Matthew O. Hiebert and Shane Marler filed for the East Ward seat currently held by Hiebert.

Mayor Delores Dalke will run unopposed for her 13th term as mayor while Robert Watson filed for the West Ward seat currently held by Len Coryea, who did not file.

Four members of the current USD 410 Board of Education will run unopposed for their respective seats: Debra Geis, Position 1; Dale W. Klassen, Position 2; Mark Rooker, Position 3 and Roderick Koons, Position 7.

The position of mayor in Marion, meanwhile, drew considerable interest with four candidates filing: David W. Colburn, Marion "Nick" Nickelson, Mary Olson and incumbent Martin Tice.

A primary will be required to trim the number of candidates to two.

Four uncontested candidates filed for four seats on the Marion-Florence USD 408 Board of Education: Christopher Sprowls, Position 1; Kathy Meierhoff, Position 2; Ronald Kirlpatrick Jr., Position 3; and Sarah Cope, Position 7.

Following are the citizens who filed for seats across the rest of Marion County:

Burns

-- Council (three seats): Brent D. Baker, Daniel S. Huls II; Patricia A. Nystrom; Susan A Savage; Judith S. Steward.

Durham

-- Mayor: Glennon Crowther.

-- Council (five seats): Steven B. Miller; Verlin Sommerfeld; Michael Sorensen; Gary D. Unruh.

Florence

-- Mayor: Gregory A. Winn.

-- Council: (Ward 1, primary required) Dorothy A. Cleverley, Gerald E. Cleverley, Daniel D. Ludwig, Venetia L. Miller; (Ward 2) Gary Nessler, Trayce E. Warner.

Goessel

-- Council (three seats): Duane D. Duerksen, Anton H. Epp, Ricky Freeman, James W. Wiens.

Lehigh

-- Mayor: None.

-- Council (five seats): None.

Lincolnville

-- Council (three seats): Dawn Kaiser, Sherri Pankratz.

Lost Springs

-- Mayor: None.

-- Council (five seats): None.

Peabody

-- Mayor: Edmund N. Slocombe.

-- Council (three seats): Mitch Cunningham, Larry K. Larsen, Stephen Rose.

Ramona

-- Mayor: Pat Wick.

-- Council (five seats): Nathan Bailey, Jayme Linn Brunner, Jeanette Goza, Angel Howard, Edith "Connie" Smith, Arthur E. Stroda, Kathy A. Werth.

Tampa

-- Mayor: Jim Clemmer.

-- Council (two seats): Willis Herbel, Timothy J. Svoboda.

USD 397, Centre

-- Position 1: Jesse E. Brunner.

-- Position 2: Mark Heiser.

-- Position 3: Terry Dienes.

-- Position 7: Kevin Hill, Steven G. Jirak.

USD 398, Peabody-Burns

-- Position 1 (primary required): Bruce Burke, Roger Elliott, Barry Peter, Bruce Burke.

-- Position 2: Brian McDowell.

-- Position 3: Gary Jones.

-- Position 7 (primary required): Gilbert Loewen, Jeffrey P. Pohlman, Anthony Zappone.

USD 411, Goessel

-- Position 1: Darla Meising.

-- Position 2: Maynard Knepp.

-- Position 3: Dan Miller.

-- Position 7: Mary Rosfeld.