Butler County Committee papers filed; Ballots mailed, due Dec. 7

ALLISON — The Farm Service Agency Butler County Committee election is under way.
  Election ballots were mailed to eligible voters beginning last week. Ballots are due back in the Butler County
Office by mail or in person no later than Dec. 7.
  This year, nominations and elections will be held in local administrative area (LAA) 1, which includes Bennezette, Pittsford, Madison, Ripley, Washington and Monroe townships, which form the westernmost tier of townships in Butler County and the south two of the
second-from-west tier.
  Kurt Wessels is up for re-election from LAA 1 and was the only person to file nominating papers, said Brandon Sowers, Butler County Farm Service Agency executive director. Alternatively, voters may write in a candidate, Sowers said.
  Read more in the Nov. 19 Butler County Tribune-Journal and Clarksville Star.