TRIAD has been active in Cass County for more than 10 years, ever since former Sheriff Jim Dowson asked Bob and Pat Lahti to attend a State TRIAD Conference in Duluth. We have been fortunate to have the support and encouragement of county officials in maintaining a program that works …
Members of the Cass County Senior Providers group are urging area residents to "save the date" for the 4th Annual County-wide Celebration event which will be held at Hope Lutheran Church in Walker on Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 8 a.m. to noon. Formerly called the Senior Celebration, the event name …
BACKUS - The Cass County Board looked at three potential commissioner district redistricting proposals Auditor Sharon Anderson and Mapping Specialist Don Hoppe presented Tuesday. The board will decide on an option to present to the public Aug. 30. Because population shifts between the 2000 and 2010 censuses left greater than …
BACKUS - Kelly Felton, substance abuse specialist, reported Tuesday to the county board on the Working Together Coalition's Zero Adult Providers (ZAP) program. Pine River-Backus, Northland Remer-Longville and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School Districts participate in Working Together Coalition. At high school graduation time and Memorial Day, students contacted owners of stores selling …
BACKUS - The Cass County Board on Tuesday appointed commissioners Neal Gaalswyk and Jeff Peterson to meet with Environmental Services Director John Ringle to obtain more information about proposed changes to the county land use ordinance. The planning commission will receive public comment on the proposed changes at a hearing …
BACKUS - Cass County probably is in much better financial shape than many local governments, the state and the federal government. The county has no debt. Tuesday, the county board set a new five-year capital improvement plan to cover anticipated expenses for the county's infrastructure - buildings, roads, bridges and …
REMER - THE Cass County Board voted Tuesday to channel federal funds to a highway improvement project at Walker to facilitate improving Highway 371 access to the newly expanded U.S. Forest Service office there. Had the state government not been shut down, the state otherwise would have conveyed the funds …
WALKER - Assistant Land Commissioner Scott Noland presented the 2010 land department annual report to the county board Tuesday. It shows 69 percent of department revenue or $1,893,591 came from timber sales. The land department paid 50 percent of its income or $1,341,021 to townships, cities, schools, reforestation, trails and …
WALKER - The Cass County Board voted Tuesday to designate six sections of county highways as rural residential, enabling the county to set a 35 mile per hour speed zone rather than 55 miles per hour in these areas. Four or five years ago, the Legislature passed a law enabling …
WALKER - Cass County will conduct the county's annual surplus equipment auction at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at the county highway garage in Walker, located on County State Aid Highway 12. Among the items being offered are pickup trucks, cars, a van, vehicle tires, office dividers, desks, a chain saw, …
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, will host a free youth fishing derby for kids age 14 and under at its Cross Lake Recreation Area in Crosslake, Minn., Aug. 13. Participants must be at the main office by 8:30 a.m. to register. There …
PINE RIVER - The University of Minnesota Extension Service recognized Lucille and Walt Sowers of Poplar Township as the county's farm family of the year during the county board's meeting Tuesday night at Maple Township Hall. Walt's great-grandparents homesteaded in Poplar in 1899 and built their home on the present …
BACKUS - Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday to set the preliminary 2012 levy at the same dollar amount as they have levied since 2009, $19,585,613, and the Longville Area Ambulance District levy at the same $461,000 it has been since 2010. The board will set the final levy in December, …
BACKUS - The Cass County Board Tuesday adopted a commissioner district redistricting plan, taking into account population shifts identified in the 2010 census. May Township and the portion of the city of Motley in Cass County will move from District 1 to District 2. Barclay, Bungo, Polar Townships and the …
BACKUS - Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday to set the preliminary 2012 levy at the same dollar amount as they have levied since 2009, $19,585,613, and the Longville Area Ambulance District levy at the same $461,000 it has been since 2010. The board will set the final levy in December, …
