Local elections still close

Mayor Ruth Dalton leads Chantelle Crowe by just 18 votes in the election to decide who the next mayor will be.

Dalton has 53.91% of the 230 votes cast, while Crowe’s votes at last count on Nov. 14 stood at 46.09%, 124-108.

Grant County’s elections office will count the remaining 30 ballots Nov.19 at 5 p.m.

Those 30 ballots left to count are for all races in the county’s 81 precincts.

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