03/13/26: Inforum Columnist Jim Shaw is filling in for Joel Heitkamp on "News and Views."

Former Cass County Commissioner Chad Peterson announced his campaign Thursday morning.  Chad is a small business owner who served three terms on the Cass County Commission.

The commission seats of Denise Kolpack and Dave Piepkorn are up in June. Piepkorn and Kolpack are both running for the mayoral seat as mayor Tim Mahoney ends his final term in office.   

(Joel Heitkamp is a talk show host on the Mighty 790 KFGO in Fargo-Moorhead. His award-winning program, “News & Views,” can be heard weekdays from 8 – 11 a.m. Follow Joel on X/Twitter @JoelKFGO.)