Summit County and Medina County voters shot down school levies Tuesday.
And in Portage County, results were mixed.
In a special election with six school levies and one local zoning issue on the ballot, Stow and Nordonia Hills school officials saw their measures fail.
About 56 percent of voters turning out in Nordonia Hills said no to a 6.91-mill levy that would have brought in an additional $7 million a year. The levy would have cost district voters an additional $212 annually per $100,000 in property value.
Stow-Munroe Falls had asked voters for a 6.57-mill, 10-year emergency levy that would have cost voters about $200 more annually on a $100,000 home. That issue was rejected by 60 percent of voters.
The Beacon Journal incorrectly reported in Wednesday’s newspaper that both the Stow and Nordonia levies had been approved. An editor misread the results on the county Board of Elections website Tuesday night.
In Portage County, Field school district voters — by a whopping 3-1 ratio — said no to a proposed 1.25 percent earned income tax for district residents, mostly in Brimfield and Suffield townships.
The Field campaign, a complicated issue that faced organized opposition from the Portage County tea party, had to persuade voters to adopt a new tax that would cover nearly a $1 million deficit and enable the district to let a current property tax levy expire on schedule in 2013. The tax swap would allow Field to stay solvent for five years.
In Rootstown, voters approved the same 5.96-mill levy that had failed by only four votes in May. The measure, which passed by about 200 votes this time, will bring in $1 million a year and cost an additional $183 on a $100,000 house.
In Medina County, Wadsworth voters rejected a 5.9-mill levy that would have collected about $3.6 million a year and cost an additional $181 in taxes on a $100,000 home. About 55 percent of the district’s voters said no.
Also in Medina County, voters in the Black River district, which reaches into Ashland County, overwhelmingly rejected a 7.5-mill, five-year emergency levy that would have raised $1.4 million a year.
The August special election was the first since Ohio adopted a two-year budget in June that increased state aid by 3 percent but didn’t replace the one-time federal stimulus money that comprised about 8 percent of state funding for schools last year. The state also decided to stop reimbursing districts for lost local business taxes sooner than most treasurers anticipated.
In the local zoning issue, Macedonia voters said yes to a measure that will lead to construction of a $10 million skilled nursing facility. Unofficial results showed the issue passing by about a 2-1 ratio.
Local developer Macedonia Property Management and Delaware-based LTC Realty Group were asking the city’s voters to rezone 32 acres on Valley View Road, across the street from City Hall, from single-family residential to business office. Developers have said they will submit plans for a 100-bed facility on 12 acres.
The project will bring 100 jobs to the city and generate about $150,000 in new tax revenue for the city and schools, Joseph Migliorini, owner of Macedonia Property Management, has said.
Macedonia Mayor Don Kuchta, the City Council, the Planning Commission and several neighbors, including the Church of the Nazarene, endorsed the plan.

Beacon Journal staff writer Paula Schleis contributed to this report. John Higgins can be reached at 330-996-3792 or jhiggins@thebeaconjournal.com.