Around Brimfield: Brimfield welcomes new police chief and new Brimfield Plaza business - Shirley Mars. As of April 20, there will be a new chief in town! Captain Christopher Adkins will become Brimfield’s interim police chief, pending an employment agreement to offer him the full-time position.
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Instead of approving an outright ban of solar and wind farms in eight townships, Portage County’s Board of Commissioners have opted to consider them on a case-by-case basis.
- Roger Gordon. “We’re just in the infancy stages,” Eldreth said. “Data centers are becoming real popular, so we’re just trying to figure out how to zone them.”
- Staff Report. Daniel Lajack, a former Portage County Sheriff's deputy who retired Sept. 28, 2025 was three months in jail for detaining an immigrant he thought was in the U.S. illegally, reports the Akron Beacon Journal.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. County officials were told last month Congressman Dave Joyce’s office had scored $2 million in U.S. EPA grant money to help property owners in Ravenna Township’s Chinn Allotment, but who will get how much remains a mystery.
- Angie Reedy. Immaculate Conception Parish is hosting Spring Fling Music Bingo from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 25 for all the southern Portage County parishes. The event will be held at the I-C Hall at 251 W. Spruce Ave. in Ravenna. Tickets are $25.
- Master Gardener Volunteers. Homegrown National Park Project: Join the movement, be part of the solution. Put your land on the map.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
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- Wendy DiAlesandro. For the first time in more than 50 years, Ravenna’s ward and precinct boundaries are set be redrawn.
- Cathy Klein. Edinburg United Church would like to welcome its new pastor, Danny DeMarco. He and his wife, Rene, will live in the parsonage as he begins this new chapter of ministry with the church.
- Sally Kelly. April is National Volunteer Month. This is a chance for us to take a look around and “give our thanks” to all of our neighbors who give of their time and energy to help improve the community in which we live. These are folks who work for free, who only get paid by the good “feelings” which come from helping someone else live a better life.
- Staff Report. Remembering those we've lost in Portage County
- Wendy DiAlesandro. Don’t ban large solar and wind facilities in Portage County, said about a dozen speakers at a March 26 public hearing the county commissioners hosted at the Portage County Emergency Management Agency headquarters.