Three running for Ward 3

Three people filed to fill the Ward 3 Cloquet City Council seat vacated by Dakota Koski, including Uriah Wilkinson, Ray Schow and Chris

Swanson.

With three people filing, that means there will be a primary election on Nov. 5, with a general election to follow for the final two candidates on Feb. 11.

All three men had also applied to fill the Ward 3 seat on an interim basis; the city council selected Swanson, who was sworn in earlier this month.

Elected in the November 2018 general election, Koski took his seat as the Ward 3 councilor in January but purchased and moved to a home in Ward 5. Whoever wins the general election will serve out the remainder of Koski’s four-year term.

Only residents of Ward 3 will vote in the elections. Voting location for Ward 3 residents will remain at the former Cloquet City Hall location, 1307 Cloquet Avenue. Polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Absentee voting will be available at the Carlton County Courthouse beginning Sept. 20. Ward 3 lies between Highway 33 and 14th Street, and Doddridge Avenue and the St. Louis River.