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Longtime courthouse leader Mike Montplaisir to retire 9:03 pm, Jul. 19, 2021 × Mike Montplaisir FARGO — A committee of five people has been named to help select the replacement for one of the Cass County courthouses longtime leaders — Mike Montplaisir — who is planning to retire Aug. 3. The finance director not only works on the county budget and handles other financial matters but is also in charge of elections in the county. It was formerly an elected position when the job ti...

Altus Rock N Rumble event happening this weekend One of Altus’s biggest events of the year is happening this weekend after it was canceled last year due to the pandemic. (Source: KSWO) By Will Hutchison | April 28, 2021 at 5:34 PM CDT - Updated April 28 at 9:00 PM ALTUS, Okla. (TNN) - One of Altus’s biggest events of the year is happening this weekend after it was canceled last year due to the pandemic. Each spring people from across the area come to Altus for the Rock N Rumble...

Committee to study possible Cass County, city election changes A top county elections official said he is concerned about the costs of voting by mail, as the county needed more staff and room to keep up with mail-in ballots in 2020. 7:49 pm, Mar. 15, 2021 × Absentee ballots that have discrepancies are certified or denied by the election board on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, at the Cass County Annex building in south Fargo. David Samson / The Forum FARGO — Cass County commissio...

Visits are allowed only by appointment for now. 5:55 pm, Feb. 16, 2021 × The Cass County Courthouse in Fargo. Forum file photo FARGO — Cass County commissioners decided on Tuesday, Feb. 16, to keep the courthouse closed to residents except by appointment, but chairman Chad Peterson said they are getting closer to a reopening. "Were not quite there yet," Peterson said, "but we are closer than yesterday, last month and three months ago." Commissioners Rick Steen and Mary Scherling sa...