MEDINA, Ohio -- After 100 years as an amusement park and an additional 40 years of abandonment, Chippewa Lake Park is in the planning stages to become a Medina County park.

It's been a bit of a rollercoaster ride for the future Chippewa Lake Park land over the 40-plus years since the old Chippewa Lake Amusement Park closed in 1978. Nature has reclaimed much of the ...

A once vibrant amusement park in Northeast Ohio closed almost 50 years ago. Now, efforts are underway to restore the history of Chippewa Lake.

Chippewa Lake Historical Society President Gayle Foster next to a poster advertising Chippewa Lake Park from its heyday. The new museum being renovated hopes to preserve historic items like these.

CHIPPEWA LAKE, Ohio– Plans are under way to transform an old Northeast Ohio landmark. A sketch was released on Tuesday to show what the rebirth of Chippewa Lake Park could look like. Instead of ...

The ferris wheel at Chippewa Lake Park is ensconced in leaves and limbs.Chippewa Lake Park, in Medina County, shut down in 1978 and soon garnered ...

While it’s not yet available on DVD, Elyria-based independent filmmaker Chad Dennis’ documentary about the old Chippewa Lake amusement park is now online. Dennis got the idea for making the 10 ...

CHIPPEWA LAKE, Ohio — For the first time this year, Chippewa Lake beach is closed due to high floodwaters. Medina County Park District Director Nate Eppink said floodwater is not the only ...

A man jumped off a boat and into Chippewa Lake around 9 p.m. Saturday. ... Medina Park District, Westfield Fire Department, Medina Count All Hazards Team, and Wooster Township Dive and Rescue.