Category: Community
West Market project gets go-ahead for 2018
A rough section of relinquished federal highway in Logansport will be rebuilt, with incentives to ensure that the project maintains as much access to west side businesses. Mayor Dave Kitchell announced today that the...
Civic Players needs musicians, additional chorus for “Big City”
There is still time to be involved in Civic Players of Logansport’s spring musical, “Big City.” Additional singers are needed for the chorus, and men’s voices are especially needed. For information, contact Director Lorien...
Logan’s Landing organizing Downtown Green & Clean Day
Downtown Logansport will be green and clean, thanks to our crew of volunteers! Logan’s Landing is recruiting volunteers to help pick up litter, sweep, weed and trim, and generally spruce up the downtown district...
Officials say Logansport will save $251,000 by refinancing bond
Logansport officials have taken advantage of low interest rates to reduce payments on a 2007 bond issue for the Ivy Tech road construction project. When the bond refinancing is finalized next week, it will...
Free Fishing Days start April 16
Free one-day workshops that will teach families how to fish will be offered by the DNR Go FishIN program again this year. The workshops will run on the state’s four Free Fishing Days, the...
Spending by visitors to Cass County totaled $11.7 million in 2014, an increase of 2.4% over 2013
Our most current economic impact report released by the Indiana Office of Tourism Development (IOTD) documents the significant role of tourism to the Indiana economy. According to the report, in 2014 144,200 jobs and...
Ivy Tech Kokomo Region students, faculty honored at annual convention of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
A group of Ivy Tech Community College students and faculty members from the Kokomo Region are back after a very successful trip to NerdNation 2016, the annual convention of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society...
Small communities welcome medical students
A partnership between the IU School of Medicine, the North Central Indiana Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and Pulaski Memorial Hospital is bringing third year medical students to Winamac for family practice rotations. The...
GET TO KNOW: Aftershock
We want people to know about all the great things our community has to offer, so we’re inviting every business, organization and program in Cass County to be featured on Cass County Online. All...
Civic Players of Logansport Announces Scholarship
Civic Players of Logansport will award a scholarship of up to $300 to a high school student graduating from Caston, Lewis Cass, Logansport, or Pioneer High School this spring. Applicant must have participated in...
Logansport named one of Indiana’s 10 ‘Safest Cities’
National rankings in one key quality of life component rank Logansport ahead of Indianapolis, Kokomo, Greater Lafayette and most other metropolitan areas of the state. BackgroundCheck.org, which monitors FBI violent crime statistics and the...
First-ever IU Day is Tuesday, April 12
KOKOMO, Ind. — At midnight and continuing throughout April 12, Indiana University will observe IU Day, its first-ever 24-hour worldwide celebration promoting engagement, university pride and giving. At IU Kokomo, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and...
Logansport Children’s Choir to perform at Carnegie Hall
The Logansport Children’s Choir has been invited to sing at the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York City. The group was selected by recorded audition to participate in the National Children’s Choir Festival to...
Kraud named Bicentennial Citizen of the Week
A woman who served two terms as Cass County auditor is the latest recipient of a special city award. Dawn Conner-Kraud, who was named Indiana County Auditor of the Year during her tenure in...
IU Kokomo presents “The Secret Garden”
This weekend, Indiana University Kokomo music and theater students will present their rendition of Lucy Simon’s musical The Secret Garden. Music professor, Wendy Grice, will direct the show along with communications professor, Joann Kaiser....
May 1 a critical deadline for students ready to start Ivy Tech classes
May 1 is a very important date for anyone planning to start classes at Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region this summer. It’s the date students and families must have completed the Free Application...
Josh Kaufman to team with Indianapolis Children’s Choir for ‘Back Home Again in Indiana’ at 100th Indianapolis 500
INDIANAPOLIS – When the 100th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by PennGrade Motor Oil welcomes race fans with the traditional singing of “Back Home Again in Indiana,” a distinct Indianapolis flavor will mark...
Fourteen Ivy Tech Kokomo Campus students inducted into Phi Theta Kappa
KOKOMO, Ind. — Students at Ivy Tech Community College’s Kokomo Campus were recently honored for their academic achievement with induction into the Alpha Phi Pi (APP) Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa international academic honor...
Curb, sidewalk program launched by City of Logansport
Logansport residents who want to improve their properties will again be able to take advantage of a city incentive program. The 50 percent matching program for sidewalk and curbing improvements has begun. Local residents...
Historic Preservation efforts in Logansport receive a boost
One of the signature neighborhoods in downtown Logansport will have an interpretative center that will be funded in part through a grant from a regional consortium. Arrow Head Country, a 10-county resource, conservation and...
Columbia Elementary 2015-2016 3rd Quarter Honor Roll
Congratulations to the following Columbia Elementary students who made the honor roll for the 3rd quarter of the 2015-2016 school year! Kindergarten All Stars Miguel Baltazar-Juan, Aylin Contreras, Moses Davila, Gaspar De Gaspar Felipe,...
Murder, arson charges filed in New Year’s Day fire
On January 1, 2016 at 1:22 a.m. Logansport Fire & Police Department were dispatched to a residential structure fire at 1100 1/2 High Street in Logansport. Upon their arrival fire and police reported that...
Suspect wanted on parole warrant arrested after short pursuit
The Cass County Sheriff’s Department says a man was arrested after a short pursuit just before 7 p.m. Sunday, April 3. According to a news release, Deputy John O’Connor observed Bradley A. Bell, 37,...
Student leaders participate in 58th annual Good Government Day
Logansport High School’s Key Club hosted the 58th annual Good Government Day today, with a slate of students elected by their peers sworn in to serve as elected and appointed city officials for the...
8 things to know before 2016 Primary Election Day
Here are a few things you should know in advance of the May 3 primary election. Who’s on the ballot? It’s a presidential election, but there are other federal, state and local offices to...
Job fairs scheduled April 7 in Kokomo & April 12 in Logansport
More than 100 north central Indiana employers are planning to participate in the spring Kokomo Area Job Fair set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at the Kokomo Event & Conference...
GET TO KNOW: Cass County Historical Society and Museum
We want people to know about all the great things our community has to offer, so we’re inviting every business, organization and program in Cass County to be featured on Cass County Online. All...
GUEST COLUMN: Nearing 100-day mark, a new chapter has begun
We’ve invited Logansport Mayor Dave Kitchell to share updates from the city in a monthly column. As we begin April, it’s hard to believe we’re already at the first yardstick that measures goals for...
Workman receives Award of Excellence from CollegeChoice Advisor 529 College Savings Plan 2015
David J. Workman of Workman & Associates, Inc., Logansport, IN, has received the 2015 Award of Excellence for sales of the Indiana CollegeChoice Advisor 529 Plan. The Indiana 529 Plan can help with efficiently...
Tire collection returns to Cass County; Earth Week observation and Community Shred Day scheduled
Now is the perfect time to clean out those filing cabinets bursting with old documents that you don’t need anymore. Or maybe you have old bank statements and bill stubs piling up along with...
Council members hold community meeting to update constituents
Nine people attended a meeting Thursday, March 31 organized by three members of the Logansport City Council. Ward 1 councilman Dave Morris and at-large representatives Kevin Burkett and Terry Doran offered updates on what’s...
Caston Elementary students raise $7,922
Caston Elementary recently participated in the American Heart Association’s ‘Jump Rope For Heart’ and raised $7,922! The top jumpers, from left to right, were Carington Calisto ($251), Cain Schanlaub ($1001) and Max Sommers ($327).
