Sheldon, Iowa — Two northwest Iowans have been elected to their first terms on the Village Northwest Unlimited Board of Directors.
The 45th annual meeting of Village Northwest Unlimited (VNU) was canceled this year due to the ongoing pandemic. One of the items of business normally conducted at the Annual Meeting is the election of board members. This year, the election was completed by utilizing a mail-in vote format.
Two candidates were newly elected, each serving a three-year term on Village Northwest Unlimited’s Board of Directors. The two individuals elected were Sherrie Zeutenhorst of Sheldon and Ann Maggert of Matlock. Zeutenhorst is the principal at Sheldon Community High School. Maggert currently serves as the firm administrator at Cain, Ellsworth & Company for their Sheldon and Sioux Falls offices.
Maggert and Zeutenhorst will take the place of two retiring board members, Cindy Barwick and Kathy Landhuis, both of Sheldon. Barwick and Landhuis each served on the VNU board for 9 years since being elected in 2011. In addition, three current board members; Dave Van Essen of Sheldon, Nathan Rockman of Sibley, and Judy Winkel of Sheldon were re-elected to the Board of Directors. Each of them will serve three-year terms.
Other board members are Barry Whitsell; Dennis Ten Clay; Duane Muecke; Heidi Brown; and Chad Petitt, all of Sheldon, State Senator and Congressman-elect Randy Feenstra of Hull; Amy Van Marel of Sheldon, Paul Truesdell of Hospers and Pastor Marvin Lindley of Sheldon.
