Nicole Hanson, Winfield Mayor

04/25/2026

04/24/2026

04/21/2026

Tomorrow’s drafted meeting agenda.

https://facebook.com/events/s/monthly-board-of-alderman-meet/1918267748895120/

04/18/2026

For the past four months, I have been silent. Not because I didn’t care, not because I was trying to avoid responsibility, and not because I wanted to hide from what happened—but because I was following direct instructions from my attorneys and the detectives involved in the investigation. I took those instructions seriously, to the point that I didn’t even fully talk about it with my own parents until it was going on the news.

There hasn’t been a single day that’s gone by where I haven’t thought about that night.
I am deeply, truly sorry. Sorry to those directly involved, to our community, to the business, to my family, etc. I carry a lot of regret for what happened, and I have done my best to personally apologize to those I could reach. To those I couldn’t, please know that my apology is just as sincere.

These past few months have been hard. I’ve had to sit with my own thoughts, my own mistakes, and the weight of how my actions affected others. That’s not something you can run from—and I haven’t. I’ve taken real steps to make sure I never allow myself to be in a situation like that again. I mean it when I say: it will not happen again.

I also need to speak honestly about something else.

What happened that night was wrong. I own that. But some of what has happened since has been incredibly difficult to endure—especially when it involves my child. People showing up at my home, sending threats, following and recording me, following my child in public and watching her at the park, even as much as saying she should be taken from me… that is something no parent should ever have to face. She did nothing to deserve that.

I understand that people are angry. I understand that trust was broken. But there has to be a line. We can hold people accountable without losing our sense of humanity.

I am not asking anyone to forget what happened. I am asking for the opportunity to move forward and to earn back your trust the right way—through my actions, through consistency, and through doing better every single day.
I will continue to show up. I will continue to work.

I refuse to let this incident define who I am, and it will not define how I serve this city.

04/17/2026

I understand there is a lot of frustration over the demand orders and I totally get it.
The ordinance enforcement has started off due to all of the complaints we are getting from residents on multiple issues.The letters that were left overnight are just demand orders, they’re not citations and they don’t go anywhere if the problems are remedied or working on being remedied. Contrary to popular belief, the city doesn’t want to penalize or charge anything on these orders. I believe a lot of them are from these stupid dandelions, that seem to be severely worse this year, and it will fix itself. We have to be consistent though and that’s why so many went out because it’s still a violation.
In regard to them being in the mailboxes, it was felt that that was the right thing to do due to it storming. That was in fact wrong and for that we apologize. It won’t happen again and is being addressed.

12/05/2025

The gravel lot on Main St is closed and will be closed until tomorrow, Saturday evening once the event is over. Do not move the barricades or cones. There is a section open in the front near Santa’s Workshop please leave these for handicap parking.
Also we picked up the donations from Family Dollar. Thank you to the store as well as the residents that contributed. See you tomorrow!