By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — The Medina County Health Department will be at the Medina County Fair next week, but don’t expect a typical lecture on the benefits of exercise and the hazards of smoking.
Instead of just talking about the effects of smoking to children, the health department will have a “tar jar” that […]

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LAFAYETTE TWP. — A Medina man sustained head injuries following a motorcycle accident Monday night on Chippewa Road just east of Ryan Road.
Donald Rinehart Jr., 28, was traveling east on Chippewa near Ryan at 6:40 p.m. when his motorcycle hit the back of a car backing out of a driveway, a state highway patrol spokesman […]

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By LISA HLAVINKA
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Clyde Thompson sits in the basement of Grace Drake Center for the Performing Arts on South Broadway and waits for his reading tutor.
On the table in front of him are his black and white composition book and a children’s version of “Return of the Jedi.” After nearly a lifetime of […]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MONTVILLE TWP. — Montville Township is looking to the future, but needs a replacement fire levy to do so, Trustee Ron Bischof said.
“This is a very critical year because the city of Medina, Medina Township and Montville are attempting to become a district,” Bischof said.
The current 1.3-mill levy pays for a contract […]

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By ALLISON WOOD
Staff Writer
MEDINA TWP. — The Medina County Board of Elections is requesting additional funding from county commissioners to rent voting equipment and pay employees to mail and process absentee ballots.
The board is estimating it will need an additional $97,000 for November’s election, with $75,000 going toward paying temporary employees, according to a memo […]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — While breaking ground for two new elementary schools, the Medina City School District still needs funding to operate them.
Community members have expressed at past school board meetings and call-in shows concerns about the district building two schools when money is not guaranteed to operate them. Superintendent Randy Stepp said a […]

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BY MARIA KACIK
Staff Writer
A tech wizard by trade, Mitch Holden ventured into the inventor’s world when he saw a problem that needed to be solved.
“This all started, basically, because I got sick of kicking scooters around,” Holden said while sitting in his Medina Township office. As vice president of DFR Group, he spends his days […]

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James Handwerk, 9, of Medina, practices a drill to strengthen goalkeeping skills as former professional Cleveland Crunch and Force goalkeeper Otto Orf hands off the ball Tuesday during a HandsOnSoccer camp. About 55 children between the ages of 4 and 16 took part in the camp, held at the soccer facility on Huffman Road […]

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By CASSANDRA SHOFAR
Staff Writer
MEDINA — Browns fans have another way to show their support not only for their team but for their local American Red Cross chapter and the American Sickle Cell Anemia Association.
The Cleveland Browns are teaming up with the Red Cross and sickle cell association to host the eighth annual Dr. Charles Drew […]

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LIVERPOOL TWP. — The house Medina County Career Center students built is still for sale after an auction last week failed to produce a high enough bid.
Two families placed bids on the three-bedroom ranch, but the highest bid of $215,000 was too low, Superintendent Mike Larson said. School officials were hoping to get at least […]

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