Balow beats Keller in special Lake City School Board election

Dawn Balow took 71 percent of the votes in a special election for Lake City School Board, easily beating opponent Tommy Keller. Balow took 3,023 votes to Keller’s 1,189.

Balow will join Kevin Pavelka, Heath Oeltjen and Jack Rol as newly-elected members. In a race with three open seats and three candidates, Oeltjen earned the most votes with 3,263, followed by Pavelka with 2,913 and Rol with 2,793.