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SOURCE: News release from Indiana Department of Natural Resources The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirmed more than 70 Walmart stores and 18 Rural King stores in the state have received rhododendron plants infected with sudden oak death (SOD),…

The Logansport Street Department will be milling the following streets beginning at 7 a.m. Thursday, May 30, weather permitting: Broadway from 3rd Street to Eel River Avenue Eel River Ave. from 3rd Street to the Market St. Bridge Market St.…

SOURCE: News release from Cass County Community Foundation The Cass County Community Foundation Board of Directors is excited to announce that the funds available for community grants to Cass County non-profits during the 2019 grant cycle is a record high. …

Logansport, Ind. – Tyson Foods has announced a $47,000 donation to Food Finders Food Bank to help fund mobile food pantry distributions. This grant ensures that Food Finders is able to deliver fruit, vegetables and protein directly to people in…

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Police Peru Post Peru –   An inscription on the memorial stone in front of the Indiana State Police Peru Post reads, “We Will Remember Them”. Today that promise was kept when local law enforcement officers,…

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.– Walmart celebrated the 6th anniversary of its Veterans Welcome Home Commitment with the announcement of more than 226,000 veteran hires since its launch in 2013, including 5,995 in Indiana. The Veterans Welcome Home Commitment guarantees a job offer to any eligible,…

UPDATE: As of 8:45 a.m., LMU reports that there are four poles down on Hwy 24 and that it will likely take longer than the original estimate of 5-6 hours to restore electricity in that area. ORIGINAL POST: As of…

SOURCE: News release from Indiana Department of Natural Resources The Indiana DNR confirmed today that it has intercepted plants containing a fungal pathogen that kills oak trees, sudden oak death (SOD), for the first time in about 10 years. Inspectors…

SOURCE: News release from Logansport Planning Department At their meeting on May 20, 2019, the Logansport Board of Zoning Appeals considered a request from Inovateus Solar LLC to allow solar energy systems at 1441 Holland St. The property is located…

SOURCE: News release from the Office of Indiana Secretary of State Connie Lawson INDIANAPOLIS  — Hoosier voters are beginning to receive postcards in the mail from the Secretary of State’s Election Division. The card reminds Hoosiers that Election Day is…

SOURCE: News release from Indiana State Department of Health INDIANAPOLIS—The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is reminding Hoosiers to protect themselves from illness and injury in pools, lakes and other bodies of water as part of Healthy and Safe…

SOURCE: News release from Logansport Mayor Dave Kitchell Many Logansport residents have taken advantage of supplies of 10-year lithium battery-powered smoke detectors. Fire Chief Bernie Mittica told the Logansport Board of Public Works and Safety last week that while his…

Since 2016, Logansport Mayor Dave Kitchell has shared updates from the city in a monthly column on Cass County Online. As a few local residents have related to me, when you ask Google Home what the weather is like here,…

SOURCE: News release from Logansport Mayor Dave Kitchell KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Ninety-one mayors from nearly 40 states are invited guests of the non-partisan Mayors Conference on Entrepreneurship this week. The conference is sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation and is…

LOGANSPORT– Summertime means freedom and free time for all school-aged kids. And thanks to the generous support of the United Way, it also means free YMCA summer memberships for all 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Why middle schoolers? Research…

SOURCE: News release from Logan’s Landing As previously reported, Logansport has been named a Top 25 quarter-finalist in the America’s Main Streets contest, for a chance to win $25,000 and related prizes for downtown revitalization.  Contest organizers have announced that…