BACKUS - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to contract with Jon Eclov to serve as the county's hearing officer for appeals of dangerous dog designations. The board took this action in response to a recent court decision that determined counties do not have to hold appeal hearings for owners of …
BACKUS - Land Commissioner Joshua Stevenson reported to the county board Tuesday that all snowmobile and cross country ski trails are open, being regularly groomed and in good condition. There is good snow cover on all trails, he said. The last trail still closed by trees blown down in the …
BACKUS - Cass County Recorder Katie Norby and Probation Director Jim Schneider presented their 2012 annual reports to the county board Tuesday. Norby reported the number of abstracts, Torrens and uniform commercial code documents she recorded in 2012 rose for the first time in three years. Administrator Robert Yochum said …
WALKER - Cass County Board Tuesday voted to continue working with the county Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) on projects of mutual interest. The board also received a report on 2012 SWCD accomplishments. Cass was one of five counties to share a $144,000 grant, which was matched with an …
WALKER - Cass County Board Tuesday approved a request from Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) to use county state aid highways (CSAH) 11 and 5 as detour routes while MnDOT installs a new bridge this year on Highway 84 in Longville.
WALKER - Michael McGee, contracting medical examiner for Cass County, reported 97 deaths in the county during 2012. He accepted 56 cases and released with a private physician responsible for signing the death certificate 41 of those deaths.
BACKUS - Cass County Sheriff's Office received 18,812 calls for service in 2012, according to Sheriff Tom Burch's annual report. That is an 8 percent increase over 2011. It includes calls for the sheriff's deputies, city police and fire departments and ambulance services.
WALKER - Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch reports that the Cass County Sheriff's Office Recreational Division has been very busy this winter patrolling snowmobile trails, responding to complaints and checking grant-in-aid trail systems.
BACKUS - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to approve one of five pending two-year union contracts with county employees. Union membership for Teamsters 320, which represents deputies and jailers, approved the contract earlier.
BACKUS - While revenue from timber sales has declined recently, Cass County Land Department has increased its revenues by selling more land. This does not mean the county owns less land, however. A $557,000 grant in 2011 and another $619,633 grant in 2012 from the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage fund created …
BACKUS - When Cass County officials attend the Association of Minnesota Counties legislative initiative in St. Paul this week, they will lobby for causes that affect the county. The Legislature proposes various plans to increase and decrease program aids to counties and payments in lieu of taxes. Cass will ask …
WALKER - The Cass County Community Health Board, with funding from the State Health Improvement Program (SHIP) grant, is pleased to offer an opportunity for community organizations in Cass County to apply for funds to increase access to, educate on, and/or availability of healthy locally grown foods.
WALKER - Assistant County Engineer Kris Lyytinen informed Cass County commissioners Tuesday about road maintenance projects planned for this summer. The board approved hiring Traffic Marking Service to paint lane stripes on 185 miles of 39 roads in the county. Cass stripes on a one-, two- or five-year cycle, depending …
WALKER - Kevin Beal of Hackensack came to the Cass County Board Tuesday to ask, "Who is in charge of cleaning up Leech Lake following (the annual) Eel-pout Festival?" Having already met with the city of Walker's Park Board, he said it is his view that no one seems to …
Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) published a report in January this year to show sources for highway funding in the state and where that money is spent in fiscal year 2013.
