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From the Cass County Sheriff’s Dept: Body Found in Farm Field, August 13
Sheriff Clint Roach reports that deputies of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a suspicious situation in the area of McKenzie Street and Churchill Street in Cass County’s Volinia Township on August 13, 2026, at 1:50pm. Detectives and Deputies met with the landowner who found a badly decomposed body in a field. […]
Christmas Events
Christmas at the Bonine House, Dec. 1-14: The Underground Railroad Society of Cass County (URSCC) invites the public to Christmas at the Bonine House, December 1 – 14. The Victorian Bonine House will be decorated for the holidays and open daily from 1:00b – 6:00pm. Visitors will learn about the history of the house […]
Launch of Southwest Michigan FAN Chapter serving Berrien, Cass, & St. Joseph Counties
Pictured: SW Michigan FAN chapter board: Judge Stutesman, ret. Judge Dobrich, Judge Bealor, Karen Sommers,Mary Middleton, Robin Ross, Ellen Moore, Judge Howard, Preston Collett, and Tacyana Behrmann The launch of the Southwest Michigan FAN Chapter, which will serve Berrien, Cass, and St. Joseph Counties, was celebrated on 10/29/2024 at the Law & Courts Building located at 60296 M-62, Cassopolis, Michigan. The event was marked by attendance of community leaders and professionals serving all three counties with a keynote address […]
536,855 in State Grants Awarded to Cass County Problem-Solving/Treatment Courts
Cassopolis, Michigan, November 8, 2024 – Chief Judge Carol Montavon Bealor announces that the Cass County Problem-Solving/Treatment Courts have received $536,855 in the following grant awards from the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) for fiscal year 2025, October 1, 2024,through September 30, 2025, an increase of $60,355 from fiscal year 2024: $116,000 for the Adult Treatment/Sobriety Court (Hon. Stacey A. Rentfrow)$155,855 for the Cass County Mental Health Court (Hon. Mark A. Herman)$185,000 for the Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program (Hon. Mark A. Herman)$80,000 for the Family Treatment Court (Hon. Carol Montavon Bealor) The SCAO awarded more than $19 million in grants to problem-solving court (PSC) programs statewide for fiscal year 2025 according to a press release issued by the Michigan Supreme Court.“When people […]
Why it’s important to check your earnings history
By Hillary HatchSocial Security Public Affairs Specialist It may have been years or even decades since you thought about how much you earned at your first job. Did you know that you can find out how much you made that first year? Or any year you worked and paid Social Security taxes? Your earnings […]
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News goes to press prior to 2024 election results As the calendar would have it, The News went to press (Noon EST, Tuesday, November 5, 2024) before any results of the 2024 General Election could be known. So, [insert your own headline here]. On Monday, November 4, with less than 24 hours until […]
Lucky find at CDL art auction: watercolor memory of Wakelee
A 1999 watercolor of Will Huyck’s store in Wakelee by former Cass County resident P. N. Hutchings was one of the artworks auctioned off by Cass District Library in October. While Wakelee area residents may remember the store for its eclectic offerings, for many young readers, it’s remembered for visits by the Cass County Bookmobile […]
SMC celebrates inaugural Founders Day, November 1
SMC Board Chairman Tom Jerdon presented an Outstanding Alumnus Award to SMC’s first student, Dr. Bruce Watson. DOWAGIAC MI—–Southwestern Michigan College, “a good idea that got loose in the world,” celebrated its 60th anniversary Friday, November 1, 2024, with the inaugural Founders Day. Chloe Itimu, pictured, who aspires to become a pediatrician in her […]
AG Nessel Sues St. Joseph County Paper Company for PFAS Contamination
LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel continued her push to hold companies that make and use per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accountable for PFAS contamination in Michigan’s environment by filing a new lawsuitagainst a paper company with repeated discharges of PFAS-contaminated wastewater (PDF) into the White Pigeon River and the surrounding environment. The lawsuit was filed in Ingham County […]
The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: With Thanks: Kellogg’s, Post, Nabisco, Ralston and Quaker Oats
by John Mooy I know how to read. I have my teachers to thank, Dick and Jane, and a host of others who put in the time helping me to recognize words, sound them out and eventually make sense of those words that were put in such an order to create meaning. Today […]
Bits & Pieces: Left-handedness
by Paula Johnson You likely have left-handed friends or may even be left-handed yourself. I have always thought that being left-handed was cool. I even have envied those who are left-handed. That is probably an odd thing for a right-handed person to say. Being left-handed used to be quite a stigma. Charlemagne and da […]
