Pohlmeier appears to be new District 4 county commissioner
Rich Pohlmeier will be the new McLeod County Commissioner for District 4, according to unofficial election results.
Pohlmeier, of Brownton, received 1,576 votes to Jeff Nies’ 1,411. Nies is from Hutchinson, and is the son of retiring Commissioner Sheldon Nies. There were 399 write-in votes, but it was unknown Tuesday night how many of those were for Ane Fitzgerald, who ran a write-in campaign.