With just days to go until the April 6 election, the Pierce County village and city races are many and varied, with contested races across the region. Beginning countywide with the state races before turning to focus more local, these are the candidates looking for your support on Election Day In the race for State School Superintendent, it’s Jill Underly running against Deborah Kerr. The two finalists emerged from a crowded field of seven at the February primary. More information for Jill Underly is available at http://underlyforwi.com or on Facebook at “Dr. Jill Underly for WI.” For Kerr, the website address is www.kerr 4kids.com on the web and “Deb Kerr for Wisconsin State Superintendent” on Facebook.

In the District 3 judge race spanning much of northern Wisconsin and including Pierce County, its Judge Greg Gill (incumbent) running against challenger Rick Cvekyus. The website for more information on Judge Gill is www.judgegreggill.com with additional contact on Facebook at “Judge Greg Gill.”

For Cvekyus, the web address for more info is www.rickforwi.com, with Facebook contact at “Rick Cvekyus for Wisconsin.”

Shifting from the statewide races to more local ones, the candidates are as follows, cities first and then villages.

Beginning in the City of Prescott where the St. Croix and the Mississippi meet, the ballot for April 6 has Seamus McVey contending with Bailey Ruona for Alderperson-at-Large, while write-in Pat Know has registered to run for the Ward 5-6 seat being vacated by incumbent Josh Gergen. For Prescott School Board the candidates are Pat Block and Tanya Holub, “with no more than two” able to be selected to the Prescott School Board.

Shifting from Prescott to the City of River Falls we start with Ward 3, located north of Division Street. Contending in Ward 3 for Hal Watson’s old seat are Reuben Herfindahl and Alyssa Mueller, each with an official campaign presence on Facebook, Herfindahl at “Herfindahl for Alderman” and Mueller at “Citizens for Alyssa Mueller.”

Meanwhile also on the ballot are incumbents Sean K. Downing for District 1 and Diane Odeen for Alderperson at large, with Nick Carow on the ballot for Christopher Gagne’s District 2 seat, to which Gagne is not seeking reelection.

For River Falls School Board, the incumbent candidates are Alan Tuchtenhagen, Cindy Holbrook, and Bob Casey. Facing off against the three incumbents meanwhile are three challengers: Josh Kluge, Jeff Johnson, and Joshua R. Cleveland. With six to choose from, only three can serve on the next River Falls School Board. More information is available on the district website.

Moving from the city vote to that of the villages, Roger Spindler is running unopposed on the ballot for Bay City Village President, while Jon W. Ebensperger is seeking election as Village Trustee 1. Contesting the seat for village trustee 3, meanwhile, are Terry G. Johnson and Jerry Mc-Connell.

On the Ellsworth School Board, Steven Mark and Katie Feuerhelm are seeking re-election to the two open seats.

Meanwhile for Ellsworth village government proper, Michael J. Steele and Becky Beissel are facing off with each other for a chance to be the village president, with Lance Austin running for reelection as a village trustee. There are three open trustee seats and also seeking election are write-in candidates Chad Stevenson, Aaron Borner, and Dale Hines.

From Ellsworth, meanwhile, we head west on Highway 72 to the Village of Elmwood, where William Stewart and Austin M. Weix are contending for the honor of serving their fellow citizens as Elmwood village president. As to the trustee ticket, the names to know are incumbent Paul Unser, alongside Patrick Weix, Mark Wolf, and Patrick Geraets, with “not more than three” able to be chosen out of the four candidates total.

For the Elmwood School Board, meanwhile, the candidates are Andrew Anthony Zierl, Jenny Wolf, Gabriel J. Weix and Patrick Geraets, the last also the one running for village trustee in Elmwood.

Down in the Village of Maiden Rock, Tracy Young is running for village president and Roger Erickson is running for village trustee.

Ascending County Highway S to Plum City, it’s Erin Clare again for the local school board candidate, with Douglas E. Watkins running for village president in Plum City and Roland Eccles and Sarah Hinrichs for village trustee on April 6, “not more than two” trustee candidates allowed to be chosen by Plum City voters.

Shifting from Plum City up to Wards 1 and 2 of Spring Valley, its Jennelle Wolf and Sandy Jacobs for the Spring Valley school board, while Marsha Brunkhorst is running for village president.

As to the trustee choices for the settlement just below Lake Eau Galle, the four names to know are Ruth Lukes, David L. Lein, Andrew Vorlicek (incumbent), and Liz Erickson.

For Spring Valley’s Ward 3, meanwhile, it’s much the same, with Brunkhorst and the four trustee candidates reprising their ballot roles, along with Wolf and Jacobs for Spring Valley School Board.