It doesn't take much to win elected office when nobody is running. Just ask Barb Trierweiler.

With three write-in votes, the Rossie woman won the Clay Central/Everly Director District 5 seat during the Nov. 2 election. She accepted the position without hesitation and was sworn in Monday night.

"I was not at all surprised," she said. "I was happy to take it, because I don't know who they'd get to fill it if I said no."

Incumbent District 5 Board Member Steve Kracht opted not to seek re-election this year after serving one term. Nobody else filed for the seat, leaving the position up in the air...