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Michael Fitzpatrick

Michael Fitzpatrick is an award-winning journalist who graduated from The Ohio State University. His travels have taken him to small daily papers in Ohio where he worked at The Daily Jeffersonian in Cambridge and also The Sandusky Register. He also worked for two years at the Red Wing Republican-Eagle in Minnesota.

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Lorain County Port Authority agrees to buy Midway Mall for $13.9 million

January 17, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.

The Lorain County Port Authority is getting into the mall business. The County Port Board voted unanimously Jan. 13 to accept a $13.9 million loan from the Lorain County commissioners...

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Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley willing to work with commissioners on radio plan

January 13, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

The city of Lorain has weighed in on the decision of Lorain County commissioners to rescind a $7.7 million contract with Cleveland Communications Inc. to buy radios that county first...

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Lorain County Sheriff’s deputy union files grievance over cancelled radio deal

January 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

The Lorain County Deputies Association filed a grievance on Jan. 9 accusing the county commissioners of violating the health and safety clause of their contract by rescinding a $7.7 million...

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Lorain County commissioners adopt 2023 budget for $74.6M, still less than requested

January 11, 2023 at 4:40 p.m.

Lorain County commissioners voted 3-0 at their Jan. 9 meeting to adopt the 2023 general fund budget. According to figures provided by Commissioner Dave Moore, the 2023 general fund budget...

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Lorain County Commissioners to loan $13.9M to port authority to purchase Midway Mall

January 10, 2023 at 5:47 p.m.

In a move to make the Midway Mall in Elyria more attractive to potential developers, Lorain County commissioners will loan the Lorain County Port Authority $13.9 million to purchase the...

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Lorain County commission decision to repeal radio deal rankles safety forces

January 9, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

In an emotionally charged meeting room packed with firefighters and sheriff's deputies Jan. 9, the Lorain County commissioners voted 2-1 to rescind a contract with Cleveland Communications Inc. to purchase...

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Lorain County commissioners likely move to repeal radio deal draws wrath

January 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Lorain County commissioners likely will vote to repeal legislation during their Jan. 9 organizational meeting for a $7.7 million contract for public radio system approved in December. It will be...

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Lorain, Coast Guard take steps to address ‘The Ghost Vessel’ on the Black River

January 7, 2023 at 11:00 a.m.

Lorain city officials and the U.S. Coast Guard worked together this week to make sure an abandoned ferry that’s been parked under the Lofton Henderson Memorial Bridge on the banks...

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Oberlin couple, Dutch man help make sure World War II fallen aren’t forgotten

January 6, 2023 at 7:59 p.m.

Barbara and Bob Smith didn’t know their trip this October to the Netherlands would lead them back to Lorain. But that’s what happened. The retired teachers from Oberlin are huge...

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Mercy Health will no longer staff Lorain Schools health clinic

January 6, 2023 at 2:43 p.m.

Mercy Health informed Lorain City Schools it no longer will provide health care services for students in the district starting Feb. 1. Lorain City Schools Superintendent Jeff Graham informed students...

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