Coin toss Monday decides county board race

CLINTON — A coin toss in the county clerk’s office Monday determined the outcome of a race for a seat on the DeWitt County Board.

Following the November 6 election, a race between Republican incumbent Terry Ferguson and Independent candidate George Wissmiller resulted in Ferguson’s apparent victory by a single vote. But a certification requrested of the votes turned out to be enough to result in the seventh new member headed for the county board when the newly elected board is convened.

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