This was Ruelle’s first run for a seat on the board. Fellow first-time board candidate Todd Sorensen, of Prior Lake, took third in Tuesday’s election with 18.54 percent of the vote.

Erin Haust, Eric Pratt, Stacey Ruelle, Rhonda Seefeld, Todd Sorensen and Richard Wolf are running for four, four year terms on the School Board. Pratt is the field’s lone incumbent. What follows ...

When the pipes froze, water flooded all three floors of the building and poured down the walls, stairs and elevator shafts “like a bathtub overflowing,” said Todd Sorensen, ITD’s facilities ...