Vinton-Shellsburg School Board incumbents Mike Timmermans, Rob Levis and Sue Gates won re-election in Tuesday's school board election. Kathy Van Steenhuyse was elected to the at-large vacancy. 

Timmermans, running unopposed in the District 1 race, received 520 votes. 

In the at-large contest, Gates received 413 votes and Levis, 351. Challenger Bethany Gates received 184.

In the at large/vacancy contest, Van Steenhuyse received  263 votes, Kyle Schminke, 242, and Marcia Booth, 80.

Van Steenhuyse will be sworn it at the next meeting of the VS School Board; Gates and Levis will also recite again the Oath of Office.

Low Turnout throughout county

According to the Benton County Auditor's Office, only between 5 and 10 percent of eligible county voters went to the polls on Tuesday.

See the turn-out chart from the Auditor's Office below:

                       Registered Voters     Voters     % Turn out

Belle Plaine                        2374         70           2.95%

BN1-Newhall                      981           55           5.61%

BN2-Van Horne                  901          58           6.44%

BN3-Atkins                       925           30           3.24%

BN4-Watkins/ BN5-Norway 1930       77           3.99%

BN6-Blairstown                   921         88           9.55%

BN7-Keystone                    861         35           4.07% 

VS-Garrison                       540        29            5.37%

VS-Shellsburg                    1876      133           7.09%

VS-Vinton                          4614      398          8.63%