Danny Hagen running for county assessor

A Shelter Bay man who for seven years has appraised and analyzed area properties learned the true value of real estate while growing up here.

Danny Hagen embraced the community of his youth, returning to La Conner after having played college basketball and competed in track and field at California Lutheran University, a married man seeking the ideal location to raise a family.

“I loved my time in La Conner so much that as soon as my wife and I found out we were going to be parents, we knew we had to move back to La Conner,” Hagen said. “In early 2014 we moved back to the home I lived in when I...