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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zebra mussels have been confirmed in Cass Lake located in Cass County in northwestern Minnesota, according to the Department of Natural Resources. A citizen discovered the zebra mussels earlier in the week while collecting shells on the beach on the southeast corner of Cedar Island. The area is a popular …
CASS LAKE - Cass County commissioners referred to the Soil and Water Conservation District Board (SWCD) Tuesday a preliminary policy for how the county plans to oversee the conversion of land from forest to agricultural use.
CASS LAKE - Cass County sold $12,650 worth of used county vehicles at the 2014 annual auction of surplus county property, plus $634 worth of office equipment.
