BACKUS-It definitely is more cost effective to have paved roads rather than gravel roads, David Enblom, retiring county engineer, told the Cass County Board as he presented his final annual report Tuesday.
BACKUS-Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson presented a report on the 2016 election process and outlined her proposals for future election equipment replacement.
BACKUS-Cass County Probation Director Jim Schneider introduced Mindy O'Brien, the new director of Northwestern Minnesota Juvenile Center at Bemidji, to the county board Tuesday.
BACKUS-Kevin Lee of Longville Ambulance Service reported to Cass County commissioners Tuesday that the service transported 239 patients in 2016, up from 213 in 2015. Longville's service is a branch of North Memorial Medical Ambulance Services.
WALKER-Cass County commissioners Tuesday awarded a contract to the lowest of three bidders, Dechantal Excavating, for $88,294.55 to clear trees along County State Aid Highway 77.
WALKER-Cass County Highway Department and school districts located within the Chippewa National Forest receive an annual allocation from revenue the forest generates.
BACKUS-Cass County Probation Director Jim Schneider described for the county board Tuesday Minnesota's effort to minimize the number of juveniles ending up in the state's correctional system.
BACKUS-Land Commissioner Kirk Titus said he expects prices loggers pay the county to cut timber on county owned and managed land will stay higher in 2017. He presented his annual report to the county board Tuesday. Historically, Cass County has sold more aspen tree tracts for cutting than any other …
BACKUS-It costs Cass County about twice as much to get rid of recyclables as it does its garbage, Environmental Services Director John Ringle told the county board Tuesday as he presented the 2016 solid waste annual report.
BACKUS-Lt. Col. Chad Sackett, Camp Ripley deputy garrison commander, gave his annual report Tuesday to Cass County commissioners on activities at Camp Ripley, which covers 53,000 acres from Pillager to just north of Little Falls.
BACKUS-Cass County commissioners authorized a six-person research team to study on county managed land where and in what type of trees bats roost at sites near Hackensack and Remer. Minnesota DNR, University of Minnesota Duluth, the Natural Resource Research Institute and the U.S. Forest Service will conduct the study.
WALKER-More people do business with Cass County electronically today than in the past, but the Auditor-Treasurer office saw an uptick in telephone calls during the election year in 2016. Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson presented her annual report to the county board Tuesday.
WALKER-Cass County will join neighboring counties and Leech Lake Reservation this summer in warning people about high wind events as well as approaching tornadoes.
LONGVILLE-Cass County has planted 2.6 million tree seedlings since 2002. The county board approved planting 126,720 seedlings this year during its regular second meeting of the month, held this month at Longville City Hall. The commissioners will hold the second meeting each month through September at a city or town …
