Cassopolis News

CASSOPOLIS a ' A former dancer at the Escape Reality strip club who has tested positive for HIV entered a guilty plea Friday in Cass County Circuit Court to five charges and a no-contest plea to one count of engaging in a sex act without informing her partner of her positive HIV status.

Private well owners concerned about the quality of their water may participate in the free water testing program during Ag Expo at Michigan State University July 21 through July 23.

Twenty-five years after its founding and four and a half years after a devastating fire destroyed its original theatre, the Barn Swallow Theatre in Cass County is ready to start Act Two of its history.

In battle, wise men say, "know your enemy." In Iraq, where the enemy has no formal uniform, it's difficult to tell friend from foe, according to retired Iraq veteran and Air Force battle surgeon Col.

A former Cassopolis school bus driver who admitted he took advantage of a 15-year-old girl's infatuation with him was ordered to prison Friday in Cass County Circuit Court.

CASSOPOLIS a ' A Niles area man has been lodged in the Cass County Jail on four counts of child sexually abusive activity.

If not for alcohol, Kyle VanSyckle might be a model citizen. On Friday, the 24-year-old Elkhart man's inability to refrain from drinking brought costly circumstances, as he was sentenced in Cass County Circuit Court to an 18-month to five-year prison term.

EDWARDSBURG a ' A 24-year-old Kalamazoo man was in critical condition on Thursday after the car in which he was a passenger struck a porch of a home and crashed into a creek in Calvin Township, police said.

Nearly 25 years ago, Doug Ross warned Michigan was in danger of becoming a giant Greenfield Village where people would come to see what life was like in the late 20th century.

When the Batesville High School FFA chapter and alumni sponsor the first annual Battle on the Clay Tractor Pull Saturday, June 13, at 7 p.m., "I'm hoping 30 to 40" vehicles will enter, says FFA adviser and agriculture teacher Cassie Hartsell.

A South Bend man died after his motorcycle hit a deer early Saturday morning on the Indiana Toll Road.

Four-year-old Ella McShane climbed out of the purple car of the miniature train with a large smile on her face during the Super Day for Special Kids event at Lewis Cass Intermediate School District in Cassopolis.

Five friends have stayed close since high school. May Lee Johnson They've helped each other through divorce and death.

Cass County deputies summoned to pick up some World War II relics about noon Monday found two live rocket-type mortar artillery shells.

Some unexpected Memorial Day memorabilia kept the Berrien County bomb squad busy near Cassopolis Monday.

Boaters, be smart. Cass County Water Resources Commissioner Bruce Campbell is urging boaters to use good judgment as summer approaches because of high water levels.

Camp Safe Kids, a free safety day camp for kids 9 to 11 years old, is scheduled for June 15 at the Cass County Council on Aging.

Don't get discouraged. It takes more than a couple of years to learn how to draw.

At 46, Phil Parke is quite a bit older than most individuals who show up in Cass County Circuit Court Judge Michael Dodge's courtroom to answer breaking-and-entering charges.

LIVIN' IT UP DOWNTOWN: Two nights of music and community on the Civic Plaza. Catman and the All-Niters perform from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday on the Main Street stage.