Here’s a look at the results from Sioux County’s 2025 city and school board contested races.
CITY RACES
Boyden: Three candidates ran for two council seats. Incumbent Stacie Damstra was re-elected with 39%, joined by Wanda Brands with 32%, while incumbent Austin Loges finished third with 28%.
Granville: Three candidates sought two seats. Both incumbents were re-elected — James Wynia with 51% and Chris Hunt with 47%, defeating Chuck Kreber (1%).
Hawarden (updated with correction): Five candidates competed for three city council seats. Robert Klocke (inc.), Trevor Schelling, and Benjamin Bouza won the seats. Patricia Anderson (inc.) and Jerry Wilson finished behind.
Ireton: Five candidates ran for two seats. Nathan Anderson and Loren Mosterd won the seats, ahead of Pat Johnson, Darrell Hoogendoorn, and Jim Lewis.
Orange City (updated with correction): Eight candidates vied for two council seats. Mark Scallon (23%) and Andrew Bloemendaal (22%) were the top vote-getters. They will, however, go to a runoff vote with the third and fourth place finishers, Adam Howerzyl & Tony Vande Brake. The runoff election will take place on December 2. Kenton Vore, Luke Livingston, Dennis Vander Wel, and Grace De Boer Brown were also in the election.
SCHOOL BOARD RACES
MOC–Floyd Valley: In District 3, Kley De Jong defeated Sarah Jungers with 62% of the vote (912–549).
Sioux Center: Five candidates ran for three at-large seats. Incumbents Jerod Work and Yeabsira (Yabby) Doornink were re-elected. Scott Varilek won the third seat, unseating incumbent Nathan Bullock. Donna Tea finished fifth.
School District Physical Plant and Equipment Levy (PPEL) Measures
MOC–Floyd Valley: Measure TK passed with 84.96% in favor (1,203–213).
Sioux Center: Measure TL passed with 85.22% approval (519–90).
Non-Contested Races – 100% precincts reporting
CITY RACES
Alton
- Mayor: Daniel Jay Vande Griend — 87 votes
- City Council (3 seats):
Harlan Jorgensen — 82 votes
Travis Plathe — 84 votes
Kristy Frederes — 85 votes
Boyden
- Mayor: Laryl Koerselman — 96 votes
Chatsworth (write-ins filled seats)
- Mayor: Write-ins — 16 votes
- City Council (3 seats):
Angie Cramer — 13 votes
Clifford Puhl — 14 votes
Seth Klemme — 23 votes
Granville
- Mayor: Roger Goergen — 39 votes
Hospers
- Mayor: Kelly Kooistra — 85 votes
Hull
- City Council (3 seats):
Faye De Kam — 111 votes
Edwin Westra — 107 votes
Les Van Roekel — 108 votes
Matlock
- Mayor: Charles Schwebach — 10 votes
- City Council (3 seats):
Tony Hughes — 9 votes
Lori Hoven — 9 votes
Jo Stegemann — 10 votes
Maurice
- Mayor: Randy Hoekstra — 50 votes
- City Council (2 seats):
Bill Korver — 49 votes
Isaac Holtrop — 44 votes
Orange City
- Mayor: Deb De Haan — 1,068 votes
Rock Valley
- City Council (3 seats):
Rod De Kam — 129 votes
Dale Kooima — 109 votes
Jeremy Van’t Hul — 116 votes
Sioux Center
- City Council (3 seats):
Jennifer Vermeer — 482 votes
Mark Hulshof — 516 votes
Randy Vreugdenhil — 480 votes
SCHOOL BOARD RACES
Boyden-Hull
- District 1: Mark Nilles — 229 votes
MOC–Floyd Valley
- District 5: Christine Koerselman — 1,246 votes
Rock Valley
- At-Large (3 seats):
Jacob Brosamle — 134 votes
Shelli Rens — 127 votes
Steven Van Den Top — 126 votes
West Sioux
- At-Large: Travis Waterman — 499 votes
- District 1: Thomas Sellers — 472 votes
- District 2: Sunday Ford — 484 votes
Northwest Iowa Community College
- District 1: Cynthia Porter — 629 votes
- District 7: Ron Heemstra — 581 votes
