Coleridge voters approve sales tax

Coleridge — A new sales tax here will help make community improvements.

Nearly 59 percent of Coleridge Village residents favored a sales tax proposal at last Tuesday’s General Election.  The paper work will now be submitted to the state before sales tax will be able to be collected here.

Coleridge was one of two Cedar County communities to vote Tuesday to put sales tax in place.

In Laurel, 71 percent of the voters decided to put a sales tax in place.

Also Tuesday, Creighton native Tim Gragert was elected to represent Cedar County as the Dist. 40 Senator, replacing Tyson Larson. Gragert earned 7,181 votes, while challenger Keith Kube of Crofton garnered 6,738 votes.

Dist. 40 is made up of Cedar, Dixon, Holt, Knox, Boyd and Rock counties.

Cedar County residents favored Kube for the Dist. 40 Senate seat. Kube garnered 57 percent of the vote in Cedar County, while Gragert earned 43 percent of the vote.

Kube earned 393 votes in Boyd County, Gragert took 470, and in Rock County Kube had 314 to Gragert’s 261.

Holt County voters came out strong for Tim Gragert. The unofficial final results had Gragert at 1999 votes to Kube’s 1794.

Knox County favored Kube with 1836 votes, while  Gragert received 1382.