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Trivia night to benefit abuse services
Domestic and Sexual Abuse Services (DASAS) will host a Trivia Night and Silent Auction at the Mathews Conference Center on Southwestern Michigan College’s Dowagiac Campus Saturday, Sept. 18.
The evening of fun, food and mind-boggling trivia questions will begin at 5 p.m. with the proceeds going to support DASAS as it enters its 25th year of [...]
Cass County to give away backpacks, school supplies
Lewis Cass Intermediate School District and the Backpack Club of Cass County will be hosting its 3rd Annual School Supply Spectacular.
Community businesses, foundations and individuals have pulled together in order to make sure that more local children have the proper supplies to start the school year out right.
If you are or have a student in [...]
Cassopolis man who turned to meth headed to prison
By AARON MUELLER
Niles Daily Star
CASSOPOLIS — A Cassopolis man was sentenced to 81 months to 25 years in prison for operating a methamphetamine lab and possession of a firearm by a felon at Cass County Circuit Court Friday.
During his statements to the court, Mathew Nichols, 35, said after losing his job, he turn to meth.
“When [...]
Local artists honored at Buchanan show
Awards have been announced in the Northern Indiana Artists Inc. annual all-member show through Aug. 1 at Buchanan Art Center, 117 West Front St., Buchanan.
The exhibit includes 59 works. All awards carried a monetary prize.
The Barbara Roberts Memorial Award went to Susie Russell, of Milford for an oil painting; the Carolyn Jagodits Memorial Award went [...]
Cass County seeing more roadside dumping as economy worsens
According to the 2009 National Visible Litter Survey and Litter Cost Survey there are over 51 billion pieces of litter on our nation’s roadways, 4.6 billion of which are larger than four inches in size. This litter costs government businesses, schools and volunteer organizations almost 11.5 billion annually to clean up.
With more than 1,000 miles [...]
The Museum at Southwestern Michigan College is hosting a free Family Fun Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, July 22.
“Local Adventurers,” an interactive educational experience for the whole family, will allow visitors to do the activities at their leisure, said museum director Steve Arseneau. The activities will take about an hour.
Designed for children [...]
Cass County asking residents to keep roads garbage-free
With more than 1,000 miles of road to maintain in Cass County, the Cass County Road Commission is asking for the public’s help in keeping road right-of-ways free of trash and debris.
While the commission’s main function is to maintain and repair the roads for the traveling public, the agency often receives telephone calls for numerous [...]
Teen sentenced on 6 firearm charges
By AARON MUELLER
Niles Daily Star
CASSOPOLIS – An incident involving one gun resulted in six felony firearm convictions and a laundry list of other felonies for a Dowagiac teen.
Steven Alexander, 19, faced his sentencing on Friday at Cass County Circuit court on convictions of attempting at disarming an officer; malicious destruction of property over $1,000, possession [...]
3 teens injured in car accident
Three teens were injured in an accident Wednesday in Mason Township.
Driver Bridget Teter, 17, of Edwardsburg; and passengers Taira Smith, 19, of Jones; and Ashley Wagner, 17, of Three Rivers were injured when a vehicle driven by Kathryn Yawkey, 46, of Cassopolis entered the intersection of Five Points Road and U.S. Highway 12 and failed [...]
Cassopolis man injured in Penn Township crash
A Cassopolis man was injured in a crash Friday afternoon in Penn Township.
Sheriff Joseph Underwood Jr. reports that on Friday at 1:45 p.m., his office responded to a personal injury crash that occurred on Penn Road, near Fox Street, in Penn Township, Cass County.
Christopher Abel, 37, of Cassopolis was traveling southbound on Penn Road when [...]