Elisa Sand

The first big precinct is in for Brown County (absentee ballots) with 5 of 12 reporting, Drew Dennert maintains his lead in the Brown County Commission race with Mike Gage, Mike Wiese and Chad Fischbach each now with 24% -- top 3 will be elected.

The District 1 house race, also with 21 of 43 reporting, has Tamara St. John leading with 31% of the vote followed by Joe Donnell with 27%, they're the two Republican candidates. Kay Nikolas as 18% of the vote and Steven McCleerey has 24%.

In District 1 senate, Michael Rohl has 55% of the vote with 21 of 43 precincts reporting. Susan Wismer has 45%.

With 3 of 12 precincts reporting the county commission race in Brown County is far from determined. Early results show Drew Dennert in the lead followed by Mike Gage, Mike Wiese and Chad Fischbach. Both Fischbach and Wiese have 22% of the votes.

For those interested in the conservation district merger in Brown County, early results have 66% of the votes favoring the merger -- but that's with 3 of 12 vote centers reporting.

in Potter County, Incumbent Curtis Hamburger has handily won another term as sheriff with 91% of the vote

it's election night -- results are slow coming in Brown County, but I stopped by the courthouse to check the progress and three vote centers are done.

In the Northwest District for Aberdeen City Council, with 1 of 12precincts reporting -- Charlotte Liebelt has 223 votes and Jon Boon McNutt has 163. Lots of votes yet to count

In the Southeast District for Aberdeen City Council with 1 of 12 precincts: David Novstrup has 208 votes; Chad Nilson, 123 and Kyle Walz 100

initial votes are starting to come in -- and with 1 of 12 precincts reporting here's what we know for the Aberdeen City Council race in the Northeast District Erin Fouberg 352, Mark Remily 102 and Andy Schaunaman 120

Here's the latest on what we know about a letter distributed by a teacher to students in Watertown. https://t.co/PaKDBzZRKC

candidate forums begin this week with the county commission candidates answering questions this evening at the K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library. Details on all planned candidate forums this week and on May 14 can be found here: https://t.co/YYkdgaAnld

This early morning fire was destructive, but this particular trailer was vacant at the time of the fire. https://t.co/s8wYpu0t5T

Just a reminder, mark your calendars next week for three candidate forum opportunities in Aberdeen. Meet the candidates running for city council, school board and county commission. https://t.co/YYkdgaAnld

Lots of elections happening this year. In Aberdeen, voters will decide three new people for the city council. Here's a look at who's running. https://t.co/IhaNASyQNv

mark your calendars for those upcoming candidate forums in Aberdeen. https://t.co/YYkdgaAnld

Every vote matters. Just ask these candidates for town board in Henry. https://t.co/b79IUc8xgn