Johnson Controls may take Fisher Guide plant lines
Elyria Ohio GM Fisher Guide seating foam plant to close after Johnson Controls drop bid. Some lines likely shift to outside suppliers including Johnson Controls Lear Siegler Wood Bridge Foam. Plant manager Larry Baker and spokesman Charles Overly say closure could finish within a year with 467 workers on temporary layoff and 250 more slated for further layoffs as auto demand falls.
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Milwaukee Auto
Fisher Guide
General Motors Corp
Larry O. Baker
Charles Overly
Fisher Guide Division
Warren
Mich
Elyria
Baker
Johnson Controls
Lear Siegler Inc
Toronto
Wood Bridge Foam Co
United Auto Workers Local 780
Oberlin levy fails again in tax vote
Cleveland voters rejected the Oberlin School District 5 mill levy 991 to 833, widening the May margin. Officials say neighbors prefer cuts to taxes in the county’s highest taxed area. Other districts saw mixed results on millage and bonds as turnout neared page A-4.
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Oberlin
Board of Elections
Cleveland
Berkshire
Chagrin Falls
Ledgemont
Madison
Nordonia Hillis
Richmond Heights
Independence
Medina
Streetsboro
Amherst
Elyria
Robert Murphy
County jobs little publicized in Elyria
Lorain County hires new personnel coordinator Dean Marotta says job postings are scarce and limited to three bulletin boards in the county administration building with five day notice. Commissioners Reichlin and Jacoby discuss awareness and timelines as Marotta joins July 23.
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Elyria
Dean Marotta
Lorain County
Leonard Reichlin
Tion Building
Middle Ave
Commissioners
Senior Citizens Office
JTPA
Marotta
Bulletin Board
George Koury
Pat Riley
Reichlin
Herbert Jacoby
Riley
Angelo Marotta
Sheffield Township
Jacoby
Koury
Lorain health district seeks levy to fund services
The Lorain County General Health District will ask voters to approve a new 1 mill five year levy on the November ballot to cover about 1 million dollars annually, replacing a decayed 10 year levy that now yields 670 thousand. The district struggles with staff shortages delaying restaurant and environmental inspections and could use 8 to 10 more workers, including nurses and inspectors.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Ken Pearce
Pearce
Prosecution probes Rusiska over carpet contract tie
The county prosecutor is investigating whether Sheffield Village Councilman Kenneth W. Rusiska held an unlawful interest in a public contract with MGM Carpeting & Interiors of Lakewood, his former employer. The probe follows the council’s July 29 vote to fire Police Chief Andrew Dziak, who had prompted the inquiry into Rusiska’s role. Results are to be presented to a grand jury next week.
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Elyria
Lorain County Prosecutor's Office
Sheffield
Kenneth W. Rusiska
Lakewood
Chronicle-Telegram
Rusiska
Council
Andrew Duziak
Dziak
Michael
Griffith
Gregory White
MGM Carpeting & Interiors
Madison Ave
MGM
Drink
Daiak
Lorain County
CRT Iranian submarine prowling Persian Gulf
A report notes a Iranian submarine in the Persian Gulf region, with patrol movements and potential security implications. Details include location near strategic waterways and likely ongoing surveillance or positioning by naval forces.
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Persian Gulf
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