SHEFFIELD TWP. — Lorain County prosecutors have determined that a complaint challenging Lorain school board member Paul Biber’s residency was properly formatted and a hearing will be scheduled to review the issue.

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Elections board Director Paul Adams said that the hearing has to take place before Monday, which is 10 days after Lorain resident Denise Caruloff filed the complaint.

Caruloff has questioned whether Biber actually resides at the East 29th Street home he has registered to vote from. She points to documents filed with the Lorain County Auditor’s Office when Biber bought the house in 2008 that stated it wasn’t his primary residence as proof that he doesn’t actually live there.

Instead, Caruloff has pointed out that Biber receives a 2.5 percent tax break for owner-occupied homes on two houses he owns in Sheffield Lake. One of the houses is a rental, and Biber has said his wife and adult children live in the other.

According to the rules, the tax break can be applied only to one house, and the Auditor’s Office has sent Biber and his wife a letter asking them to declare which one they would like to receive the tax break on.

Biber has called Caruloff’s complaint unfounded and pointed out that a similar issue was raised in 2007 when he first ran for school board. He said a review of his residency determined that he had rented a Lorain apartment where he lived until purchasing the East 29th Street house in 2008.

Contact Brad Dicken at 329-7147 or bdicken@chroniclet.com.

AVON LAKE — Avon Lake police have identified the teen whose body was pulled from Lake Erie this morning.

Daryle Phoeur, 17, of Cleveland was in the water about 6:45 last night and was helping to rescue his 24-year-old cousin at Miller Road Park. The cousin survived, but Phoeur did not.

Phoeur’s body was spotted by employees at the Gen On power plant floating in the area about 6:20 this morning, according to Avon Lake police. Police said his body was found about 20 yards from land.

Avon Lake police, the Avon Lake Fire Department, the Lorain County Dive Team and the U.S. Coast Guard all assisted in the search.

According to police, investigation into the incident revealed that there were four males swimming together at the far east end of the beach area near the discharge of the Gen On power plant. The 24-year-old got caught in the current from the discharge and yelled for assistance. The 17-year-old went to help and also became caught in the current. The 17-year-old went under the water, and the 24-year-old was pulled onto a raft that was being used by nearby boaters.

The 24-year-old was pulled from the water and transported to St. John Westshore Hospital for treatment.

Search and rescue operations for the teen continued until 12:41 a.m. when the diving operations were suspended until daylight. The Coast Guard remained on scene throughout the night with their boat and helicopter along with police personnel.

EATON TWP. — An Elyria man was LifeFlighted following an accident last night in Eaton Township.

Tony Hale, 38, is in serious condition today at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.

The State Highway Patrol ws called to the two-vehicle crash on state Route 82 west of Giles road about 7 p.m. yesterday.

According to the patrol, Thomas Farley, 46, of Elyria, was eastbound on 82 in a Ford F-150 pickup truck, which was pulling a Coachman camper trailer.

Farley slowed his vehicle, and Hale, who was behind him on a 2009 Honda 1300 motorcycle, struck him from behind and was ejected.

Hale was taken to MetroHealth with incapacitating injuries, according to the patrol.

Farley, who was wearing a seat belt, was not hurt.

The investigation into the accident is ongoing, but alcohol was not a factor, according to the patrol.

CLEVELAND — An eight-game stint at home seemed like an ideal time for the Indians to put some distance between themselves and the Tigers in the race for the Central Division title.

Instead, it did the opposite.

Visits from the White Sox, Angels and Royals wound up costing Cleveland in the division standings, as the Indians dropped six of the eight games, culminating in a 5-3 loss to Kansas City on Sunday at Progressive Field.

Cleveland entered the stand in a first-place tie with Detroit, but now trails the Tigers by 2 1/2 games, and leads the third-place White Sox by just 1 1/2 games.

“It was a disappointing homestand,” said manager Manny Acta, whose club has lost eight of its last 10 games and 10 of its last 14. “After playing well on the road (4-4 against Baltimore and Minnesota), we came over here in front of our fans and lost all three series. We just couldn’t wake up those bats.”

Offense has been a sore spot for the Indians for much of the season, especially as of late, and it was in the series finale as well.

Despite outhitting KC 10-9, Cleveland struggled to come up with a key hit — something that has plagued the Indians throughout their recent cold streak. They scored just two runs on eight hits off fill-in starter Danny Duffy, who got his third win of the season after entering the day 2-4 with a 5.17 ERA.

The Indians, who were unable to land the big bat they were searching for at the trading deadline, had hits in eight of the nine innings but scored in just two of them.

“We were able to get some hits, but we didn’t execute when we had to,” Acta said. “I guess getting the hits is a step in the right direction. Now, we need to get them with guys on base.”

The Indians went scoreless over the first four innings, with Jason Kipnis’ first career home run and an RBI double from Carlos Santana bringing them to within a run in the fifth.

They scored their last run in the eighth inning to pull within a run again, but the Royals added some insurance in the ninth, scoring once off reliever Tony Sipp.

There was no-late game magic at home for the Indians, who are nearing the .500 level (29-24) at Progressive Field, after dominating teams at home over the first two months of the season.

It wasn’t all bad news for Cleveland, which got a positive, if not dominant outing for one-time ace Fausto Carmona.

The right-hander, who has struggled for much of the season allowed four runs on six hits over 7 1/3 innings. He allowed solo homers to Jeff Francouer and Alex Gordon, with one of his runs scoring in the fourth on a throwing error from right fielder Kosuke Fukudome.

“I think it was good,” Carmona said of his outing. “I had quick innings and was making good pitches to get ground balls.”

Though Carmona still doesn’t resemble the ace he was supposed to be at the start of the season, he has been effective over a three-start span — 1-1, 2.79 ERA — since leaving the disabled list.

“He’s throwing the ball well,” Acta said. “He worked very hard after those struggles. Hopefully he continues to go out there and give us a chance to win.”

Carmona (5-11, 5.31 ERA) said slowing down his delivery has helped him as of late.

“I think for me the difference is throwing strikes,” Carmona said. “I just need to take my time every pitch and throw a strike. I feel more confident now.”

Indians hitters could use some of that confidence as the team travels to Boston for a four-game series that begins tonight, and then to Texas for three games. The Red Sox and Rangers both lead their respective divisions, Boston owning the best record in the American League.

“We just have to go on the road and battle,” Acta said.

Contact Chris Assenheimer at 329-7136 or cassenheimer@chroniclet.com. Fan him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter.