WALKER - Cass County Board approved an Aquatic Invasive Species Plan Tuesday, which the board hopes will enable the county to qualify for state funding to help battle the spread of invasive species in lakes here.
WALKER - Cass County Townships no longer will have to levy a minimum amount for roads to qualify to receive state gas tax money distributed through the county.
WALKER - Cass County commissioners decided Tuesday all county appointed department heads have achieved the requirements of their positions. This follows a closed meeting Oct. 22 to meet with and review each department head's performance during the last year.
WALKER - Cass County will hire a special prosecutor to take a private land owner to court. Ford Jensen built a cabin on county administered land abutting IXL Lake in Woodrow Township east of Hackensack and has not acted on any of five options the county offered as a way …
WALKER - Cass County commissioners decided Tuesday, Nov. 5, all county appointed department heads have achieved the requirements of their positions. This follows a closed meeting Oct. 22 to meet with and review each department head's performance during the last year.
BACKUS - Lee Bundy, Pine River Area Sanitary District facilities manager, reported to Cass County Board Tuesday the 55,000 feet of lines to connect the Backus sanitary sewer system to Pine River Treatment Plant are nearly completely done.
WALKER - Cass County Health, Human and Veterans Services (HHVS) Director informed the county board and board personnel committee Tuesday that state agencies have informed him there likely will not be an impact from the federal government shutdown on these programs.
WALKER - Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday to move ahead with developing an agreement under which the county would build an addition for county use to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) garage at Remer.
WALKER - Paul Fairbanks, solid waste director, obtained county board approval Tuesday to seek bids from the county's 23 garbage haulers to service the county's recycling collection sites.
WALKER - Cass County commissioners Tuesday set a variety of 2014 rates, including the levy, which will remain $20,046,613, the same as the last six years. Administrator Robert Yochum informed the board Cass and all but three of eight neighboring counties will levy the same or lower amounts in 2014 …
WALKER - Commissioners Jeff Peterson and Neal Gaalswyk will meet with Cass County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) officials before the county board further considers changes to the county's office lease to HRA.
BRAINERD -The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has penalized Cass County and Tri-City Paving for stormwater violations resulting from a culvert replacement project on County Highway 17, about four miles west of Pequot Lakes, Minn.
WALKER - Emergency Services Director Kerry Swenson reported to Cass County commissioners Tuesday upgrades on the Pillager communications tower have significantly improved emergency communications in southern Cass. There are significant signal improvements than there were previously, he said.
WALKER - Jared Olson obtained county board approval Tuesday, Dec. 3, to clean trash and improve sanitation at the mid-winter Eelpout Festival he sponsors each winter on Leech Lake in Walker.
