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Peru City Clerk Dave Bartley says he will not seek reelection in 2025

Bartley says he will be focusing on a new opportunity

Dave Bartley poses for a photo on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024 in La Salle.

Dave Bartley poses for a photo on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, in La Salle. Peru City Clerk Dave Bartley said Monday he has decided not to run for reelection in 2025 so he can focus on a new opportunity. (Scott Anderson)

By Maribeth M. Wilson

Peru City Clerk Dave Bartley said Monday he has decided not to run for reelection in 2025 so he can focus on a new opportunity.

“I had pulled a petition with the intent of filing it, but will not be filing a petition for clerk,” he said.

Dave Bartley was elected as clerk in 2009. Before being elected city clerk, he served as treasurer from 2005-2009.

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Maribeth M. Wilson

Maribeth M. Wilson has been a reporter with Shaw Media for two years, one of those as news editor at the Morris Herald-News. She became a part of the NewsTribune staff in 2023.