Wright County Journal

11/17/2024

2024 Baby Diaper Drive is underway...

11/09/2024

Panthers fall to Mountaineers, 35-21

11/09/2024

Mountaineers get 5 yard TD in rainy weather with 3:44 left in the game. 2 pt pass makes it 35-21 on Panthers

11/09/2024

Unger answers with 8 yard TD run. Good kick cuts lead o 27-21

11/09/2024

Mountaineers add to lead with 6 yard TD.failed kick keeps it 27-14

11/09/2024

Mountaineers intercept a pass and return it 62 yards with 32 seconds left in first half. Good kick makes it a 21-14 game.

11/09/2024

Mountaineers get 87 yard TD drive ending in a 3 yard TD run. Good kick ties it at 14-14 with 3:17 left in the first half

11/09/2024

Kale Gardner's beautiful interception followed by Curtiss' 30 yard TD run. Haughey's kick puts Panthers up 14-7 on Mt. Vernon

11/09/2024

Mountaineers respond with 54 yard TD run. Kick ties things with Panthers with 1:31 left in first quarter.

11/09/2024

Good start for Panthers in district semifinals as Unger scores on 5 yard TD run. Haughey's kick gives them 7-0 early lead on Mt. Vernon

11/08/2024

Congratulations to Mansfield cross country runner Nolyn Corder for winning the Class 1 State Championship today with a time of 16:14.8. Teammate Michael Ivey was 46th (18:25.7) and Braxton Bolfing finished 47th (18:27.5).
Norwood's Gunnar Bradshaw also competed can came in 112th with a time of 19:51.8.

On the girls side, Faith Clark was.state runner-up in Class 1 with her time of 19:50.7. Norwood's Jayden Chambers was All-State with her eighth place time of 20:45. Mansfield's Gentry Alsup.was also All-State with her 29th place finish (21:58.7). Norwood's Kalie Chadwell finished 35th (22:42.9).

(Editor's Note: I apologize for this not being accurate earlier. Been multi-tasking all day between home and work. Congratulations again to all of the runners.)

11/06/2024

11/06/2024

This according to the New York Times and their Live Presidential Forecast as of 11:57 p.m. (CST), they project Donald Trump to eventually garner 306 Electoral College votes to 232 for Kamala Harris. They also are showing Trump to win the popular vote. As of five minutes ago, the NYT says Harris needs to win Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, but Trump is the clear favorite to win each where vote totals currently stand in each state.

11/06/2024

With all 29 precincts reporting...
Bernie Cook (R) wins the State Representative - District 143 race over Bernadette Holzer (D), 16,288 to 2,739

11/06/2024

With 3,026 of the 3,573 precincts reporting, let's take a closer look at where the Amendment and Proposition A voting is at currently.

Amendment 2: Yes votes lead 1,101,017 to 1,072,552 No

Amendment 3: Yes votes lead 1,175,062 to 1,017,628 No

Amendment 5: No votes lead 1,111,643 to 1,026,985 Yes

Amendment 6: No votes lead 1,267,121 to 8,111,676 Yes

Amendment 7: Yes votes lead 1,423,684 to 690,545 No

Propostion A: Yes votes lead 1,287,926 to 875,638 No

11/06/2024

With all 32 precincts reporting, Melissa Schmidt (R) defeated Michael Bates (D), 17,844-2,369 to win the State Representative District 141 race.

With 23 of 29 precincts reporting, Bennie Cook (R) is leading Bernadette Holzer (D), 13,870-2,133

11/06/2024

Wright County votes are in. Though no official total provided, the presidential race did show 8,970 total votes cast.

President
Trump/Vance beat Harris/Walz: 7,843 to 1,056; Oliver/Maat (46); Stein/Ware (25)
U.S. Senator
Hawley beat Kunce: 7,602-1,196; Young (72 L), Kline (38-G); Jared Young (28)
Governor
Kehoe beat Quade: 7,692-1,084; Slantz (110), Lehmann (38)
Lt. Gov.
Wasinger beat Brown: 7,615-962; Iverson (145), Elliott (88)
Secretary of State
Hoskins beat Phifer 7,859-992; Freese (117), Bauer (47)
Treasurer
Malek beat Osmack 7,829-925. Hartwig Jr (190), Haase (65)
Attorney General
Bailey beat Gross 7,747-910; Munro (157)
U.S. Rep. District 8
Smith beat McCallian 7,718-941; Dawson (169)
State Rep. 11
Melissa Schmidt won the county vote toal 7,844 to 939 over Michael Bates
Those winning unopposed races there were:
Judge Craig Carter (849), Randy Pamperien (Eastern District Commissioner, 448), Rachel Willhite (Assessor 915), Gina Jones (Public Administrator 955), Ben Hurtt (Coroner, 1,079)
Supreme Court Judge totals
Kelly Broniec 5,694 Yes to 2,146 No
Ginger Gooch 5,596 Yes to 2,181 No
Southern District Court of Appeals Judge
Becky Borthwick 5,492 Yes to 2,254 No
Jennifer Growcock 5,514 Yes to 2,178 No
Amendment 2: 6,057 No to 2,814 Yes
Amendment 3: 7,099 No to 1,818 Yes
Amendment 5: 5,926 No to 2,819 Yes
Amendment 6: 5,607 No to 2,910 Yes
Amendment 7: 6,472 Yes to 2,120 No
Proposition A: 5,681 No to 3,073 Yes

11/06/2024

Wright County results are in:
The City of Mansfield question in Wright County. There were 286 No votes to 204 Yes votes, so the measure was voted down.

As for the Use Tax in Wright County, the No votes were at 5,711 and the Yes votes were at 2,806, so it was also voted down.