BACKUS - Lake Shore City Council and Trail 77 Team succeeded Tuesday in obtaining $20,000 from Cass County to pay a portion of the cost for phase one of a planned recreational trail along County State Aid Highway 77. Trail 77 Team has engaged Short Elliott Hendrickson to plan and …
WALKER - Contractors and landscapers who wish to be placed on Cass County's list of landscapers and contractors must attend a March 30 workshop at Northern Lights Casino and Events Center at the junction of highways 371 and 200 near Walker.
WALKER - Cass County Board authorized Tuesday providing up to $150,000 toward the final phase of the Shingobee Connection Trail between the Paul Bunyan Trail and the city of Walker. Steve Bilben, trail committee member, told the board earlier funds the county has contributed toward this trail have enabled the …
WALKER - Tri-City Paving offered the lowest of four bids Cass County received March 1 for five road construction projects in the county to be done this summer. Tuesday, the county board awarded the contract to Tri-City. The company's combined $3,100,829.42 bid covers $573,654.77 for a County Road 109 project, …
BACKUS - For a year two study committees, Cass County Planning Commission/Board of Adjustment and Environmental Services Department (ESD) employees have worked to revise the county land use ordinance. Monday, March 12, 2012, Cass County commissioners added their comments and questions to the draft revisions. Changes, especially those focused on …
WALKER - Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson obtained county board approval Tuesday to advertise 18 non-conservation land parcels for sale to the public at a 9 a.m. June 23 auction at the courthouse in Walker. Bidders must submit bids at or above appraised values. Those values range between $400 for a …
WALKER - Administrator Robert Yochum reported Tuesday on the county board's meeting with area legislators in St. Paul during the recent Association of Minnesota Counties convention. Sens. John Carlson and Paul Gazelka and Reps. Larry Howes and John Persell provided progress reports on issues Cass commissioners raised. Cass has hoped …
WALKER - Cass County Board approved the updated county five-year capital improvement plan Tuesday. It calls for using solid waste fee revenue to replace the transfer station baler in 2014 for an estimated $225,000. It recommends implementing a new scale usage fee for trucks at the transfer station. Receipts from …
BACKUS - Cass County will lease to Minnesota DNR for a wildlife management area 82 acres the county purchased from Potlatch to be managed with 92 tax-forfeited acres and 49 state-owned acres in Byron Township. The site will be known as the Farnham Lake State Wildlife Management Area. As a …
BACKUS - Cass County will begin buying diesel fuel from local gas stations for trucks and highway equipment using credit cards. Kris Lyytinen, assistant county engineer, informed the county board that old diesel gas pumps the county has been using at county highway garages have been recording inaccurate gallonage. Additionally, …
BACKUS - Cass County Land Department's goal for managing 255,000 acres of land within the county focuses on creating a future landscape that replicates the natural effect that would follow rotating wildfires over different years. That county administered land includes 178,000 acres of upland timber, from which Cass sells an …
Sheriff Tom Burch reports that the Cass County Sheriff's Office will be conducting radio coverage testing for the new 800 Mhz radio system that went live on April 17, 2012. This testing will occur from April 30th to May 18th. The testing ensures that the guaranteed coverage of the system …
WALKER - Cecelia McKeig and Renee Geving will present a program honoring Cass County Civil War Veterans at the Cass County Museum, in Walker, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 7 p.m. Items from the Civil War will be on display. Feel free to bring items to share.
WALKER - Cass County has been paying about $100,000 per year for jail inmate medical care. That bill should be lower this year. The county board voted Tuesday to begin charging inmates for their medical care. Those who have insurance will be expected to use their own insurance. Those who …
WALKER - Whether you are a hunter looking for that perfect site on county land to hang your tree stand or a logger looking for a tract to cut, maps and GPS coordinates will soon be available on your cell phone. Bidders on timber sales from county administered land will …
