LONDON TOWNSHIP — At a special meeting on Wednesday, June 4, the London Township board accepted the resignation of clerk Amanda Taepke and welcomed new clerk Anita Straub.

Straub served as the deputy clerk since July 2019 before she ran for clerk in the August 2024 primary election. She lost to Taepke, who appointed her own deputy clerk, but decided to apply for the clerk position once Taepke resigned.

"I love the township and I just want to help out and do as best I can," she said. "I loved being deputy clerk, and I know it's a lot more responsibility being the clerk, but I'm hoping I can fulfill those duties to the best of my ability and help the residents as best I can."

At the meeting, the township also hired a consultant to help with "general bookkeeping stuff that needs to be f

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