In Fairmont, Niss, Johnson to join as leaders

FAIRMONT— Jerome Niss will be the next mayor of Fairmont. With six in the running, Niss came away with 50 percent of the votes, securing the win. Todd Smith garnered 17 percent, while Nathanael Landsteiner received 14 percent, Logan Kelly 11 percent, Krystaline Krumrey 4 percent and Peter Bode 3 percent. Tabitha Johnson will join the Fairmont City Council as the new representative of Ward 1. She received 59 percent of the votes while incumbent Jay Maynard received 25 percent and Myron “Bruce” Eastlund received 16 percent. Incumbent Randy Lubenow narrowly defeated Hollee Klesh to…