
Bill DeBus
General Assignment Reporter at The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH)
Reporter at The News-Herald in Willoughby, Ohio. Email me at [email protected]; phone 440-954-7164.
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news-herald.com | Bill DeBus
A Madison Township woman has expressed her gratitude to firefighters and medical caregivers who saved her life after she went into cardiac arrest. Kathleen Fleischer thanked those people during a ceremony that took place on June 18 at Madison Fire District Station 3 in Madison Village. The event was held so Fleischer could reunite with medical providers from University Hospitals and a crew of Madison firefighters who attended to her after she went into cardiac arrest on Feb. 13.
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news-herald.com | Bill DeBus
Madison Township has met all of the environmental standards required by a federal agency for an erosion control project at the community’s Stanton Park. That decision was announced by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “This was just the NOAA verifying there is no reason they can find to believe the project will negatively impact the environment,” said Madison Township Administrator Tim Brown.
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news-herald.com | Bill DeBus
Children who are attending this year’s Madison Safety Town got a chance to learn more about the vehicles that fire departments use when responding to calls for service. Fire safety was the featured theme on June 17 at the event, which is taking place from June 9-20 at South Elementary School in Madison Village. During the two-week program, children ages 3 through 6 attend two-hour sessions held Mondays through Fridays.
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news-herald.com | Bill DeBus
Fairport Harbor Village has received a state grant that will be used to update the community’s comprehensive plan. The village was awarded $60,000 from the Ohio Department of Development’s new Housing Technical Assistance Program. This initiative provides grant funding to support local governments in their efforts to upgrade zoning codes and processes in their communities. Awards were given to villages, cities, townships and counties.
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news-herald.com | Bill DeBus
People enjoyed an abundance of fun, food and entertainment at the 2025 Kirtland Kiwanis Strawberry Festival. The three-day celebration took place from June 12-14 at the Kirtland Schools campus on Chillicothe Road. As the festival was drawing to a close on the evening of June 14, Kirtland Kiwanis President Kathy Talty said this year’s event was “terrifically successful.”The festival marked its 65th anniversary in 2025.
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The sun sets over Lake Erie, #overlooking Walnut Beach in Ashtabula, Ohio. Photo by Bill DeBus. #lakerrie #ohio https://t.co/tenBZd42hx

Vintage car I spotted on Sunday outside a restaurant in Ashtabula, Ohio: a Studebaker Lark VIII. Historical license plate didn’t list a year, but based on little research I did, I’m guessing this car is from the late 1950s or early ‘60s. #cars #studebaker #autos. https://t.co/lipg4vChMc

Funny typo from Facebook today, on a buy-sell-trade site: “ISO violent. For my daughter, she needs it for school.” I guess that school must be pretty rough. #words #humor