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Medina County District Library will ask voters on the May ballot to renew its operating levy (with a .25 mill increase) as the current levy ends in 2027.

The measure will affect residents outside the Wadsworth City School District to support service and maintenance needs.

Medina City Schools' reconfiguration committee met Oct.

20 to outline plans that convert A.I. Root Middle School (grades 5 and 6) into an upper elementary and Claggett Middle School for grades 7 and 8, with a follow-up meeting scheduled for early December to finalize details.

Medina's rec center will raise annual membership rates by 3.5 percent starting in 2027 after rates remained unchanged since 2016 — superintendent Christy Moats said rising costs including a 151 percent increase in chlorine led the council to adjust various membership fees.

Local college students earned summer academic honors with Medina residents making the President’s List and Dean’s List at Kent State and Southern New Hampshire University, while others from Brunswick and Valley City were recognized at Bowling Green State University and Albion College.

Today, Medina’s finance committee approved $25,000 from an opioid settlement to support Hope Recovery Community’s Hope Works job training program in construction, restaurant work, and other fields — a move councilors say is key to providing continued support as additional funds are expected in 2027.

Medina’s new uptown loop multipurpose path is now open on the east side of Broadway (from East Smith Road to Friendship Street).

The 0.3-mile extension forms part of a 2.4-mile network funded by a state grant and city funds and may be extended in the future.

Residents in Medina County will have trick-or-treating on Oct.

31 from 6-8 p.m. in Brunswick, Medina and Valley City as part of Northeast Ohio's annual Halloween events (families are advised to follow local guidance).

Mayor Jim Shields warned motorists to expect delays as milling and paving on Court Street begins on Oct.

19 with work proceeding from Homestead to Lafayette and crews working at night near the square; residents should also plan for construction on Broadway, Elmwood, Huntington and Jefferson.