Council race in US town settled by two pieces of paper

Timeen Adair, right, won a seat on the city council in Rogers City, Michigan, after a 616-616 tie with Brittany VanderWall (Julie Riddle/The Alpena News via AP)

The election to fill a city council seat in a US town was settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl, days after a 616-616 tie.

The new council member in Rogers City, Michigan, is Timeen Adair, whose paper said “elected”.