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Seventy-seven pigs died in the Monday afternoon rollover of a semitractor-trailer carrying 170 pigs, the Cass County sheriff said Wednesday night. The crash happened about 3:35 p.m. Monday on State Road 25 west of U.S. 35, in an area called the Tyson Exchange, near the Tyson Fresh Meats plant. Both roads are divided highways. The driver, Kevin Mitchell, 36, of …
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The Cass County Sheriff’s Department has identified a vehicle of interest in a hit and run crash on May 24 that killed a Benton Harbor man. The department says deputies were called to the area of M-152 and Pleasant Street in Silver Creek Township that morning and learned 24-year-old Timothy Johnson had been struck by a vehicle. He was pronounced …
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A Benton Harbor man is dead after a hit and run crash in Cass County. The Cass County Sheriff’s Department says deputies were called to the area of M-152 and Pleasant Street in Dowagiac around 9:50 a.m. on Sunday on a report of a hit and run. Deputies arrived to learn 24-year-old Timothy Johnson had been walking along M-152 when …
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Photo Supplied / Pixabay A Mexican national living illegally in the United States has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison on firearm and immigration-related charges. Federal prosecutors say 44-year-old Oscar Solano-Salinas was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Cristal C. Brisco to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm by an illegal …
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A 28-year-old Niles man was killed Sunday night in a motorcycle crash involving a deer in Cass County. Cass County Sheriff Clint Roach said deputies responded at about 8:55 p.m. May 17 to a single-vehicle crash on M-60 near Lilac Avenue in Howard Township. Investigators said Jessie Maurer was riding northbound on M-60 when a deer struck the side of …
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A 45-year-old Edwardsburg-area man was killed Wednesday afternoon following an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers in Jefferson Township, according to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Clint Roach said deputies were dispatched at 12:08 p.m. to the 29000 block of Davis Lake Street after receiving a 911 call from a man who reported an armed suspect had kicked …
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police tape / Photo by David von Diemar A 45-year-old Edwardsburg-area man is dead following an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement officers in Cass County Wednesday afternoon. Cass County Sheriff Clint Roach says deputies responded around 12:08 p.m. to a home in the 29000 block of Davis Lake Street in Jefferson Township after a 911 caller reported an armed …
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(95.3 MNC) A single-vehicle crash in Cass County left one passenger injured. According to the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded around 7:45 p.m. on Friday, April 17, to Bellows Road, south of Sweet Road. Investigators say a 16-year-old Edwardsburg driver was traveling southbound when his vehicle struck a log in the roadway. The impact caused the driver to lose …
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(Photo supplied/Pixabay) Two men were arrested following a drug investigation in Cass County. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says deputies and the Cass County Drug Enforcement Team executed a search warrant in the 19000 block of Stateline Road on Friday, April 17. Authorities arrested two men, ages 36 and 57, on charges including possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver …
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── Cass County Budget (2023) ── Total county budget: $27.1M County population: 37,680 Per-capita spending: $720/resident Poverty: 4,874 residents (13%) Median household income: $56K General: $14.8M [54%] ($392/resident) Jail: $3.4M → Salaries and Wages $2.0M, Operating Supplies $420K, Office Supplies $46K ⚠ $969K in unitemized 'Other' categories County Sheriff: $2.7M → Salaries and Wages $1.5M, Operating Supplies $236K, Office Supplies …