Former Marshfield News-Herald editor and publisher William “Bill” Heath, 85, of Marshfield, died on May 5, after a battle with heart disease.
After earning a degree in journalism from UW-Madison in 1960, he started his career as a reporter and photographer for the Beloit Daily News, where he was promoted to city editor and, later, to assistant managing editor. In 1971, he and his family moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, where he worked as an editor and reporter for the Arizona Daily Sun. In 1976, the family returned in Wisconsin, and Heath joined the Marshfield News-Herald — first as editor and, later, as editor and publisher. He retired in 2001.