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NU Elementary team wins state
From Richwood Gazette staff reports
North Union Elementary’s robot-bearing students from VEX IQ Robotics Team #143E secured the Elementary Excellence Award at the Ohio VEX IQ State Championship that was held here at North Union Middle School last weekend. The students collaborated with 30 teams from around Ohio, including several local teams from North Union Elementary and Middle Schools, Pleasant Elementary and Middle Schools, Fairbanks Elementary, Grant Middle School, and Hayes Elementary in Marion, as well as teams from Carrollton Exempted Village Schools in Carrollton, Ohio, and Brookside Intermediate School from Sheffield, Ohio.

Primary Election set for March 15
By Sherryl Sheets
Voters in the village of Richwood and Claibourne Township, will have a new location to cast their ballot for the March 15 Primary Election.

Year in review from County Engineer
By Sherryl Sheets
Jeff Stauch, Union County Engineer, has released information regarding activities for the 2015 fiscal year. The report includes building and development highlights, environmental engineer projects and details from road and bridgework.

Fundraiser to support K-9 program
The Richwood Police Association is sponsoring a fundraising event to support the local police department’s K-9 program. The group is hoping to raise enough money to help pay for upcoming training of a handler for Col. Klink, the department’s K-9 unit.

Children learn the dangers of sexting
By Sherryl Sheets
Cell phones can be dangerous, especially in the hands of teens and young adults when they are not aware of the dangers.

NU Robotics teams head to world competition
From Richwood Gazette staff reports
The culminating event for VEX Robotics “Nothing But Net” 2016 competition season, took place over the weekend at Marion Harding High School. On Friday, 25,middle school teams from around Ohio competed in the middle school division of the Ohio VEX State Championship, including six teams from North Union Middle School. After 44 qualifying matches, all six NUMS teams were selected to move on the elimination tournament. After quarter final competition, four NUMS teams survived and moved to the semi finals rounds. In the semi finals rounds, NU teams #4810D (Eli Mishler, Dawson Kiess, Casey Rensel, Jake Willis) and #4810G (Connor Brandt, Derek Ballinger, Garrett Frasca) formed an alliance together and after winning one match, lost the next two matches to be eliminated. On the other side of the bracket, NU team #4810 (Nathan Matlack, Kinlee Craig, Evan Hoffer, Mack Plotner, Averi Snider) was up against another NU team, #4810E (Adrianna Woodruff, McKynzie Goad, Calvin Harvey, Logan Fryman). After another tough three matches, #4801E won and their first seeded alliance went on to win the entire tournament. On a three-team alliance together with teams from Grant Middle School and Highland Middle, NU #4810E were named Tournament Champions and are now qualified to compete at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky, in April.

There’s no place like home
By Sherryl Sheets
Kristi Dotson Woods was like every other teenager, once they graduate high school, they can’t wait to move away from home and be an adult. And she did. She graduated from North Union High School in 1987 and went on to Ohio University, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Interior Design in 1991. She was hired by a company called Steelcase, and was sent to their Atlanta, Georgia branch, where she worked for seven years.

Continue to use heating fire safety
From Richwood Gazette staff reports
The saying, “March comes in like a lion, and out like a lamb,” holds true in Ohio, and although we are close to the end of winter, we are not out of the woods yet. That is why the Division of State Fire Marshal is reminding Ohioans to continue practicing the messages of its Safe & Sound campaign: safely using alternative heating sources and equipping their homes with working smoke alarms.

Man rescued from grain bin, no serious injuries
By Taylor Evans
A farming accident didn’t stop a local man from getting back to work the next day.

Safety and education is key to prevent farm accidents
By Mac Cordell
While he wasn’t aware of the specific involved in Tuesday’s grain bin entrapment, Wayne Dellinger, OSU Extension Office agricultural/natural resources educator for Union County, praised the response of the man, local first responders and Heritage Cooperative.

Easter services announced
By Sherryl Sheets
Richwood area churches are inviting the public to attend Easter services and other special events. Listed below are several local churches and the special services they will hold, open to the pubic.

Council appoints zoning officer
By Sherryl Sheets
Richwood Mayor Scott Jerew announced to council that he interviewed a candidate for the position of zoning officer for the village.

Dr. Stanko to close dental office
By Sherryl Sheets
After 40 years of working in customer’s mouths, filling cavities, placing crowns and other general dentistry, Dr. Joseph Stanko, DDS, of Prospect, has closed his practice, due to health reasons.

RABA sponsors Hanging Basket Giveaway
By Sherryl Sheets
Spring is just around the corner, so the Richwood Area Business Association (RABA) is announcing their annual Spring Hanging Basket Giveaway.

School board hires new principals
By Sherryl Sheets
New hires were announced at the Monday, March 21, North Union School Board meeting. The event was held in Marion, hosted by the Tri-Rivers Career Center. The board took a tour of the facility prior to the meeting.

RABA works on upcoming projects
By Sherryl Sheets
The Richwood Area Business Association met for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 8, at the Richwood Marketing Office. The American Red Cross sponsored the meeting.

State bill could be costly for the county
By Mac Cordell
Union County officials are urging state lawmakers to reject a proposed bill that could cost the county an estimated three-quarters of a million dollars.

Union County voters turn out at recent election
By Sherryl Sheets
Union County voters spoke their minds during the Primary Election, Tuesday, March 15.

Council votes in new member
By Sherryl Sheets
Richwood Village Council members voted between two applicants, Larry Temple and Pat Morse, to fill the vacant seat of Roger Ferguson, who passed away March 10. Members held a silent vote and it was announced that Pat Morse was voted to fill the term to Dec. 31, 2017.

Spring is here…let’s clean up
By Sherryl Sheets
Police Chief/Village Administrator Monte Asher is asking residents to be mindful about keeping Richwood clean, which includes their properties.

RABA announces hanging basket winners
By Sherryl Sheets
The Richwood Area Business Association has announced winners of hanging baskets during their Spring Hanging Basket Giveaway. Several businesses in Richwood participated in the event. Customers were invited to enter their name and phone number, with no purchase necessary.

Suspect flees scene, later apprehended
From Richwood Gazette staff reports
A Richwood Police Officer was running radar on Route 47 E. when a gold 2006 Chevy Cobalt passed the officer, speeding out of the village. Officer Justin Baldwin pursued the vehicle, turning on his siren and lights. The vehicle began weaving in his lane, and pulled into a driveway, near Landon Road. The driver of the vehicle ran out of the car, heading northwest through some houses.

Shots fired at two Amish homes
From Richwood Gazette staff reports
Two homes owned by Amish families were shot at between 1:30 and 1:45 a.m. Sunday morning, according to a release from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office last Tuesday. No one was injured.