BACKUS-Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday to nominate portions of two state highways in the county for Minnesota Department of Transportation's Corridors of Commerce program.
BACKUS-Allegations of child maltreatment and children in need of protection rose last year, but confirmed maltreatment is about steady, said Michelle Piprude, Health, Human and Veterans Services director, at the Cass County Board meeting.
BACKUS-Chief Financial Officer Sandra Norikane, who also is now auditor-treasurer, presented her annual report to the county board Tuesday. She noted additional changes in that office have included appointing former Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson as elections administrator and combining the payroll and human resources duties into one position.
WALKER-Everyone soon will be able to get any public information Cass County has about each land parcel in the county on its website at www.co.cass.mn.us.
WALKER-The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute continues to rank Cass County as third from the bottom of Minnesota's 87 counties on a health rankings scale they have computed for the last nine years.
WALKER-Cass County has a screening team to evaluate whether a reasonable effort has been made to keep children in their own homes before they are ordered into out-of-home placements.
WALKER-Everyone soon will be able to get any public information Cass County has about each land parcel in the county on its website at www.co.cass.mn.us.
BACKUS-Associate Dean of Extension and Minnesota 4-H Director Dorothy McCargo Freeman recognized Cass County Extension 4-H Program Coordinator Nic Podoll with an award for courage and innovation.
BACKUS-Cass County Elections Administrator Sharon Anderson obtained county board approval Tuesday to purchase 34 new vote tabulators and one central vote counter for $264,923.
BACKUS-Cass County Board selected Jessica Manifold as the new Environmental Services Department assistant director. Manifold holds a bachelor of science degree in public affairs with a major in environmental science and management.
BACKUS-Cass County Land Department received slightly less than half its revenue in 2017 from timber sales and extensions and spent around 20 percent of outgoing money on salaries and staff to manage county-owned and tax-forfeited land.
WALKER-Cass County commissioners got their first look Tuesday at the proposed capital improvement plan for the next five years. They will host a public hearing at their 9 a.m. June 5 meeting at the courthouse in Walker before adopting a final plan.
WALKER-Cass County Board will host a public hearing at the 6 p.m. May 15 regular board meeting at Bena City Hall, 38 County Road 8 in Bena, on a proposal to amend the county liquor ordinance to allow on- and off-sale licenses for breweries with taprooms.
