Emerging from a six-candidate field, Stan Karwoski and Cheryl Anderson will advance to the general election ballot for the right to represent Oakdale and surrounding areas on the Washington County Board.
Karwoski, Oakdale's mayor, captured 46 percent of the vote in last week's primary election in his quest to represent the Second District on the five-commissioner board.
Anderson, of Birchwood Village and owner of a social services hiring agency, won 27 percent of the vote.
The winner of November's special election will replace Commissioner Ted Bearth, who died in March. His unexpired term ends in 2018.
The four candidates who failed to win enough votes to advance to the November election are Jeremy Olson, Joseph Delaney, Edward Byrne and John W. McPhillips. Together they received about 26 percent of the vote.
Kevin Giles
St. Paul
Officials consider adding weekly liquor store hours
St. Paul officials are considering extending off-sale liquor sales by two hours to 10 p.m. on most weeknights.
Almost all of the cities surrounding St. Paul, including Minneapolis, allow liquor stores to stay open until 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. But St. Paul liquor stores and breweries that sell bottles and growlers for consumption off the premises must close their doors at 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
"So while most breweries are open until 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday they cannot sell take-home brews for the last two hours of business, meaning lost revenue for the breweries and frustration and confusion for customers," according to a fact sheet distributed by Council Member Chris Tolbert's office.
