CASS COUNTY NEWS

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.

Commissioners require Eelpout Festival to obtain county permit

WALKER - With the mid-February Eelpout Festival fishing contest on Leech Lake fast approaching, Cass County commissioners again this year wrestled Tuesday with the question of whether the county's Lawful Assembly Ordinance applies to that event.

Cass County Board sets summer meeting sites

WALKER - Cass County Board Tuesday adopted the summer schedule for regular meetings to be held throughout the county.Each will begin at 6 p.m. on a third Tuesday of the month.

Cass passes resolution to keep state payment in lieu of taxes unchanged

WALKER - Cass County commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday to express to the state Legislature their support for existing state laws that require the state to pay counties to offset counties' loss of property tax revenue from tax exempt lands. Some state legislators have talked of cutting or eliminating state …

Cass November, December 2010 home sales show upward trend

WALKER - Cass County Assessor Mark Peterson told the county board Tuesday he will watch early 2011 reports to see whether the number of homes selling and sale prices continue to trend upward here or whether November and December 2010 was just a fluke.

Agreements reached with two Cass County unions

WALKER - County Administrator Robert Yochum reported Tuesday a two-year agreement has been reached with two Cass County employee bargaining units. Three more have scheduled employee votes on the same terms. One goes to mediation.

Cass County switching back to calcium chloride for road dust control

WALKER - Cass County will switch back from magnesium chloride to calcium chloride to treat gravel roads for the next three years, because calcium chloride bids for the next three years ran lower than magnesium chloride.

Ice conditions poor for International Eelpout Celebration

Due to poor ice conditions, vehicle traffic on the Walker Bay area of Leech Lake will be restricted to Class 1 and 2 ATV's and snowmobiles from Friday, February 18th at 8 a.m. until Sunday, February 20th at 3 p.m. This is to ensure the safety of the participants of …

Agreements reached with three of Cass' six bargaining units

BACKUS - Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept the third of six bargaining unit agreements with county employees. This agreement is with Teamsters Local 346, representing sheriff's dispatchers and records personnel. It calls for the same terms as two agreements the board signed two weeks ago with American Federation …

Eelpout Festival not subject to Cass' Lawful Assembly Ordinance

BACKUS - The off-again, on-again requirement for Eelpout Festival organizers to apply for Cass County's Lawful Assembly Ordinance is off-again. The Eelpout Festival which took place last weekend at the city park in Walker, placed people fishing for eelpout on the ice on adjacent Leech Lake.

Cass County's saleable tax forfeited land parcels not selling, re-appraisal approved by commissioners

BACKUS - Cass County has 16 tax forfeited land parcels available for sale, some for as long as five years, that no one seems interested in buying. Tuesday, Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson obtained county board authorization to re-appraise land values for these parcels before offering them on a future auction …
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