Visit downtown Dowagiac on Saturday, February 4th to see artisans carve more than 20,000 pounds of ice into life-size figures. Watch timber and wood carvers. Sample some of southwestern Michigan's best chili during the chili cook-off or stop by the ice carved soda fountain for an ice cream treat from Caruso's Candy Kitchen.

Voters will be asked to approve a levy of 1 mill on taxable property value for each of five years from 2012 through 2016 to pay for primary roads and streets in the cities and villages. Read more...

Cass County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) January 2012 newsletter is available.  The newsletter highlights recent activity and contains the 2012 LEPC meeting schedule.  Please note there is not an LEPC meeting on Thursday, February 2.  Read more...

Applications are being sought for appointment to County Boards and Commissions, including but not limited to, the Economic Development Corporation and Land Preservation Boards and the Parks and Recreation Commission. Applications are available on this website and can be mailed to the County Administrator, 120 N. Broadway, Cassopolis, MI 49031 or faxed to 269-445-8978.

In 2010, Merit Network, Inc. received two federal stimulus awards for REACH-3MC. The Rural Education, Anchor, Community and Health care — Michigan Middle Mile Collaborative (REACH-3MC) will create 2,287 miles of fiber-optic infrastructure in many rural areas of Michigan and provide backhaul to key connection points in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Through REACH-3MC, Merit will enable state and local governments, colleges, schools, libraries, health care facilities and other community anchor institutions to connect to Merit's private, high-performance network, enabling them to lower costs, consolidate services and provide more to Michigan's citizens. Merit engages commercial sub-recipients on REACH-3MC to improve service to homes and businesses.  Read more about the Merit project...

Click here if you are interested in obtaining high-speed Internet in Cass County.