district will be assigned specific precincts for voting.

The precincts for Tuesday, Sept. 11 are as follows:

Precinct 1

Scandia Elementary School, 14351 Scandia Trail N. (TH-97), Scandia.

For voters living in the city of Scandia and May Township in Washington County.

Precinct 2

Lino Lakes Elementary School, 725 Main St., Lino Lakes.

For Anoka County voters residing in the city of Lino Lakes.

Precinct 3

Linwood Elementary School, 21900 Typo Creek Dr. NE, Linwood.

For Anoka County voters residing in Linwood township.

Precinct 4

Columbus Elementary School, 17345 Notre Dame St., Columbus.

For Anoka County voters in East Bethel, Ham Lake and the city of Columbus.

Precinct 5

District Office Bldg., 6100 No. 210th St., Forest Lake.

For all Washington County voters living in Hugo and Forest Lake.

Precinct 6

Wyoming Elementary School, 25701 Forest Blvd. N.

For all district voters living in Chisago County.

Voter registration is available at the polls election day. For more information about next Tuesday’s school district election, call the District Office Building at 651-982-9104.

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