WALKER - Appraisals the assessing department presented to the Cass County board Tuesday marked the first time in six years the county's overall property valuation had not dropped.
County has had to put more local property tax revenue into road pavement preservation, because state funding has not kept pace with the rising cost to construct and re-construct roads.
The Cass Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is ready to implement the first year of an Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) Prevention Program. Becoming educated on the threats AIS pose and taking steps to prevent their introduction is everyone's responsibility whether you live on a lake or not.
WALKER - Darren Joseph Sayers, age 45, of Walker, was sentenced to serve 100 months in prison after pleading guilty to Criminal Sexual Conduct in the Third Degree in Cass County, MN
WALKER - Cass County Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 11 a.m. July 21 at the land department building in Backus on proposed changes to the county land use ordinance.
WALKER - Doug Carpenter of Deer River asked Cass County commissioners, acting as the town board for unorganized townships in the county, Tuesday to have the road abutting property his daughter owns near Bena surveyed.
WALKER - Cass County commissioners on Tuesday approved after lengthy discussion a policy to prohibit the use of any lighted or heated tobacco product, including e-cigarettes, in indoor areas where child care or foster care services are provided under license.
WALKER - Cass County Tuesday, May 6, joined the state departments of natural resources from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana in formally requesting a delay to study habitat of long eared bats before placing them on the endangered species list.
PINE RIVER - Chuck and Barb Norman of rural Pine River were named 2014 Farm Family of the Year at the Cass County Board meeting, held Tuesday night, June 17, in Homebrook Township. Susan Wake, Cass County Extension Committee member, presented the award.
WALKER - Carl Andrew Raba, age 43, of Deerwood, Minn. was convicted in Cass County Court, of four counts of Ineligible Person in Possession of a Firearm, one count of Receiving Stolen Property with a Value of More than $5,000.
LAKE SHORE - Proposed federal regulations could require counties and other local governments to obtain Environmental Protection Agency or Army Corps of Engineers permits for road or farm field ditches in the future.
WALKER - Cass County Board voted Tuesday to withdraw from making the County State Aid Highway 7 improvement project at Longville a joint project with the city. The board also rejected bids receive at the last board meeting for the paving project on the basis the bids exceeded engineering estimates …
WALKER - Cass County Board voted unanimously Tuesday not to survey the right of way for County Road 140 in the unorganized township area of the county.
WALKER - Cass County commissioners want to know how many parking spaces they might gain in the south parking lot across Michigan Avenue from the courthouse if they pave it.
