Area Election Results for April 5th, 2022

All results are unofficial. By law, results cannot become official until Friday at 12 noon.

Grant City Sales Tax

Yes 119, No 44. Passed.

Proposition Tigers

Yes 270, No 266. Failed; needed 4/7. Results include Independence Township.

Worth County School Board

Josh Fletchall 333, Ashley Rush 256, Brad Maudlin 379. Results include Independence Township.

Worth County Road & Bridge Levy

Yes 410, No 118. Passed.

Allendale Village Levy

Yes 26, No 1. Passed.

Sheridan Mayor

Ashley Rush 20, Barry Lyle 2, Candy Martin 1, Rick Morrow 1, Butch Thomas 1, Jim Bullock 1, Chris Fletchall 1.

Sheridan City Council

Mary Jo Riley 16, Candy Martin 15, Rodney Martin 2, Gary James 2, Dan Barnett 2, Jeff Blaine 2, Larry Dowis 1, Ashley Rush 1.

Village of Worth

Adam Downing 4, Nick Combs 3, Stacie Downing 2, Thor Downing 2, Angel Roush 2, Linda Hubbard 2, Alicia Combs 1, Gene Bowen 1, Joe Gardner 1, Selina Gardner 1, Montana Lykins 1.

Northeast Nodaway School Board

Karl Wilmes 156, Kenna Florea 137, Randa Doty 109. Results include Worth County.

North Nodaway School Board

Krista Barcus 182, Jerime Bix 119, Kane Oberhauser 212.

North Nodaway Proposition PFK (Progress for Kids)

Yes 184, No 95. Passed.

Ravenwood Mayor

Bryan Sobotka 50, Bill Stephenson 29.

More About Worth Businessman John Costin

The late Bill Gladstone wrote about John Costin, who ran the Costin store in Worth back during the turn of the 20th century. It was posted online by the Worth County Chronicle. Costin operated the store from 1899 to 1910, when he sold it to his son, Dick. Several other people subsequently ran the store there until the Worth Tornado destroyed it in 1947. 

Costin was one of the original families of Worth County; he moved there in 1855 when it was still part of Gentry County. The land back then was considered swamp land, and he acquired a ton of land that others considered worthless. For that, he was nicknamed “Swampy.” In 1878, he owned around 920 acres of land, and by 1902, he owned around 1,100. 

Costin served as the Worth County Treasurer in 1864 and Worth County Sheriff and Collector in 1868 and 1870. 

In 1866, Costin presented a petition to the Worth County Commission asking that the county seat be moved back to Smithton, which was the original county seat. That petition was denied. However, a post office was established there in 1875, which was known as the Prohibition Post Office. 

Costin also operated stores in Oxford, Smithton, and Grant City.