CASS COUNTY NEWS

Cass SWCD rolls out new county-wide AIS prevention program

The Cass Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is ready to implement the first year of an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Prevention Program. Becoming educated on the threats AIS pose and taking steps to prevent their introduction is everyone's responsibility whether you live on a lake or not.

Walker man sentenced to 100 months in prison

WALKER - Darren Joseph Sayers, age 45, of Walker, was sentenced to serve 100 months in prison after pleading guilty to Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Third Degree in Cass County, MN

Cass County Planning Commission to hold public meeting July 21

WALKER - Cass County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. July 21 at the land department building in Backus on proposed changes to the county land use ordinance.

Commissioners receive request for road survey in unorganized township

WALKER - Doug Carpenter of Deer River asked Cass County commissioners, acting as the town board for unorganized townships in the county, Tuesday to have the road abutting property his daughter owns near Bena surveyed.

County foster homes and day care facilities going smoke free July 1

WALKER - Cass County commissioners on Tuesday approved after lengthy discussion a policy to prohibit the use of any lighted or heated tobacco product, including e-cigarettes, in indoor areas where child care or foster care services are provided under license.

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.
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