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We’ve invited Logansport Mayor Dave Kitchell to share updates from the city in a monthly column on CassCountyOnline.com. Somehow, there just isn’t any substitute for Christmas, whether you’re a child, a cook, a clergyman or a retailer. There’s something about…

A former Logansport Stormwater Management Board member with a manufacturing background will serve as one of three mayoral appointees to the board that governs the city’s municipal utilities. Mark Bender was appointed today by Logansport Mayor Dave Kitchell to succeed…

Chris Gaumer, the assistant planning director and zoning administrator for the Logansport/Cass County Planning Department for the past six years, has accepted a head planning department position in the greater Fort Wayne area. Gaumer has been named the planning director…

Logansport City Council president Teresa Popejoy shared the following statement regarding a press release that Mayor Dave Kitchell issued Monday. “In light of the Mayor’s press release about proposed annexation and de-annexation, many residents of this community are concerned and…

Electric rates for Logansport residents and surrounding areas of Cass County in the Logansport Municipal Utilities will be going down just more than two years from now, if not sooner. The Logansport Utility Service Board approved a five-year, five-month purchased…

A new member has been appointed to the Logansport Plan Commission. Mayor Dave Kitchell announced Monday in a press release that Seger Mathew had resigned from the commission. Kitchell says Mathew, a former candidate for mayor, is relocating. “We wish…

The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to pay for 80 percent of unforeseen costs in a Logansport road project, according to a news release from State Rep. Bill Friend (R-Macy). The project, to improve the intersection at 18th and Main…

Logansport city employees will be asked to pay more for their health insurance next year, but will earn more to cover the costs if a recommendation made Monday is approved by the full city council.

Mayor Dave Kitchell today encouraged Logansport residents to attend a free forum on the city’s finances. (More info here.) The forum, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016 at the State Theater, will feature Eric Walsh…

INDIANAPOLIS – This week, Secretary of State Connie Lawson issued a warning to Hoosier voters to be vigilant and to check their voter registrations to ensure they are accurate. A group by the name of the Indiana Voter Registration Project…

Indianapolis – Governor Mike Pence announced today the state has agreed to terms to lease the state’s communications infrastructure, including its existing cell towers, and deliver more than $260 million in anticipated revenue to Indiana. The Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) board approved…

Proposals from all three finalists vying for the Logansport Municipal Utilities power contract will be reviewed to ensure that any oversights are prevented, Mayor Dave Kitchell said Tuesday. Kitchell has asked Robert McCullough, a city consultant hired to perform oversight…

A Logansport native who is employed with Braun Corporation will be joining the board that approves Tax Increment Financing spending in the city. The Logansport City Council Monday night unanimously approved the appointment of Jill Appollonio Jeroski to the Logansport…