WALKER - Cass County commissioners Tuesday selected Dick Downham as chair and Bob Kangas as vice-chair for 2017. They set regular board meetings to begin at 9 a.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the courthouse in Walker and the third Tuesday of each month at the land department …
WALKER-Cass County's recent zoning ordinance revision on guest cottages and guest quarters already has presented some problems, Environmental Services Director John Ringle reported Tuesday to the county board.
BACKUS-Cass County Highway Engineer David Enblom submitted his formal letter of resignation to the county board Tuesday to begin his retirement effective March 31. He had announced earlier his intent to retire in 2017. The county board has appointed Darrick Anderson to succeed Enblom. Anderson has already begun working with …
BACKUS-Mike Paulus, Cass County Economic Development director since October, made his first report Tuesday to the county board since the EDC board appointed him.
The Cass County Courthouse, Health, Human, & Veteran Services, the Cass County Highway Department, and the Cass County Land Department will be closed on Monday, February 20, 2017, in observance of President's Day. Please note the Sheriff's Department will be open.
WALKER-Jim Schneider, Cass County probation director, and Victor Moen, district supervisor for Minnesota Department of Corrections presented their reports on 2016 probation and supervised release programs.
WALKER-Cass County foreclosures continued to drop in 2016, while the number of arm's length property sales continued to rise, according to assessing department records.
WALKER-Sheriff Tom Burch opened his annual report to the county board Tuesday by stating his department spent less than budgeted in 2016. He also reported increasing reports of frauds and scams, especially those victimizing senior citizens.
WALKER-Lynnette Dirks, Support Within Reach Walker office representative, informed the Cass County Board Tuesday about an upcoming film and panel discussion on sex trafficking being planned for teens age 13 and older April 26 and 27 at Hackensack.
WALKER-Cass County Administrator Joshua Stevenson thinks lack of bids for Cass County's February timber sale was caused by early spring and early road trucking load limits.
WALKER-While the overall number of land use permits Cass County issued in 2016 dropped by 139 from 2015, that drop largely was due to the fact 151 fewer shoreland alteration permits were issued.
BACKUS-A quorum of the Cass County Board voted Tuesday to approve a resolution that would designate a cartway along either side of an east-west section line in the unorganized area of the northeast part of the county.
