Mar. 10—Several agencies participated in an emergency response exercise hosted by the Cass County Emergency Management Agency Thursday at the Logansport Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant on Wabash Avenue. This simulated the release of chlorine from a damaged container. This was a simulation and no actual hazardous substances were used in the exercise, according to a […]
BELTON, Mo. — A Cass County Planning Board Tuesday temporarily grounded plans that could have some Cass County homeowners flying high. A proposed subdivision would include the area’s longest paved private runway. The board hearing was for a special use permit for a private sewer septic system underground. But neighbors primary concerns are more about […]
Jan. 26—George Franklin Jr. has announced his intention to seek reelection for the Office of Cass County Coroner. “(It) is an honor to assist surviving family members through a very difficult time in their life,” Franklin said in a press release. “I have served as Cass County Coroner for a total of seven years. During […]
Jan. 10—The Cass County Multi Hazard Mitigation Planning Committee will host a public meeting Wednesday, Jan. 17 to review data and input received from previous meetings. The committee will also draft a hazard mitigation plan for the county during the 1 p.m. meeting at Ivy Tech Community College, 1 Ivy Tech Way, Logansport. The meeting […]
Jan. 9—BEMIDJI — Level 3 sex offender Anthony James Wittner will be released to the Cass Lake area on Jan. 17, according to a release from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. Wittner’s offenses include holding an unknown man and woman against their will. He accessed the victims as they arrived at his home after they […]
Jan. 1—An inmate at the Cass County Detention Center was caught shortly after escaping the facility on Sunday, according to a press release from Cass County Sheriff Ed Schroder. Cass County Corrections Officers notified Cass County Central Dispatch of an escaped inmate at 12:12 p.m. An investigation found a corrections officer was supervising an inmate […]
Dec. 27—BEMIDJI — Level 3 sex offender Darren Joseph Sayers will be released to the 300 block of Spruce Avenue in Cass Lake on Jan. 2, according to a release from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office. Sayers’ offenses include aiding accomplices in the sexual assault of a known woman. He and the accomplices accessed the […]
Dec. 27—CASS LAKE — When disaster struck at an area resort this fall, the community rallied around them in ways the owners never could have imagined. It all started when Cass County Dispatch received a report late the night of Sept. 12, of a structure fire at the Cass Lake Lodge, a family fishing resort […]