Fire Claims 65-Year-Old Cass County Man

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A 65-year-old man has died in a Cass County house fire. The sheriff’s office says Robert Hilliard’s body was found by firefighters late Monday morning as they were battling the flames. The cause of the fire and Hilliard’s death are under investigation. Crews were called to the home in the 24-thousand block of Meade Street in Wayne Township, northeast of Dowagiac, around 11:15 a.m.