Tornado touches down in Medina County Ohio
National Weather Service Cleveland confirmed a brief tornado in Medina County traveling from Chatham to Lafayette Townships. The EF0 event lasted about two minutes at 3:57 p.m. with a 1.32 mile path and 40 yard width, peak winds around 81 mph. No other tornadoes were documented nearby as of Tuesday afternoon.
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Medina story time in garden boosts young readers
Medina County District Library and SustainEd host a monthly summer story time for young kids in Medina Community Garden at 302 E. Liberty St. The next session runs from 9 30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Aug 12 with no registration.
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Medina County District Library
SustainEd
E. Liberty St
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Madisyn Woodring
Gazette
Inclusive playground project near completion at Valley View
Valley View Elementary in Wadsworth nears completion of an inclusive playground for the 2025 26 school year. Haley Duerr a former Valley View teacher who led the effort now serves as assistant principal at Wadsworth Middle School. She cited mobility barriers from mulch and the desire for all students to play together.
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Wadsworth
Valley View Elementary School
Haley Duerr
Valley View
Wadsworth Middle School
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Duerr
Cleveland man pleads not guilty to drive-by shooting charges
Thomas E. Wurtz III, 22, of Cleveland, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of improperly discharging a firearm into a habitation, each with a three-year firearm specification. The May 18 drive-by at a Liverpool Township home on Grafton Road left five people inside unharmed. Proceedings held at Medina County Courthouse.
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Medina
Cleveland
Liverpool Township
Thomas E. Wurtz III
Common Pleas
Derek Hale
Medina County
Wurtz
Medina County Sheriff’s Office
Grafton Road
Lafayette Township trustees appoint deputy fiscal officer
The Lafayette Township board appointed a deputy fiscal officer after Laura Ruebensaal resigned her post effective June 30. Ruebensaal, who first became fiscal officer in 2020, won an uncontested 2023 election and began a new term April 1, 2024, which runs to March 31, 2027. The move follows her complaints of harassment and heavy records requests from local trustees and residents.
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Lafayette Township Board of Trustees
Lafayette Township
Laura Ruebensaal
Ruebensaal
Ty Fullerton
Fullerton
Justin Peroli
Michael Costello
Medina Township
Angela Ventura Fullerton
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