BACKUS - The Tuesday, May 5, Cass County Board Meeting was conducted in the same manner as previous meetings, with several county officials attending remotely.
BACKUS - The Cass County Board meet Tuesday, May 19 in Backus rather than the previously scheduled location of Leader Community Hall due to social distancing restrictions. Roll call was taken with board members Dick Downham and Scott Bruns joining via phone conference. Other presenters also joined via phone conference …
BACKUS - Impact of COVID-19 was a hot topic Friday, June 26, as Cass County department heads reported during the county's annual planning meeting. All departments stated that having employees working from home during the mandated stay-at-home order is going well. Employees are still conducting business with minimal contact with …
BACKUS-Brigadier General Lowell Kruse presented to Cass County commissioners Tuesday, June 2, the 2020 Camp Ripley annual update on the Army National Guard facility's activities.
BACKUS - Probation cases in Cass County declined with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic but county officials, noting a backlog in the restarted court system, are preparing for more activity.
WILKINSON TOWNSHIP - Recycling, as well as confusion about what can be recycled, is on the rise in Cass County. Environmental Services Director John Ringle was on hand at the Tuesday, July 21, Cass County Board Meeting to give an update on recycling operations in Cass County.
BACKUS - Cass County Commissioners received a request for an emergency declaration following damage from a July severe storm. Deputy Sheriff Chad Emery, joing the Tuesday, Aug. 4, Cass County Board meeting via phone conference, requested the emergency declaration for the July 17, 2020, storm, noting it caused an estimated …
BACKUS - Chief Financial Officer Sandra Norikane presented the current requests for the CARES Act Grant at the Tuesday, Sept. 1 Cass County board meeting.
BACKUS - Cass County's 2021 preliminary tax levy was increased by 2.92% above the 2020 levy at the Tuesday, Sept. 1 county board meeting, with a request that more work be done to reduce the amount further before the final levy is set in December.
WILSON TOWNSHIP - A few changes are being made to operations at Cass County's solid waste transfer sites. County Administrator Josh Stevenson shared a summary report from the Solid Waste Committee meeting at the Tuesday, Sept. 15 Cass County Board meeting.
WILSON TOWNSHIP - Commissioners Jeff Peterson and Scott Bruns will represent the Cass County Board on a new Campus Committee of the Deep Portage Foundation. Peterson and Bruns were appointed at the Tuesday, Sept. 15 county board meeting.
BACKUS - With the CARES Act Funding deadline of Dec. 1 fast approaching and funds still available, County Administrator Josh Stevenson recommended the board continue to accept applications through Oct. 23.
BACKUS - As part of a summary of reports from several committees, County Administrator Josh Stevenson went over costs expected for the upkeep of Deep Portage Learning Center with Cass County commissioners Tuesday, Oct. 20.
