cass county

A 40-year-old Cass County man is back behind bars after a late October arrest on child pornography charges.

A fifth death due to Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has been confirmed in a Cass County resident and an additional horse has been diagnosed with the disease in Allegan County, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday afternoon.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services said state residents are being strongly advised to protect themselves from mosquito bites after four additional cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis have been confirmed in southwest Michigan, including two more that were fatal.

Driving and finding a 'Road Closed' sign is almost always an aggravation. Now that means a detour, perhaps lengthy, to get where you're going. But there likely a good reason for the road to be closed, and quite a bit of trouble ahead if you attempt to circumvent the closure.

Get the schedule and locations for this batch of Southwest Michigan road construction below.

Charleston was a small settlement on the Van Buren and Cass County lines in the mid 1800's but why did it vanish?

Kalamazoo wasn't the only area of Southwest Michigan dealing with flooding following a torrential overnight rain storm. A portion of M-60 in Cass County near Cassopolis was closed due to flooding (8/16/16).