PINE RIVER - Miles Kuschel, Ansel Town Board chair, updated Cass County commissioners during a county board meeting Tuesday in that township about all terrain and off highway vehicle use in the Foothills State Forest recreation area there.
BACKUS - Cass County department heads reported Friday at the county's annual planning meeting on trends this year and issues they see coming in 2016. County commissioners and citizen budget committee members asked questions. County budget development will begin in July for the 2016 budget.
WALKER - Reno Wells, Health, Human and Veterans Services director, obtained Cass County Board approval Tuesday to hire one additional case aide and one additional child protection social worker.
LONGVILLE - Cass County's investment in new, high-priced communications equipment in the last two years, coupled with emergency service training paid off during the July 12 Brainerd area storm event, Sheriff Tom Burch told the county board Tuesday night.
LONGVILLE - Minnesota State Demographer's Office thinks Cass County's population rose between 2010 and 2014 by a net gain of only three people. The demographer's office shows the 2014 estimated population at 28,570.
Cass County Sheriff Tom Burch reports the 6th Anniversary of the unresolved disappearance of Peter Achermann, of Staples, MN occurred on July 24, 2015.
WALKER - Cass County Health, Human and Veterans Services Director Reno Wells informed the county board Aug. 4 he expects child out-of-home placement costs to run $2,157,304 this year or $750,000 more than the county budget anticipated.
WALKER - Wanda Reed, financial assistance supervisor, explained Tuesday the current process to determine whether people qualify for long-term care financial support.
WALKER - The number of homes selling in Cass County has picked up this year. Through July, there were 309 arms-length real estate sales in the county in 2014 and 381 this year.
WALKER - Cass County Board set a 2016 preliminary levy dollar amount Tuesday at 6.55 percent more than the 2015 budget, but this would cause only a 5.12 increase in the county's tax rate.
WALKER - County Engineer David Enblom reported to the county board he has been working with the city of Walker on a city project to replace sanitary and storm sewer lines under Fourth and Fifth Streets and Michigan Avenue and to repave both in 2016.
WALKER - Cass County Environmental Services Department issued 20 more land use permits for new buildings, additions and private sewer systems the second quarter this year than in 2014, ESD Director John Ringle reported to the county board Tuesday.
WALKER - Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust will pay Cass County a $167,569 dividend this year. Of that $108,382 is based on workers compensation insurance experience and $59,187 is based on property/casualty insurance experience.
EAST GULL LAKE - Kathy Gaalswyk, Initiative Foundation director, and William Palmer, Cass County Economic Development Corporation board chair, updated Cass County commissioners Tuesday on how their agencies have helped economic development here.
