T.B. Scott Free Library, the Tomahawk Public Library, the League of Women Voters, and the UW-Madison Extension-Lincoln County will co-host a Lincoln County Sheriff Candidate Forum on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Merrill Enrichment Center, 303 N. Sales St. Merrill. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served.
Candidates running for the office of Lincoln County Sheriff–Garrett Dinges, Ken Schneider, and Marlyn Woodward, the latter who is running as a write-in candidate–will all be present.
The Candidate Forum will provide the public with an opportunity to see the candidates, listen to their ideas for the future of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department, and hear the candidates’ responses to citizen concerns.
Citizens can submit questions for the candidates in advance, either in person or via the websites at both the T.B Scott Library and the Tomahawk Public Library. Also, beginning at 5:30 p.m. on the day of the event, those attending in person can fill out a card with questions and put it into a box.
Questions will be collected and sorted by topic by moderators in order to ensure a wide range of issues are covered. Each candidate will also provide opening and closing statements as part of the Forum.
The event will be live-streamed and also recorded for watching at a later time.
Links to the live-stream and resulting recording will be available on both the T.B. Scott Free Library website and the Tomahawk Community Library website.
The fall election will be Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
For more information about the Candidate Forum, contact Elizabeth McCrank ([email protected]) at the UW-Madison Extension Lincoln County Office at 715.539.1078.