CASS COUNTY NEWS
Cass Board accepts bid for CCSAH 77 improvements
WALKER - Work could begin in two weeks to rebuild and repave Cass County State Aid Highway 77 in Lake Shore.
Cass County HHVS budget copes with federal funding shifts
WALKER - Despite federal funding shifts to states and state shifts to counties, Cass County Health, Human and Veterans Services current budget can handle the changes so far. Heidi Tumberg, HHVS fiscal supervisor, gave this view to Cass County Board July 6. She said future years could bring more impact …
Cass sells half of available land parcels at June 30 auction
WALKER - Cass County sold nine of 18 land parcels offered for sale at a June 30 auction, Kirk Titus, land commissioner reported to the county board Tuesday.
Cass zoning permits on the rise in 2017
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP-Cass County issued 15.7 percent more zoning permits the first half of 2017 compared with 2016, according to Environmental Services Director John Ringle. The department issued 795 permits this year, up from 670 in 2016, Ringle told the Cass County Board Tuesday night at the board's regular meeting in …
Trail connecting East Gull Lake to Lake Shore closer to reality
FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP-Fairview Township moved one step closer Tuesday night toward building a recreational trail to connect one in East Gull Lake with one under construction this year in Lake Shore. Cass County Board approved contributing $180,000 toward design and engineering.
Ordinance to set right-of-way guidelines
WALKER-Cass County Board Tuesday removed all dollar amount references from the proposed ordinance for the management of public rights-of-way before approving a first reading.
Tuller voices future bypass concerns to Cass Board
WALKER-Jim Tuller, Hackensack, appeared before Cass County Board Tuesday to give his personal concern about keeping Highway 371 running through his home city.
County Commissioners approve controversial airport easement
WALKER-Cass County commissioners granted Jeff and Arby Snell an easement across county-administered tax-forfeited land Tuesday after hearing from several concerned neighbors.
Cass County 4-H seeks to expand
PINE RIVER-Cass County commissioners heard a University of Minnesota Extension service update at a special meeting before the regular meeting Tuesday while they toured the remodeled extension office.
As value of state land decreases, so do payments to Cass County
PINE RIVER-Cass County's state payment in lieu of taxes will decrease this year, because the value of state land in the county has decreased. Assessor Mark Peterson explained to the county board Tuesday, his office is required to reassess these state lands, upon which the PILT is based, every six …
Cass County to host annual equipment auction
PINE RIVER-Cass County Board voted Tuesday to host the county's annual sale of surplus equipment online this fall.
Residents weigh in on levy for ditch maintenance
PINE RIVER-About a half a dozen of the 36 property owners who have been paying a special levy the last four years to clean County Ditch 9 appeared at Tuesday's county board meeting at Pine River City Hall to comment on whether the levy should continue.
Cass County Mapping Services
Cass County's Interactive Web Mapping Service provides you with the ability to view, print and download county parcel information through a variety of tools and search options.
Cass County closures for Labor Day
The Cass County Courthouse, Health, Human, & Veteran Services, the Cass County Highway Department, and the Cass County Land Department will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2017, in observance of the Labor Day Holiday. The following office will be open: The Sheriff's Department.
2018 preliminary levy, tax rate increase over 2017
WALKER-Cass County commissioners Tuesday set the county's preliminary 2018 levy at $22,307,860, or 2.49 percent higher than the $21,766,554 levied for 2017. The county's tax rate will rise 1.7 percent at that dollar amount to 32.29 percent, up from 31.74 percent this year.
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