OWENSVILLE — As of noon Tuesday on the final day of the four-week candidate filing period, Gasconade County Clerk Lesa Lietzow said each of the political subdivision her office handles has candidates signed up for each of the open positions.

Signing up as directors for the Owensville Area Ambulance District as of Dec. 30 are Roger Stewart, Owensville (Subdistrict No. 6) and Charles Rademacher, Owensville (Subdistrict No. 3). Two spots were open.

Filing as candidates for the Gasconade Manor Nursing Home’s Board of Trustees are John Kurrelmeyer, Owensville (Subdistrict No. 3) and Margaret Thornton, Owensville (Subdistrict No. 4). Two positions were open.

In the Morrison area, Sam Voss has signed up for the Special 4 Road District’s board which had one seat open.

The Gasconade County E-911 Board of Directors has three county residents signed up, one for each of the three seats up for election in April 2026. They include Michael Mueller, Hermann (director at-large), Racheal Brinker, Hermann (Northern District), and Lisa  Thacker, Owensville (Southern District).

In Rosebud, according to City Clerk Jennifer Griffith, all three incumbents have filed for their respective office terms including Mayor Shannon Grus, Ward 1 Alderman Justin Haase, and Ward 2 Alderman Kelly Kuhrts.

For the Hermann Area Ambulance District, both incumbents have filed their intent to seek another term, according to Mike Mueller, district manager. They include Harold Englert, Hermann (Subdistrict No. 3) and Jim Oncken, Hermann (Subdistrict No. 6).

Both incumbent aldermen in Owensville had filed earlier this month for their respective ward’s 2-year terms — Dr. Cathy Lahmeyer in Ward 1 and Denise Bohl in Ward 2 — along with incumbents Mayor Kevin McFadden and City Marshal Scott Griffith, the city’s elected chief of police.

As of 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, no new filings had been made at the administration office for the Gasconade County R-1 School District’s three board of education members. Unless a candidate signs up by 5 p.m., four have filed for three seats including Dawn Grosse, incumbent Director Amy Grannemann, and Rachel Brinker and Chad Walton.

In the final week before filing ended, only one candidate had filed for each of the four offices of Hermann city government to be filled in April. Mayor Bruce Cox, Ward 1 Alderman Dolores Grannemann and Ward 2 Alderman Ash Geers had all filed earlier in the month. Vicki Kesler had filed for the city collector’s position. All the offices have 2-year terms.

However, Jim Schirmer, current Ward 2 alderman, filed early Monday afternoon to challenge Cox for the mayor’s seat. Schirmer has a full year remaining on his alderman term — through the April 2027 Municipal Election cycle.

In the Gasconade County R-2 School District, four candidate had filed for three seats as directors of the Board of Education to be determined in April. Seeking 3-years terms are incumbents Glenn Ely, board president, and Jason Crowe. Challengers seeking a term include Rachael Mooney and Mitchell Henderson.

And, for the Public Water Supply District No. 1 of Gasconade County, no one filed for available seats.

However, current board member Mike Galock said Tuesday the three-remaining members of the board —himself, Randy Fuller and David Dieteerich — were able to fill two vacancies with the December appointments of Jim Martin and Chris Perry.

The water district has recently increase monthly sewer rates by $50 a month to pay off loan-interest loans used to help construct the Peaceful Valley Lake community’s wastewater treatment system with a new treatment plant. The average water and sewer bill for residents is around $1,800 annually, said Garlock.