BACKUS-Cass County Board voted Tuesday to authorize Chairman Jeff Peterson to sign a resolution to declare the county in a state of emergency from the July 21 windstorm. That declaration will enable the county to seek state and federal disaster funds.
BACKUS-Jeff Woodford, Cass County Veterans Services officer, presented the state's annual report to the county board Tuesday, showing the number of Cass veterans and pensions paid to them declined slightly from 2014 to 2015.
LAKE SHORE-Cass County commissioners Tuesday selected Darrick Anderson from among seven applicants to succeed retiring County Engineer David Enblom. Anderson will join the county no later than Nov. 21 and work with Enblom until Enblom officially retires in April 2017.
WALKER-Newly-elected Leech Lake Band Chair Faron Jackson Sr. said he was "enthused" by the cooperation between the reservation and Cass County after hearing two hours of reports from tribal and county employees Monday.
WALKER-Cass County commissioners declined Tuesday to act on a resolution that would have had them intervene in the dispute over stocking muskellunge in Gull Lake.
WALKER-Cass County's share of Walker utility work and street repaving on Michigan Avenue, plus paving the county's south parking lot should come in under the amount the county expected.
WALKER-Cass County Board Tuesday adopted a 2017 preliminary levy of $21,556,545, or 4.81 percent more than the 2016 levy. The county's tax rate would rise from 31.423 this year to 32.716 in 2017. This would mean about $22 more county taxes for a $200,000 homeowner, Josh Stevenson, incoming administrator said.
WALKER-Cass County Board adopted an addendum to the county's Solid Waste Plan to support a local or regional municipal solid waste disposal facility. The commissioners will send this addendum to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
PINE RIVER-Cass County's Soil and Water Conservation Board has played an increasingly important role in helping the county execute some of its programs in recent years.
WALKER-Sarah Smythe, income maintenance supervisor in Health, Human and Veterans Services Department, reported to Cass County Board Tuesday on recent increased caseloads.
WALKER-Sarah Smythe, income maintenance supervisor in Health, Human and Veterans Services Department, reported to Cass County Board Tuesday on recent increased caseloads.
WALKER-Chief Financial Officer Sandra Norikane reported to the county board she recommends the county continue using the state auditor's office for the immediate future until she can evaluate the quality of service private auditors provide other counties and costs.
WALKER-Sheriff Tom Burch obtained county board approval Tuesday to seek federal approval for a grant that would benefit the Chippewa National Forest and the county.
