WALKER - Cass County Board decided against turning ownership of a short road over to Torrey Township, because that road is the only access to Schoolcraft State Park along the Mississippi River. The board heard comments in May and Tuesday from Torrey Township board members and residents before reaching this …
WALKER - The Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) of Cass County Health, Human, and Veterans Services has partnered with four Cass County Public schools to implement physical activity and nutrition initiatives. SHIP Schools include Walker/Hackensack/Akeley (WHA), Northland Community Schools, Pine River/Backus (PRB) and Pillager. As first funding cycle SHIP draws …
Various state departments began sending letters in the last week to Cass County departments, notifying various county departments that the state cannot ensure money suspended during a state shutdown would be paid when state services resume. Since the Legislature adjourned without producing a budget the governor could agree to sign, …
Sheriff Tom Burch obtained county board approval Tuesday to renew a contract to provide police service to the city of Cass Lake, with a $37,000 lower cost than this year. Burch said he is dropping a charge, but not the service, for supervising the three deputies assigned to work in …
Cass County Engineer David Enblom explained Tuesday night to the county board why the county drew a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fine on a 2010 road project and how this has changed his 2011 road building procedure. Commissioner Neal Gaalswyk, at the end of Enblom's presentation, called for changes in …
TRIAD has been active in Cass County for more than 10 years, ever since former Sheriff Jim Dowson asked Bob and Pat Lahti to attend a State TRIAD Conference in Duluth. We have been fortunate to have the support and encouragement of county officials in maintaining a program that works …
Members of the Cass County Senior Providers group are urging area residents to "save the date" for the 4th Annual County-wide Celebration event which will be held at Hope Lutheran Church in Walker on Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 8 a.m. to noon. Formerly called the Senior Celebration, the event name …
BACKUS - The Cass County Board looked at three potential commissioner district redistricting proposals Auditor Sharon Anderson and Mapping Specialist Don Hoppe presented Tuesday. The board will decide on an option to present to the public Aug. 30. Because population shifts between the 2000 and 2010 censuses left greater than …
BACKUS - Kelly Felton, substance abuse specialist, reported Tuesday to the county board on the Working Together Coalition's Zero Adult Providers (ZAP) program. Pine River-Backus, Northland Remer-Longville and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley School Districts participate in Working Together Coalition. At high school graduation time and Memorial Day, students contacted owners of stores selling …
BACKUS - The Cass County Board on Tuesday appointed commissioners Neal Gaalswyk and Jeff Peterson to meet with Environmental Services Director John Ringle to obtain more information about proposed changes to the county land use ordinance. The planning commission will receive public comment on the proposed changes at a hearing …
BACKUS - Cass County probably is in much better financial shape than many local governments, the state and the federal government. The county has no debt. Tuesday, the county board set a new five-year capital improvement plan to cover anticipated expenses for the county's infrastructure - buildings, roads, bridges and …
REMER - THE Cass County Board voted Tuesday to channel federal funds to a highway improvement project at Walker to facilitate improving Highway 371 access to the newly expanded U.S. Forest Service office there. Had the state government not been shut down, the state otherwise would have conveyed the funds …
WALKER - Assistant Land Commissioner Scott Noland presented the 2010 land department annual report to the county board Tuesday. It shows 69 percent of department revenue or $1,893,591 came from timber sales. The land department paid 50 percent of its income or $1,341,021 to townships, cities, schools, reforestation, trails and …
WALKER - The Cass County Board voted Tuesday to designate six sections of county highways as rural residential, enabling the county to set a 35 mile per hour speed zone rather than 55 miles per hour in these areas. Four or five years ago, the Legislature passed a law enabling …
WALKER - Cass County will conduct the county's annual surplus equipment auction at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 at the county highway garage in Walker, located on County State Aid Highway 12. Among the items being offered are pickup trucks, cars, a van, vehicle tires, office dividers, desks, a chain saw, …
