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248 foreclosures recorded

There were 248 sheriff or clerk deeds (foreclosures) recorded in Cass County in 2011, with only seven properties redeemed, according to Clerk Register Barbara Runyon’s ... Read more

Youth club closes

The Youth Club of Cass County has decided to close after almost nine years of service. It started as a Boys and Girls Club but ... Read more

Half qualify for free lunch

LANSING — Infant mortality in Cass County jumped 41 percent over the past decade while more than half of Cass K-12 children now qualify for ... Read more

Citizens named to boards

Cass County commissioners Jan. 19 made the following appointments and reappointments: • Appoint Freeman “Fritz” Lambright of Edwardsburg to the Economic Development Corp. board for ... Read more

Sonar for the sheriff

Diamond Lake Association Jan. 19 presented the Cass County Sheriff’s Office with a $1,506 check for a Hummingbird sonar device. Marine Deputy Dan Siemeck, who ... Read more

  1. Internet access to improve
  2. Man faces 46 felony counts
  3. Discover Winter
  4. Popcorn party at CDL at 6
  5. Barn Swallow needs directors
  6. Midwest seeks scholars
  7. Vandalia watching weight
  8. Legacy 4-H growing fast
  9. MLK events well-attended
  10. 3 hurt on snowmobiles
  11. Paul’s message hits Cass
  12. Father, son run Cass Country Store
  13. Warren re-elected
  14. Jordan a Fla. nurse-midwife
  15. Whitmyer tests drugs
  16. DHS responds to changing circumstances
  17. Cindy Underwood directs DHS
  18. Vliek: write letters
  19. ‘Crime tour’ ends at jail
  20. Sheriffs combine efforts
  21. Lori: state finances improve
  22. Long-married couple dies same day
  23. Cancer Service elects officers
  24. Crash injures five

Sports

Rangers rope New Buffalo

Rangers rope New Buffalo

The Cassopolis boys and girls basketball teams picked up a pair of victories when they played host to the Bison of New Buffalo in doubleheader ... Read more

  1. Cass swept by Edwardsburg
  2. Cassopolis wrestlers finish second
  3. Rangers capture Shamrock Invitational

College Sports

Irish hire Hiestand as offensive line coach

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – A 29-year coaching veteran, Harry Hiestand has joined the University of Notre Dame football coaching staff as offensive line coach and ... Read more

Koontz wraps up senior year at Jacksonville St.

Former Edwardsburg standout Stephanie Koontz recently capped her collegiate career at Jacksonville State University in Florida. Koontz, an outside hitter/middle blocker, led the team in ... Read more

Opinion

Artists wanted for exhibit

Even though the Edwardsburg Museum is closed for the winter, work continues behind the scenes for the 2012 season. All of the exhibits for the ... Read more

20,000 jobs take on a life of their own

Twenty thousand jobs. Or, in U.S. Rep. Fred Upton’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, “tens of thousands” of jobs ... Read more

Letters to the Editor

Relay kicks off Jan. 31

To the editor: It is estimated that approximately 236 people in Cass County will be diagnosed with some type of cancer this year. Our community ... Read more

Thanks, Adopt-a-Grandparent contributors

Dear editor: The Janet Francis Mary Kay Unit would like to send a huge thank you to the many individuals and businesses that helped to ... Read more

Special Section

Local Government

248 foreclosures recorded

There were 248 sheriff or clerk deeds (foreclosures) recorded in Cass County in 2011, with only seven properties redeemed, according to Clerk Register Barbara Runyon’s ... Read more

Classifieds

Bus operator/ dispatcher

Niles Dial-A-Ride has an immediate opening for a part time bus operator/dispatcher. Candidates must be at ... Read more

Hot Issues

State tax revision?

“Cassopolis is going to get hit hard, and it’s going to hurt,” said Village Manager Meg Cluckey, who had been crunching numbers to prepare a ... Read more

Off The Water

Healthy variety for family meals

“Kids who grow up on farms, who have gardens and plant seeds, nurturing them into plants ... Read more