BACKUS - Cass County home sales numbers and new construction permits issued are up, while foreclosures are declining in 2012 compared with 2011, according to environmental services (ESD) and assessing department reports released Tuesday. ESD issued 292 land use permits for new buildings and additions or private sewer installations the …
BACKUS - Cass County Assistant Highway Engineer Kris Lyytinen reported to the county board Tuesday that the county last week received its FEMA check for storm damage the county sustained to county roads in a June heavy rain event. Because damage in a Memorial Day weekend downpour only hit southern …
BACKUS - In this electronic age, Linda Nye found a personal phone call still goes a long way to solving a problem. She heads the Cass County child support collections division and is charged with collecting money from non-custodial parents to pay to custodial parents for their children's care.
The Cass County Sheriff's Office responded to the following complaints: Thunder Lake Twp. - Residents came home and found their front door open. Items were missing. A screen had been removed from a window.
Making budget cuts for Northland Community Schools has been a tough undertaking for the Board and administration the past few years. Brad Falteysek, representing Abdo, Eick, and Meyers, LLP, the district's auditing firm, Thursday, proved to the board their diligence has paid off, as shown in the annual audit.
BACKUS - Cass County's five family centers have become the primary resource people seek first when someone looks for a way to solve their problems or seeks help to improve their family's life. The centers began under the Children's Initiative with a PEW Family Foundation grant in 1994.
BACKUS - Among the children who are placed outside their own homes for various reasons, mostly at county expense, are some who spend 30 or more days in placement. Michele Piprude, social services supervisor, told the county board Tuesday that in the last year Cass County had 38 children in …
BACKUS - Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson reported Tuesday the county sold 584 acres of land from January 2011 through October 2012 and purchased 785 acres during the same time period. He considers acreages the county sold to be non-conservation land. Of the 584 acres sold, 320 acres had no public …
WALKER - Cass County Attorney, Christopher Strandlie reports that on Nov. 26, Sheldon James Smith, age 21, of Walker, Minn., was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison for the March 21, 2012 murder of Jason Dale Howard, age 22. Smith had previously entered a plea of guilty to Second …
BACKUS - Timber backlog finally hit Cass County in October when the county sold only five of 17 sites offered for logging at the monthly auction. The price paid for aspen dropped to $15.91 per cord for the first time since the early 1990's, according to Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson. …
BACKUS - Cass County is looking for volunteers to serve on county committees and commissions. Openings and application forms are posted on the website at www.co.cass.mn.us. Applications must be submitted by email to [email protected] or mail to Cass County Administrator's Office, attention Linda, P.O. Box 3000, Walker, MN, 56484, to …
BACKUS - Crow Wing County Land Services Supervisor Chris Pence surprised Cass County Planner Paul Fairbanks with two statewide awards during the Cass County Board meeting Tuesday. Minnesota Association of County Planning and Zoning Administrators (MACPZA) made the awards to Fairbanks in recognition of his many years of service to …
WALKER - No citizens appeared Thursday night at Cass County Board's public hearing to present and receive comments on the proposed 2013 county budget and levy.
WALKER - Cass County board approved the final 2013 levy Tuesday, setting it at the same annual dollar amount as the county has operated on since 2009 - $20,046,613. This includes the $461,000 that is levied only against people owning property within the Longville Ambulance District, which support that emergency …
WALKER - Cass County commissioners Tuesday awarded a $145,500 contract to low bidder of five, Gorham Oien Mechanical of Mora, to replace the air conditioner for the county law enforcement center at the courthouse in Walker.
