Marysville City Council member J.R. Rausch took time during Monday night’s city council meeting to dispel a rumor that apartments currently under construction on the former Kroger plaza on West Fifth Street, pictured above, were being built by the city to house Haitian immigrants from Springfield. (Journal-Tribune photo by Mac Cordell)

Editor's note: This is the second in a week-long series of stories detailing local issues and candidates appearing on the Nov. 5 ballot.

A medical waste hauler is asking permission to develop a sterilization facility inside the building at 14711 Industrial Parkway, highlighted in blue. The company, Sterile Waste Solutions (SWS), received state funding to move out of Westerville and relocate in a rural county to create jobs. The company currently runs its office in the building, but hauls waste to a sterilization facility in Cincinnati, but wants to be able to sterilize the waste locally. (Graphic submitted)

Editor's note: This is the first in a week-long series of stories detailing local issues and candidates appearing on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Kari Bishop, a barista at West 5th Kitchen, a new cafe in Uptown Marysville,makes a pumpkin latte for a customer Friday during the business’ soft opening. The new cafe is one of two eateries inside the Old Town Marketplace on West Fifth Street. (Journal-Tribune photo by Michael Williamson)

Officials are looking for Vendula "Wendy” Rose, 41, of Marysville, who was last seen Sept. 24. Rose posted a “selfie” of her hiking, above. Officials believe the picture was taken and sent to friends the day before she went missing. Rose’s car, a Silver Honda Accord Ohio with the Ohio license plate “CHKS FLY,” was last seen Sept. 24, on a traffic camera in Oxford, Alabama. The car was found last week near the Cheaha State Park in Alabama. (Photo submitted)

An aerial view of the city of Marysville from the cockpit of a T-6 Texan trainer aircraft, named ‘Checkers’, during the Union County Airport’s Oktoberfest fly-in Saturday. The T-6 Texan was the backbone for advanced pilot training for World War II and beyond. In Korea, ‘Mosquito Squadrons’ flew the aircraft into combat, marking targets for the much faster jets of the era. ‘Checkers’ comes from Kestrel Warbird Experience out of Middletown, Ohio. (Journal-Tribune photo by Kyle Meddles)