(northwestiowanow.com) — None of the five bond issues before Northwest Iowa voters passed Tuesday.

Residents of the Spirit Lake school district turned down the 69.9-million-dollar bond issue for new classrooms at all three buildings.

61 percent of the voters 2,917 said “no”, 1,891 voted Yes.

School Board President Jeromy Mouw says as far as he’s concerned, they’ll regroup and try again next year.

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For the third time a bond issue in the Emmetsburg school district has received about 54 percent support. There were 1,165 yes votes and 988 no. Proponents of a new elementary school had hoped spending more local option sales tax money and less property tax money for construction, and a different location than the prior attempts would have made a difference.

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The Pocahontas Area School district turned thumbs down on a 20-million-dollar bond. Superintendent Robert Boley …

The tally in the Pocahontas School District was 1,102 yes votes and 889 no. 55 percent approval but still shy of the 60 percent needed for passage.

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The bond referendum for the North Union Community School District has been rejected by voters. Out of the 810 ballots cast in Emmet County, only 285 voters were in favor, with a vast majority of 525 voting against it. The bond only received around 35% approval, well below the 60% supermajority required for passage.

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And the one non-school bond issue before voters in the corridor lost yesterday as well. The bond issue to construct a combined Emergency Medical Services building and Fire Department in Lake Park received 286 yes votes and 273 no votes.

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State Senator Dave Rowley from Spirit Lake was re-elected in the 5th District – which covers Northeast Clay County with nearly 76 percent of the vote against his Democrat opponent Rachel Gravert. He says that’s gratifying especially after having a primary in June.

And Incumbant Republican Senator Lynn Evans who represents Western Clay County is being returned to office with 15,536 votes to Democrat Mike Frantz’s 7,085 … a nearly 69 percent mandate.

State Representatives Megan Jones from Sioux Rapids, John Wills from Spirit lake, and Henry Stone from Forest City – all Republicans – were re-elected without opposition.

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And in the only two local county races: In Palo Alto County, Republican Aaron Dietrich defeated Democrat Incumbant Linus Solberg for a seat on the Board of Supervisors; and Buena Vista County Republican Supervisor Paul Merten fended off a challenge from Democrat Tom Grau.