Cassopolis News

The Michigan Humanities Council this week announced over 95-thousand dollars in grants to support arts programs around the state, and one of the recipients is in Cassopolis.

Posted 2 hours, 20 minutes ago at 10:20 am. By NORMA LERNER Niles Daily Star CASSOPOLIS - A Niles man who victimized kids by downloading child pornography from the Internet will spend a year in the Cass County Jail and the next five years on probation.

Today marks the seventh annual Michigan Adoption Day, and Cass County is celebrating with the adoption of six children.

Cass County commissioners usually adjust non-union salaries and wages in December.

Posted 3 hours, 37 minutes ago at 3:19 pm. The following were sentenced in Cass County Court Friday: a Mellissa Sargent, 32, of 63620 Day Lake St., Cassopolis, was sentenced Friday to 2-20 years for operating/maintaining a methamphetamine laboratory; possession of methamphetamine; operating a vehicle without insurance and license plate; operating ...

"You'll shoot your eye out, kid!" The holidays wouldn't be complete without the TV marathon of "A Christmas Story." Now, Cassopolis Thespian Troupe 2323 is bringing the film classic to the Ross Beatty High School stage this weekend.

Posted 4 hours, 56 minutes ago at 12:35 pm. Cass County authorities reported finding 188 small "one-pot" methamphetamine labs with an investigation that began this week with a trash complaint in Calvin Township and widened to Indiana.

Posted 3 hours, 47 minutes ago at 9:20 am. On Monday, Nov. 16, detectives from the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team were contacted by a Calvin Township property owner.

Posted 1 hour, 58 minutes ago at 10:59 am. Paige Nicole Breden, a 17-year-old Ross Beatty High School senior, was crowned Miss Cassopolis 2010 Nov.

Some more H1N1 vaccine clinics have been scheduled in Van Buren County. The Van Buren-Cass District Health Department says that they'll be offering the vaccines for free on Friday, November 20th, from five-30 to eight PM, at the Michigan Avenue Academy in Paw Paw...and from five to eight PM on Tuesday, November 24th, at Sam Adams Elementary School ...

Posted 4 hours, 34 minutes ago at 12:05 pm. Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 Newspapers have a tough job; reporting the news everyday with accuracy and fairness is a difficult task, one that requires patience, long hours and oftentimes, compromise.

CThree generations of Fishers have done the same work: raising and training horses, sawing wood by hand, dragging logs out of the woods.

"Planning Ahead in Difficult Times" is the title of three November evenings during which the Cass County Board of Commissioners will hear from each elected official, department head and agency director.

Posted 4 hours, 43 minutes ago at 8:35 am. By JOHN EBY Dowagiac Daily News CASSOPOLIS - Commissioner Minnie Warren, D-Pokagon Township, Thursday night responded to an article in the Oct.

Posted 2 hours, 59 minutes ago at 10:19 am. By JOHN EBY Dowagiac Daily News CASSOPOLIS - "Unrest" postponed action Thursday night on requiring IC3 computer certification for 168 Cass County employees in 2010.

Posted 5 hours, 47 minutes ago at 12:08 pm. The Main Cass District Library will hold a family night Tuesday, Nov.

Posted 5 hours, 43 minutes ago at 12:11 pm. By NORMA LERNER Cassopolis Vigilant Citizens voiced concerns about agriculture issues at the Cass County Fair Association board meeting Tuesday night.

REAL Services' Aging and Disability Resource Center successfully completed the Alliance of Information & Referral Systems Accreditation.

More than 500 people lined up to get the H1N1 flu vaccine Saturday. It's another local health department's effort to protect the public from the potentially deadly virus.

A Marcellus youth who betrayed the trust of his grandmother when he broke into her home earlier this year was given one last chance to turn his life around Friday in Cass Circuit Court.