CASS COUNTY NEWS
Cass County joins group delaying placing bats on endangered species list
WALKER - Cass County Tuesday, May 6, joined the state departments of natural resources from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana in formally requesting a delay to study habitat of long eared bats before placing them on the endangered species list.
Rural Pine River couple named Cass County 2014 Farm Family of the Year
PINE RIVER - Chuck and Barb Norman of rural Pine River were named 2014 Farm Family of the Year at the Cass County Board meeting, held Tuesday night, June 17, in Homebrook Township. Susan Wake, Cass County Extension Committee member, presented the award.
Cass County jury convicts Deerwood man of illegal possession of firearm and other crimes
WALKER - Carl Andrew Raba, age 43, of Deerwood, Minn. was convicted in Cass County Court, of four counts of Ineligible Person in Possession of a Firearm, one count of Receiving Stolen Property with a Value of More than $5,000.
County bids for Co. Rd. 7 project nearly twice the amount estimated
LAKE SHORE - Proposed federal regulations could require counties and other local governments to obtain Environmental Protection Agency or Army Corps of Engineers permits for road or farm field ditches in the future.
County withdraws from joint County Road project in Longville
WALKER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to withdraw from making the County State Aid Highway 7 improvement project at Longville a joint project with the city. The board also rejected bids receive at the last board meeting for the paving project on the basis the bids exceeded engineering estimates …
County declines surveying right of way on Co. Rd. 140 in unorganized township
WALKER - Cass County Board voted unanimously Tuesday not to survey the right of way for County Road 140 in the unorganized township area of the county.
Commissioners weigh increased parking spaces vs. cost
WALKER - Cass County commissioners want to know how many parking spaces they might gain in the south parking lot across Michigan Avenue from the courthouse if they pave it.
State MNsure program bogs down county HHVS client input time
WALKER - Cass County Board approved hiring an additional eligibility worker for the Health, Human and Veterans Services (HHVS) income maintenance staff, largely due to the increase in cases and complexity of the MNsure health care insurance data program.
Cass to auction excess county property
WALKER - Cass County will hold the annual public auction of excess county property at 10 a.m. Sept. 6 at the county highway garage, 8045 County Road 12, Walker.
Cass to receive state payments in lieu of taxes
WALKER - Cass County will receive $1,296,408.08 state payment in lieu of taxes this year, up from $1,047,186.46 in 2013.
Citizens submit petitions for moratorium on sewage dumping in Cass
WALKER - Roads and sewage brought several Cass County residents to the county board meeting Tuesday. Terry Nagorski contacted Administrator Robert Yochum June 30 to express concerns he and his neighbors in Trelipe Township have about sewage pumped from septic systems being spread on vacant land near their homes.
AIS inspection concerns discussed at Cass meeting
WALKER - Environmental Services Director John Ringle reported Tuesday the department spent $20,443 of the $22,680 lake associations contributed this year to inspect boats for aquatic invasive species (AIS) and educate people about preventing AIS spread.
Cass County second quarter foreclosures dip to 10
WALKER - Foreclosures dropped significantly in the second quarter this year, according to the assessor's office.
Cass board increases levy, first time in six years
WALKER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to set the preliminary 2015 levy slightly above that of 2014, because new construction has increased the county's overall tax capacity slightly for the first time in eight years.
More Cass townships use mail ballots
WALKER - Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson informed the Cass County Board Tuesday the number of townships using mail ballots instead of voting at a polling place has increased from 28 townships in 1994 when it was first offered to 39 this year.
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