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Huntsburg Family Honors Great Outdoors Month
By Rose Nemunaitis editor@karlovecmedia.com
The Petersons, of Huntsburg, started on a quest to visit all 50 states with their girls in the fall of 2019, when twins Annie and Maddie were just over a year old. Now 5, the girls have seen more places in the U.S. than most adults. “We have seen historical monuments like the Liberty Bell and Mount Rushmore, as well as seen the different cultures and wildlife in different parts of the country,” said their father, Dave Peterson, adding the family loved seeing the alligators in the Everglades, as well as the buffalo and prairie dogs in the Badlands. See Outdoors • Page 5
Aquilla Village
Residents Sign Petitions to Put Dissolution on Ballot By Ann Wishart ann@karlovecmedia.com Enough resident signatures have been gathered to place the dissolution of Aquilla Village on the November ballot, but a few challenges remain. Village Mayor Rich Wolfe said in a phone interview June 23 he
and Councilwoman Julie Petrowski have each gathered 25 signatures on petition forms received from Geauga County Prosecutor Jim Flaiz, who said about 40 were needed. “Jim wanted (the signed petitions) by July 1,” Wolfe said, emphasizing the petitions will get the issue of dissolution on the ballot,
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but voters will still have a chance to pass it or vote it down on Nov. 5. Once Flaiz receives the petitions, his office will verify the signers are registered voters and live in the village, Wolfe said. The small municipality is expected to run out of money to cover essential services by some time See Aquilla • Page 4
Police, Fire Departments Raise Funds for Charity The Bainbridge Township rescue services faced off during an inaugural police vs. fire charity softball game June 22 at River Road Park to build cohesion and raise money for charity. The fire department defeated the police department 18-7 in seven innings. See pages 12-13 for more. BILL FUGATE/KMG
Iacampo Lawyers Ask to Suppress ‘Coerced’ Interview for Trial By Amy Patterson amy@karlovecmedia.com
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The Peterson family — from left, Dave, Juliana and twins Annie and Maddie, 5 — visited Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado in September of 2023.
Lawyers for former Chester Township police officer Nick Iacampo filed a motion June 21 asking for a record of his interview with Lake County Sheriff’s Office detectives to be suppressed in a trial. Across four previous hearings, Iacampo’s defense attorney, Ian
Friedman, argued the Lake County Sheriff’s Office mishandled an interview with Iacampo — who also served as school resource officer at West Geauga High School from January to June 2023 — that took place around 3:45 a.m. Aug. 7, 2023. Lake County Assistant Prosecutor Adam Downing maintained Iacampo was entitled to a Miranda
warning — given in criminal cases — while Friedman told the court Iacampo was instead entitled to a warning under 1967 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Garrity v. New Jersey, which determined employees of the state cannot be compelled to incriminate themselves under threat of termination. “(Iacampo) was told that the See Iacampo • Page 4
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