More Filings in Local Races

More people have filed as candidates in April's election.

Tim Koester filed Friday morning as a candidate for commissioner in the Effingham City Council election. Koester is the eighth person to file for one of four commissioner seats.

In area school board contests, Shelly Kuhns and Dennis Vaughn have filed for the Altamont Unit 10 Board of Education, Douglas Baxter and Cory Niebrugge filed for the Dieterich Unit 30 Board of Education, Patty Russell and Todd Schafer have filed for the Effingham Unit 40 Board of Education, and James Buhnerkempe has filed for the Teutopolis Unit 50 Board of Education.

There have still been no filings for the Beecher City Unit 20 Board of Education.

There has also been an additional filing in the Lake Land College Board of Trustees election. Ann Deters of Effingham has filed as a candidate, bringing to three the number of candidates for two seats to be filled on the Board.

The filing period ends at 5pm Monday, the 22nd.