One contested race for Winona school board on November ballots

One contested race for Winona school board on November ballots

Winona Area Public Schools’ Board of Education incumbents running for reelection will not face any competition this November, but one open seat will still see a battle.

Kruger wins contested race for school board

Alexa Kruger Challenger Alexa Kruger defeated incumbent Krista Verlinde in the contested race for an at-large school board seat in the Divide County School District on June 2. Kruger, of Crosby, received 179 votes compared with 54 for Verlinde, of rural Noonan, according to the unofficial results from the school district. “I appreciate everybody’s support,” Kruger said, “and I’m going to try to live up to the expectation of why they voted for me…