Cass County News

Three people were injured, none of them seriously, in a two-car accident Wednesday at Five Points Road and Old Michigan 205, west of Union.

Some of the first monuments they encountered were lichen-covered, illegible gravestones at the ancient African-American settlement in Cass County, memorials to those who chose not to continue the flight to Canada.

Hulben who was turned in to police by his live in girl friend is being charged with four counts of pornography.

A Cass County manufacturer of custom aluminum products could nearly triple its employment if it's successful in winning U.S. military contracts, according to the Michigan Economic Development Authority.

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.

A Cass County strip club that was shuttered in April won't be reopened until at least October.

Police in Dowagiac and Cass County Michigan are looking for a bank robbery suspect Monday afternoon.

A fire Monday afternoon at a home northeast of Niles claimed the life of an elderly Dowagiac woman, Cass County police said.

The Cass County Sheriff's Department is reporting that a fire broke out in Pokagon Township on Monday, causing the death of one resident.

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.

The Kalamazoo Valley Community College administration is expected to propose a 4.4 percent in-district tuition hike for the 2009-2010 school year, an official said.

Young victims and witnesses of crime in Cass County have a child-friendly booklet to help explain the criminal justice system to them.

$25. Reservations required, call 445-2511. ``The Full Monty'' -- Six unemployed steelworkers come up with a bold way to make some quick cash in this musical adaptation of the 1997 hit film, 8 p.m. May 15-16, 22-23, 29-30; 7:30 p.m. May 21; 2 p.m. May 24 and 31; benefit performance for CARES, 8 p.m. May 27, Kalamazoo Civic Auditorium, 329 S. Park ...

Ron Drzewicki is concluding his first year as superintendent of White Pigeon Community Schools on a high note, as voters on Tuesday approved two ballot measures that will bring in nearly $2 million for the St.

We're learning that a Portage man has died from injuries he suffered in a Cass County crash.

Victims of violent crimes in Cass County, Michigan will forever have a place of honor after a ceremony that took place Tuesday.

An adult club in Cass County at the center of a prostitution and drug investigation has been temporarily shut down.

Several Southwest Michigan schools are coming together to cut crime and reduce juvenile delinquency.

Six people were arraigned on Thursday in Cass County after police conducted a raid Wednesday night at an Edwardsburg adult entertainment club.

CASSOPOLIS a ' An Elkhart woman entered a 'no contest' plea Friday to a second-degree murder charge stemming from the stabbing death of her husbanda TMs grandmother.