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The sirens heard throughout Logansport Wednesday night were not part of testing done for Severe Weather Awareness Week. Dispatch center director Dan McDonald said the emergency sirens that sounded at 11:16 p.m. were the result of an issue in the computer-aided dispatch, or CAD, system. "The malfunction was with a minor software glitch," McDonald said. At 11:16 p.m., the dispatch center received a 9-1-1 request for an ambulance in the 400 block of West Linden Avenue.

The malfunction was with a minor software glitch   -Dan McDonald

 

It being St. Patrick's Day, you may yearn to hear a fiddle or a tin whistle. Or maybe you want to hear some Irish tunes today – or any other day of the year. Around here, you don't have to wait for St. Patrick's Day: The sounds of the Emerald Isle can be heard year-round in live Sessions, a series of lyrical stops in Norwell, Quincy, Whitman and beyond.

In the old country, the family, grandparents, parents and children played together at birthday parties, christenings, weddings, and in the pubs   -Dan McDonald

 

The Itis Group LLC, a group of local investors headed by Stephen Schmidlin, acquired the 22,300-square-foot Cornell Crossing retail property in Symmes Township, OH, from Hageman Pontiac Co. for $1.3 million, or about $55 per square foot. The buyer will spend an additional $1.3 million to renovate the strip center, which was built in 1987, into a medical-anchored facility. Dan McDonald of Carey Laumer Commercial Realty represented the buyer, while Sean Wall of Cassidy Turley represented the seller.  

It being St. Patrick's Day, you may yearn to hear a fiddle or a tin whistle. Or maybe you want to hear some Irish tunes today – or any other day of the year. Around here, you don't have to wait for St. Patrick's Day: The sounds of the Emerald Isle can be heard year-round in live Sessions, a series of lyrical stops in Norwell, Quincy, Whitman and beyond.

In the old country, the family, grandparents, parents and children played together at birthday parties, christenings, weddings, and in the pubs   -Dan McDonald

 

Things seem to be headed in the right direction with the governing board overseeing Cass County's emergency communications center, and that's great news. For months, the board had been wrangling over the lack of compatibility between the software used by dispatchers and that used by the Logansport Police Department. The dispute led to a split between city and county representatives, and it put the board's former chairman in the middle, trying to keep the peace and move the board forward.  

After months of searching, the Soap Lake school board members found a new superintendent. Former Touchet School District superintendent Dan McDonald starts as Soap Lake superintendent July 1. The board voted to hire McDonald at a board meeting after the community, staff and board members interviewed each candidate.  

A 21-year-old Seattle man has been arrested for allegedly pointing a loaded gun at another driver on I-90 in Seattle during Friday morning's commute. The victim called 911 just after 9 a.m. saying the driver of a Volvo had pointed a gun at him as they were going east on I-90 just west of the Mount Baker Tunnel, said Trooper Dan McDonald. The victim told dispatchers the Volvo was tailgating him and he could see the driver pull a black semi-automatic pistol out of a holster and point it towards the rear  

FC WINDOWMAN stormed back to the top of the Carpets Direct Weymouth Sunday League Premiership with a convincing 6-2 win over title-rivals Britannia. On a bitterly-cold morning, some clinical finishing and superb goalkeeping from man-of-the-match Anthony Luque proved out to be the difference between the two sides in a keenly-contested match. WindowMan are ahead of the Brit only on goal difference, but they also have three games in hand that could help them pull well clear of their challengers.  

Soap Lake residents had the chance to interview the four remaining candidates for the full-time superintendent position. The candidates were interviewed by board members all morning and classified staff in the afternoon before the community interviews. Soap Lake board members have been looking to hire a superintendent for the district since last spring.

I think it is great that the community is able to be involved in this process   -Mary Allen

 

Governing board approved hiring of Cass County resident. As soon as the 9-1-1 governing board unanimously voted to confirm Dan McDonald, the Cass County resident began his new role as director of the combined dispatch center. McDonald accepted well wishes from Mayor Mike Fincher and talked with top Logansport police administrators A.J. Rozzi and Mike Morphet about standard protocol before chatting with a few of the 14 dispatchers he will be managing.

For me it was a difficult decision   -Mike Fincher