WALKER - Cass County Board Tuesday named Commissioner Neal Gaalswyk to represent the board on a newly forming joint county committee to assess with the U.S. Corps of Engineers flooding problems in lakes along the upper Mississippi watershed. Pat Medure, representing the Pokegama Lake Association at Grand Rapids, explained that …
WALKER -Voters may apply now for absentee ballots for the upcoming November 6, 2012 statewide general election in person, by mail or by submitting a completed application via fax or email. For information and application forms contact the Cass County Auditor-Treasurer's Office at 218-547-7260, visit the Cass County website at …
BACKUS - Despite better than projected claims so far this year, Cass County's employee health insurance premiums will go up next year. Chief Financial Officer Larry Wolfe explained to the county board at Tuesday night's regular meeting held at Powers Township Hall that Blue Cross/Blue Shield, which administers the county's …
BACKUS - Cass County Board Tuesday approved a new five year contract for solid waste (garbage) disposal with two existing vendors, but with slightly different terms. Current five-year contracts expire November 2012. The new contracts will go to November 2016.
BACKUS - While farm drainage ditch maintenance regularly consumes a lot of time on some southern Minnesota county board agendas, not much has been done on ditches in Cass County since the ditches were installed just prior to the 1920s. Now, Ditch 9 in Wilson Township of Cass has a …
Cass County Attorney Christopher Strandlie reports that on October 1, 2012 Richard Leslie Larsen, 50, of Cass Lake was sentenced to serve 132 months in prison with a ten-year conditional release period.
WALKER - Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch announces that the Cass County Sheriff's Office Chaplaincy Initiative was chosen to receive the Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers (AMEM) Volunteer of the Year Award. The following narrative was submitted by Kerry Swenson when nominating the Chaplaincy initiative for this award:
WALKER - Minnesota State Auditor's Office has issued an unqualified opinion after auditing Cass County's 2001 financial records. This is the highest level of opinion regarding Cass financial procedures that can be given. "The county was determined to be a low risk auditee," the audit report states. The full audit …
WALKER - Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson informed the board Tuesday that Cass saw the first impact of closing the Sartell wood processing plant in the Sept. 27 county timber auction. For the first time in a long time, four of the 10 tracts offered for sale failed to draw a …
WALKER - Cass County Board Tuesday set several county health service fees for 2013, with many rising, based on comparisons with other counties' rates and on Cass's costs to provide the services. While seasonal flu shots will remain at $25 each, the fee for other immunizations will rise from $3 …
WALKER - Cass County Board set several county health service fees for 2013 on Tuesday, Oct. 2nd, with many rising, based on comparisons with other counties' rates and on Cass's costs to provide the services.
BACKUS - Tim Richardson, central services director, obtained Cass County Board approval Tuesday to purchase new hardware and software to replace the county's 1997 Enhance 911 emergency service reporting system.
BACKUS - Cass County home sales numbers and new construction permits issued are up, while foreclosures are declining in 2012 compared with 2011, according to environmental services (ESD) and assessing department reports released Tuesday. ESD issued 292 land use permits for new buildings and additions or private sewer installations the …
BACKUS - Cass County Assistant Highway Engineer Kris Lyytinen reported to the county board Tuesday that the county last week received its FEMA check for storm damage the county sustained to county roads in a June heavy rain event. Because damage in a Memorial Day weekend downpour only hit southern …
BACKUS - In this electronic age, Linda Nye found a personal phone call still goes a long way to solving a problem. She heads the Cass County child support collections division and is charged with collecting money from non-custodial parents to pay to custodial parents for their children's care.
