CASS COUNTY NEWS
Cass County Sheriff Department working in partnership with Minnesota Crime Stoppers
The Cass County Sheriff Department is beginning another year of partnership with Crime Stoppers of Minnesota to increase the ways that citizens can anonymously pass on information to help solve crimes.
Cass County settles Netter lawsuit
WALKER - Cass County has settled a lawsuit over a street improvement project in Whipholt for $17,500, according to Administrator Robert Yochum. Eric and Constance Netter had filed suit against the county, the road improvement contractor Reierson Construction and the landscape contractor NAR Landscape Services.
Ah-Gwah-Ching tour scheduled
WALKER - Cass County Administrator Robert Yochum has asked those planning to tour the former Ah-Gwah-Ching site with the county board to notify his office ahead of time that they plan to attend.
Cass Highway Department receives approval to shift funding
BACKUS - County Engineer David Enblom obtained county board approval Tuesday to shift some funding to enable repaving more county state aid highways, to increase new highway equipment funding and to consider replacing the Remer garage.
Commissioners approve two county land use permit exemptions
BACKUS - Cass County Commissioners granted two exceptions Tuesday to the board's policy of requiring county land use permits in all jurisdictions in the county.
Conservation easements on the rise in the Lakeland
BACKUS - Conservation easements allow owners to keep their land, use it or sell it and local governments to keep collecting taxes on it, but the easements prevent residential, commercial or industrial development.
Cass emergency management position increased to full time
BACKUS - Cass County will increase the county emergency management position from half to full time and assign the additional work hours to be spent implementing the upgraded ARMER emergency communications system.
Medicare cuts may create negative impact for Longville Ambulance
BACKUS - The Longville Ambulance Service will be among medical service providers to lose funding if Congress fails to postpone this year the pending Medicare-provided payment cuts.
Commissioners hear Region Five update
BACKUS - Cheryal Lee Hills, Region Five Development Commission director, updated Cass County commissioners Tuesday on the progress she has made toward paying off debt the region incurred several years ago and progress toward coordinating member counties' services.
Homestead application deadline Dec. 15
Homeowners should contact your county assessor to file a homestead application on or before December 15, 2010, if one of the following applies: • You purchased a property in the past year and you, or a qualifying relative, occupy the property for homestead purposes on December 1, 2010; or • …
Dowson Cass Board Chairman - Peterson, Vice Chair
WALKER - Commissioner Jim Dowson, Walker, will chair the Cass County Board in 2011. Commissioner Jeff Peterson, Hackensack, will be vice chair. Before the board's first meeting this year on Tuesday, Judge David Harrington swore into office re-elected incumbents Dowson, Commissioner Bob Kangas, Recorder Katie Norby and County Attorney Christopher …
Deep Portage energy improvement contracts awarded
WALKER - Cass County commissioners awarded contracts Tuesday for four energy improvements for Deep Portage Conservation Reserve. A fifth contract was awarded in December.
County offering limited quantity of free radon test kits
WALKER -Cass County Health, Human & Veterans Services offers limited free radon test kits to area homeowners. Testing is the only way to know if your home contains dangerous levels of cancer-causing gas.
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