CASS LAKE - The Cass County Board and the Leech Lake Tribal Council met for their annual joint meeting Monday, Nov. 30 at Cedar Lakes Event Center in Cass Lake. County Administrator Josh Stevenson stated that this is the sixth year the county commissioners and the tribal council have met …
BACKUS - Cass County recently received an additional $572,888 COVID-19 Relief Grant funding for disbursement within the county. Commissioners at the Tuesday, Jan. 5, board meeting had lengthy discussions on eligibility requirements, funding amounts to eligible businesses and how to prioritize disbursements to area businesses.
BACKUS -- Cass County commissioners elected Commissioner Jeff Peterson chair and Commissioner Bob Kangas as vice chair for 2021 during their first meeting of the year, Tuesday, Jan. 5.
BACKUS - Cass County Land Commissioner Kirk Titus presented the Cass County Forest Resources Management Plan at the Tuesday, Jan. 19 board of commissioner's meeting.
BACKUS - Cass County reported 2020 planning and zoning activity was the highest it has been in 13 years, stated Environmental Services Department Director, John Ringle Tuesday, Jan. 19 to the board of commissioners.
BACKUS -- One hundred and eighty vaccines were administered across Cass county in various COVID-19 vaccine clinics conducted by Cass County Health, Human and Veterans Services.
BACKUS - One minor non-conformance and six observations were found during the 2020 Forest Stewardship Council certification audit summary, Land Commissioner Kirk Titus informed the Cass County Board at its Tuesday, Feb. 2, meeting.
BACKUS - Cass County Chief Financial Officer Sandra Norikane presented her annual Auditor-Treasurer Department report for 2020 at the Tuesday, Feb. 16, Cass County Board meeting.
BACKUS - COVID-19 vaccine in Cass County is being distributed as it becomes available, but currently the allocation has been limited, county officials said. About 14.3% of Cass County residents have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination, public health nurses Jamie Richter and Gina Zubke informed the Cass …
BACKUS - Cass County will continue to disperse COVID-19 relief fund grants to area business and organizations. County Administrator Josh Stevenson presented the consent agenda with a request to pull and discuss the COVID-19 relief grant applications at the regular board of commissioners meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16.
BACKUS - Cass County started the process of establishing its own gravel pits to be used for county needs. At the Cass County Board's Tuesday, March 2 meeting, County Administrator Josh Stevenson led the discussion of beginning the process for county gravel pits to be established in section three of …
BACKUS - Cass County will offer six half-day household hazardous waste collection sites throughout the county this coming summer. Environmental Services Director John Ringle shared at the Tuesday, March 16 Cass County Board meeting.
BACKUS-Calls to the Cass County Sheriff's Office were down in 2020, Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch said, mainly due to COVID-19 and stay at home orders. Burch, who presented the 2020 annual report to the county board Tuesday, March 16, said there were a total of 19,492 initial complaint reports …
BACKUS-Claims processed were showing increasing annual trends but there was a sharp decrease during 2020 due to added COVID-19 concerns and obstacles, Cass County officials reported.
