Dean Mikel attended his last meeting as a member of the Stewartville School Board last week. Mikel has served on the Board 13 1/2 years, including nine years from January 2002 through December 2010 and another 4 1/2 years after he was appointed to fill a seat vacated by Beth Lawson, who moved to Minneapolis in July 2016. After his appointment, Mikel ran to retain Lawson's seat in November 2016 and was elected to a four-year term, which will end Dec. 31... For more on this story pick up your copy of the Dec. 22 Stewartville STAR.