With the Mankato City Council election approaching, the Jewell County Record presented each candidate with the same four questions, giving each candidate the same amount of time to respond.

The four questions were: What are your plans for our community? What do you see as the major problem in our community, and what are your plans to fix it? How long have you lived in the community? What are your reasons for running?

The four candidates, George Hennion, Susan Abel, Neil “Sam” Becker, and write-in candidate, Kevin Ost responded. Here is how each of the candidates responded:

George Hennion

Henni...