Results of Aug. 6 primary

Winners in Tuesday’s Primary Election move on to the November election.

The Fire, Road, Bike, Drain renewal proposal passed.

Here are the results for Laketown Township offices and issues, according to the Laketown Township Clerk’s office:

Supervisor (Top 1 moves on)
Steven Ringelberg: 728 votes
Tara Toner: 680 votes

Clerk (Top 1 moves on)
Jim Delaney: 747
Amber Davis: 646

Treasurer (Unopposed)
Jim Johnson: 1,191

Trustee (Top 2 move on)
Mark Timmerman: 955
Michael Koeman: 880
Patrick Dietrich: 573

Parks Commissioner (Top 5 move on) *
Thomas Evan Hoekman: 999
Brad Laninga: 923
Mary Jo Bertolino: 802
Richard Becker: 754
Michael Teakamp: 633
Sherry Sirko: 597

*Becker passed away July 23. His name could not be removed from the ballot because absentee and early voting had already begun.

Allegan County Clerk Bob Genetski told The Holland Sentinel in a July 30 article that votes for Becker will not be canvassed.

The other five candidates will move on to the general election in November, according to the newspaper report.

Proposal: Fire, Road, Bike, Drain
Yes: 1,186
No: 681

Laketown Township had 1,987 residents cast ballots out of 4,601 registered voters for a 43.19 percent participation rate, according to the Allegan County Clerk’s Office.