CASS COUNTY NEWS
County Board to interview six candidates for Veterans Service Officer
WALKER - Nineteen people applied for the veterans service officer and assistant veterans service officer positions Cass County advertised. The county board Tuesday voted to proceed with interviewing the six applicants who met all the eligibility requirements for veterans service officer, with the intent to select one veterans service officer.
County Board hires Fitzpatrick to represent Cass County in contract mediation
WALKER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to seek state mediation and to hire Tom Fitzpatrick as legal counsel to represent the county in the mediation. This is in response to the health, human and veterans services unit of American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees bargaining unit vote …
Cass Commissioners set two special meetings
WALKER - Cass County Board has set two special meetings. May 17, the board will meet at 10 a.m. at Deep Portage Conservation Reserve, east of Hackensack, to tour solar, wind and other energy saving improvements the reserve has made in the last two years. That tour is expected to …
Cass County plans six household hazardous waste collection sites, dates
FEDERAL DAM - Cass County will offer six one-day household hazardous waste collection sites this summer. They include:
Cass County health and social service intake system streamlined
FEDERAL DAM - Jeri Seegmiller, health services team leader, and Lori Muller, social services team leader, reported Tuesday to Cass County commissioners on the success they've had switching to a joint intake system.
Sale of county administered non-conservation land nets $750,175 for Cass
FEDERAL DAM - Largely due to the sale in 2012 of $750,175 worth of county administered non-conservation land, Cass' 2012 income from land and timber sales was higher than in recent years. That revenue will be distributed in 2013 to the county's reforestation and recreational funds and to cities, townships …
Cass capital improvement planning session held, public hearing set for June 18
WALKER - Cass County Board held a special work session on June 17, to discuss its proposed five-year capital improvement plan. The board updates that plan annually. The county currently has more than $11 million in a capital projects fund, which has been created over several years by dedicating some …
Area lawmakers update Cass Board on 2013 legislative session
WALKER - Sen. Tom Saxhaug, DFL- Grand Rapids, and Rep. John Persell, DFL-Bemidji discussed with the Cass County Board Tuesday results of the 2013 state legislative session. Dan Larson, lobbyist and director of Rural Minnesota Counties Caucus, also discussed legislative issues as they relate to rural counties.
Majority of Cass County road construction bids awarded Tri-City Paving
WALKER - Cass County Board awarded a contract for about 90 percent of the county's state aid road construction work Tuesday to low bidder of five, Tri-City Paving, at $2,882,207.92 or 1.8 percent under engineering estimates.
Board give initial nod to TIF for Reed's, oppose trust land on Shingobee Island
PILLAGER - Cass County Board took steps Tuesday to move one proposed development project ahead and voted against plans for another. The board set a public hearing for the 9 a.m. Aug. 6 regular county board meeting at the courthouse in Walker to consider a request from Reed's Sporting Goods …
Cass capital improvement planning session held, public hearing set for June 18
WALKER - Cass County Board held a special work session on June 17, to discuss its proposed five-year capital improvement plan. The board updates that plan annually. The county currently has more than $11 million in a capital projects fund, which has been created over several years by dedicating some …
Membership match offered to Cass County EDC
The Cass County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is looking for 16 new members to join this summer. Minnesota Business Finance Corporation has offered to help the EDC by matching any new membership investments received this summer.
Home invasion reported at Sugar Point
At approximately 6:46 a.m. on July 2, 2013, the Cass County Sheriff's Office received a report of a robbery at a residence in the Sugar Point area, near Federal Dam. Officers arrived on scene and learned that there had been a home invasion and an assault at the residence.
Final version of Cass County Capital Improvement Plan approved
WALKER - Cass County Board approved a final version of the five-year capital improvement plan Tuesday following a public hearing. It calls for making major energy savings and operating improvement changes to the county's highway department garages throughout the county rather than to build new garages. The plan anticipates doing …
Reorganization plan approved for Cass Sheriff and HHVS departments
WALKER - Cass County commissioners approved reorganizing plans for two county departments Tuesday. Control systems for monitoring the Cass County Jail in Walker will be added to the sheriff's office dispatch center. This will enable either a dispatcher or a jailer to manage the jail from a control center.
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