WALKER - Cass County Board elected Jeff Peterson chair for 2016 and Dick Downham vice-chair during the board's first meeting of the year Tuesday. The commissioners will hold their first meeting each month on the first Tuesday, beginning at 9 a.m. All meetings will be held at the courthouse in …
WALKER - Minnesota Sen. Tom Saxhaug and Reps. Tom Anzelc and John Persell attended Tuesday's Cass County Board meeting to discuss issues likely to come before the Legislature this year.
WALKER - Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch obtained county board approval Tuesday to sign a contract with Morrison County to board 15 Cass County prisoners per day at the jail for $50 per day per bed.
BACKUS-Cass County earned 9 percent more interest on investments during 2015 than the budget anticipated, Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson reported Tuesday. The county earned $977,057.39, while the budget expected earnings to be $900,000. Earnings also exceeded 2014 earnings of $867,340.26.
BACKUS-County Engineer David Enblom obtained county board approval Tuesday to hire WSB Inc. to oversee construction on the upcoming reconstruction of County State Aid Highway 77 through Lake Shore.
WALKER - Cass County commissioners Tuesday approved agreements with two cities and Leech Lake Band to share costs on three highway improvement projects.
WALKER - Cass County foreclosures continue to decline. New construction rose. The number of property sales continues to increase. Assessor Mark Peterson said his department's land appraisals for this winter are only half completed, so it is too soon to know whether property values have increased yet.
BACKUS-Cass County's share of the State Aid Road Allotment, commonly known as the township gas tax, increased $18,350 this year. The county's total distribution this year will be $504,952. Each township that has town roads receives a share of that fund. It is distributed each February, based on gasoline taxes …
BACKUS-While the number of calls for service Cass County Sheriff's Department receives annually has climbed steadily since 2009, the number of serious crimes the department handled has declined in recent years.
WALKER - Sheriff Tom Burch obtained county board approval Tuesday to spend up to $23,000 to improve security in the court areas of the original courthouse in Walker.
WALKER-Cass County Probation Department now tracks recidivism as the first step to prevent future rearrests, Director Jim Schneider told the county board Tuesday.
