Cold and desolate during the winter, Chippewa Lake will soon be filled with hundreds of people who take an icy plunge in the ninth annual Polar Bear Jump and 5K Run/Walk.

Cold and desolate during the winter, Chippewa Lake will soon be filled with hundreds of people who take an icy plunge in the ninth annual Polar Bear Jump and 5K Run/Walk.

While Ohio is set to allow the first legal medical marijuana dispensaries to open today, local physicians are timidly stepping into this area of medicine.

BRUNSWICK — While City Councilman Joe Salzgeber thinks he can serve Brunswick as a Council member and Medina County as county recorder without conflict, Brunswick Law Director Kenneth Fisher is not as sure.

BRUNSWICK — While City Councilman Joe Salzgeber thinks he can serve Brunswick as a Council member and Medina County as county recorder without conflict, Brunswick Law Director Kenneth Fisher is not as sure.

MEDINA — It is a somewhat simple room. It’s filled with a table and chairs along with a white board. It’s designed for group meetings, a place where people can speak their minds about their addictions and with support move forward on the road to recovery.

MEDINA — It is a somewhat simple room. It’s filled with a table and chairs along with a white board. It’s designed for group meetings, a place where people can speak their minds about their addictions and with support move forward on the road to recovery.

MEDINA — Brunswick City Councilman Joe Salzgeber, Ward 3, has been named Medina County recorder.

MEDINA — Brunswick City Councilman Joe Salzgeber, Ward 3, has been named Medina County recorder.

WADSWORTH — Snow was on the ground outside, but the steel drum performance by Akron resident Joe Leaman put a tropical sound in the air at Wadsworth Public Library.

WADSWORTH — Snow was on the ground outside, but the steel drum performance by Akron resident Joe Leaman put a tropical sound in the air at Wadsworth Public Library.

MEDINA — More than 45 artists, both staff and student alike, gathered at Medina High School on Friday to create a work of art in 111 minutes.

MEDINA — More than 45 artists, both staff and student alike, gathered at Medina High School on Friday to create a work of art in 111 minutes.

MEDINA — Ditching an old sofa could cost $10 and getting rid of a broken flat-screen TV could run you $70.

Nathan Havenner

SPENCER — The Medina County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding the theft of an unknown sum of money from Farmers Savings Bank, 111 W. Main St., Spencer, according to a social media post from the agency.

Reported increases in flu-like illnesses at doctors’ offices and clinics across the county have medical personnel urging people to get their flu shots.

MEDINA TWP. — It was a call to action that some may feel was massive, but some may also say that the drug epidemic sweeping the community is massive as well.

MEDINA TWP. — It was a call to action that some may feel was massive, but some may also say that the drug epidemic sweeping the community is massive as well.