WALKER - Financial assistance supervisors Wanda Reed and Sarah Smythe informed the Cass County Board Tuesday the public has made good use of the county's outreach offices in Backus and Cass Lake.
WALKER - Only one property owner came to the Cass County Board 2015 budget and levy public hearing Tuesday evening, but that person had a question about their property valuation and not the budget or levy. The meeting opened at 6 p.m. and adjourned at 6:05 p.m. after the property …
WALKER - Commissioner Jim Dowson retired from the Cass County Board Tuesday. He attended the last scheduled meeting of 2014. His fellow commissioners and the Leech Lake Reservation recognized him for 47 years of service to the county in a variety of roles.
WALKER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to form a partnership with Leech Lake Reservation and the city of Cass Lake to seek federal Environmental Protection Agency money to do a Countywide Brownfields Assessment.
Citizens interested in volunteering to discuss Leech Lake fish and habitat can apply to participate in the Leech Lake Fisheries Input Group. Applications must be completed by Wednesday, Dec. 31, and are available online at www.mndnr.gov/leechlake.
WALKER - Cass County Board approved final payment for 2014 road rebuilding and paving on County Road 143 and a recreational trail along County State Aid Highway 75 near Cass Lake. That project ran $18,000 under bid price.
WALKER - Craig Nathan, field operations director for Rural Minnesota Concentrated Employment Program (CEP), explained the work programs CEP offers as Cass County commissioners renewed their contract for services with CEP Tuesday.
BACKUS - County Engineer David Enblom obtained county board approval Tuesday to make a new agreement with the city of Longville to bid the city's sanitary sewer project at the same time as a county highway project there for work this summer.
BACKUS - Cass County Board approved contracts with two union bargaining units Tuesday, granting 2.5 percent base raises Jan. 1, 2015, and again Jan. 1, 2016.
BACKUS - Cass County commissioners Tuesday reaffirmed their policy to permit people to demonstrate in behalf of a cause on the courthouse lawn as long as demonstrators do not interfere with people doing business at the courthouse or become unruly.
WALKER - Emily Senta, Cass community health specialist, reported to the county board Tuesday she has begun initiating programs to help people learn more about simple recipes to make better use of fresh foods for meals.
WALKER - Cass County Board accepted a 2015-16 wage agreement with Minnesota Teamsters Public and Law Enforcement Employees' Union for county sheriff patrol and jail employees. The new contract follows a uniform county pay scale, which includes a 2.5 percent increase from the 2014 scale and gives another 2.5 percent …
WALKER - Medical Examiner Michael McGee reported 92 people died in Cass County during 2014. Of that number, private physicians signed death certificates for 41 decedents.
