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WAITSBURG – Waitsburg’s current mayor and city council members ran unopposed in the 2015 elections this month and were sworn in by City Admininstrator Randy Hinchliffe at the April 15 City Council meeting. Mayor Walt Gobel said he was disappointed to see that Izzy the Camel failed to receive his traditional write-in vote this year. Hinchliffe said 157 voters cast ballots which is 30 shy of the year prior.

Gobel was re-elected mayor, for his third one-year term, with 117 votes. The following individuals received write-in votes for mayor: Markeeta Little Wolf (3), Don Siedleman (8), Marti...