The new Leelanau County board of commissioners elected its youngest member, Steve Yoder, as chairman at their organizational meeting Tuesday.
He was elected with unanimous support from both sides of the aisle. In fact, he was somewhat surprisingly the only one to be nominated for the role.
It’s an unusual choice because Yoder is one of two new commissioners on the county board. The former Solon Township Trustee defeated long-serving District No. 7 Commissioner Melinda Lautner in the August primary before claiming the position for himself in the general elections a few months later. Commissioner Rick Robbins nominated Yoder as board chair.
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