CASS COUNTY NEWS

Commissioners will tour Cloquet mill to see results of county timber sales

PINE RIVER - Cass County Commissioners will tour the Sappi Mill at Cloquet Sept. 10 to learn more about how timber the county sells is processed for markets.

Cass Board opposes petition to place in trust Antler's Ridge property

WALKER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to send a letter to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) opposing Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe's petition to place in trust for the band property known as Antler's Ridge abutting Leech Lake.

Foreclosures, new construction permits in Cass County down

WALKER - Cass County Assessor's Office reported Tuesday second quarter foreclosures continued a downward this year trend to only 20, compared with 26 in 2012 and down from 51 in 2010. The majority or 15 were seasonal residential properties, compared with only three homesteads and two commercial. All but three …

Cass Board to meet in closed sessions for evaluation of department heads

WALKER - Cass County Board will conduct a closed 9 a.m. meeting Oct. 22 at the courthouse in Walker to conduct annual performance evaluations on county department heads.

Open Meeting Law prompts Cass Commissioners to cancel Sappi Plant tour

WALKER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to cancel its planned Sept. 10 publicly announced tour of the Sappi wood processing plant at Cloquet. One or two members of the board might accompany land department employees on a tour that day, but the board decided against sending the whole board.

Preliminary 2014 Budget set by Cass Board

WALKER - Cass County Board set the 2014 preliminary levy Tuesday at the same dollar amount as in the last five years, $20,046,613. That levy includes $19,585,613 for county operations and $461,000, which is levied only against properties in the Longville Ambulance Service district to operate that service.

Preliminary 2014 Budget set by Cass Board

WALKER - Cass County Board set the 2014 preliminary levy Tuesday at the same dollar amount as in the last five years, $20,046,613. That levy includes $19,585,613 for county operations and $461,000, which is levied only against properties in the Longville Ambulance Service district to operate that service.

Hearing scheduled on clean-up of Cass County Ditch 9

WALKER - Forty-one Cass County property owners who potentially could be asked to share the cost of cleaning Ditch 9 and the public will be invited to a 6:30 p.m. Sept. 26 hearing at the land department in Backus to comment on the proposed project.

Preliminary 2014 Budget set by Cass Board

WALKER - Cass County Board set the 2014 preliminary levy at their meeting held Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the same dollar amount as in the last five years, $20,046,613.

Cass County debt free at the end of 2012

REMER - Chief Financial Officer Larry Wolfe reported to Cass County commissioners Tuesday on the county's financial position at the end of 2012. The state expects to complete an audit of Cass's 2012 records Friday, so numbers Wolfe presented Tuesday are unaudited. State audits in recent years have not materially …

Cass seeks quotes for improvement at five county garages

REMER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to authorize Assistant County Engineer Kris Lyytinen to obtain competitive quotes for improvements at five county garages. Consulting project manager Mark Beard will assist with preparing specifications.

Easements needed to connect recreational trail near Walker

REMER - Cass County officials are looking into two new or revised easements to cover the connecting recreational trail that runs through the former Ah-Gwah-Ching property where the county and DNR currently own abutting properties.

Cass County Economic Development Corporation fall meeting scheduled

BACKUS - The Cass County Economic Development Corporation (EDC) will be having their annual meeting on Friday, October 25th. The public is invited to attend the event that will held at the Chase Hotel in Walker.

Cass seeks quotes for improvement at five county garages

REMER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday, Sept. 17, to authorize Assistant County Engineer Kris Lyytinen to obtain competitive quotes for improvements at five county garages. Consulting project manager Mark Beard will assist with preparing specifications.

Citizen Budget Committee recommendations presented to Cass Board

WALKER - Unless requested by the county board later this fall to do more, the citizen budget committee concluded its work on the 2014 budget and Tuesday received approval for some final recommendations.
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