Portage County School District mourns loss of 8-year-old who died in Howland home

HOWLAND A Portage County school district is mourning the loss of the eight-year-old boy who died in a Howland Township home Monday evening.

Windham Exempted Village School District Superintendent Michael Dobrin tells 21 News eight-year-old Leonard “Lenny” Lee Roosa would have entered the third grade at Katherine Thomas Elementary School this year.

Both Lenny and his father 33-year-old Leonard James Roosa died in a home on the 5000 Block of Mines Road the evening of Monday, August 11. According to a call log, fire crews were not letting police into the home due to potential carbon monoxide inside…

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