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BUCYRUS - U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown will visit Bucyrus on Tuesday to meet with GE-Savant Lighting workers and union leaders, his office announced Monday.
The meeting will take place at 4:25 p.m. at the IUE-CWA Local Union Hall, 113 N. Sandusky St., according to a news release from Brown s office.
A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act letter was sent to officials Jan. 6, notifying them of GE-Savant s intent to transfer the A19 LED production line out of its Bucyrus plant, 1250 S. Walnut St., and lay off 81 workers. Despite the union s attempts to save the line, production halted March 6.
Brown continues to press GE-Savant leadership to keep the company and jobs in Ohio, according to the news release. He wrote to Robert Madonna, CEO of Savant, to press him for answers and urge the company to work with Bucyrus Mayor Jeff Reser, the city of Bucyrus and IUE-CWA Local 84704 to keep the jobs in Ohio. Brown also wrote to Walmart leadership, asking the company to get i
It Happened in Crawford County: Chief Schwemley takes the helm
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Bucyrus Fire Chief Chad Schwemley is a son of Dave and Cathy Schwemley and Kelly and Joyce Dillon. His brothers are Troy Schwemley and Kade and Clint Dillon. Chad s parents divorced and married again and he considers both to be his parents.
Chad attended school in all of Wynford’s schools except Lykens. He also went to Bucyrus schools where his 4th grade teacher Tammy Robinson would take the class to visit the fire station. Her husband Paul was a fireman there. Chad’s mom worked for the Telegraph-Forum, and she would also take him to the station. This was the beginning of his interest in firefighting and the trucks. After moving, Chad graduated from River Valley High School in 1990.
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Independent candidates have until 4 p.m. May 3 the day before Ohio s primary election to file petitions with the Crawford County Board of Elections for a spot on the fall ballot. The petitions then must be certified by the board.
According to Ruth Leuthold, director of the elections board, this week two potential independent candidates picked up petitions. The board does not keep records of potential candidates who access petitions online.
Two men have told the Telegraph-Forum they intend to run for council president, seeking to unseat Republican Kurt Fankhauser; they are Brian Seybert and Adam V. Frizzell. No Democrat filed in that race.