Dirks, McCarty elected to council
Shelby Dirks and Byron McCarty were elected Tuesday to the Hillsboro City Council.
McCarty, who ran unopposed for a Second Ward position, received 90 votes.
Dirks received 71 votes for a First Ward seat. Daren Arndt received 48.
In Marion, Larry McLain was elected finance commissioner, receiving 227 votes. Keith Collett received 162.
Turnout Tuesday was about 16 percent in the two communities, 560 voters of 3,395 registered.
In Hillsboro Second Ward, 84 of 1,063 voters, about eight percent, cast ballots. In First Ward, there were 116 voters out of 870 registered, about 13 percent.
In Marion, 360 people voted out of 1,462, about 25 percent.
There were 76 advance ballots issued, of which 43 were returned in time to count.
