BACKUS-While the number of calls for service Cass County Sheriff's Department receives annually has climbed steadily since 2009, the number of serious crimes the department handled has declined in recent years.
WALKER - Sheriff Tom Burch obtained county board approval Tuesday to spend up to $23,000 to improve security in the court areas of the original courthouse in Walker.
WALKER-Cass County Probation Department now tracks recidivism as the first step to prevent future rearrests, Director Jim Schneider told the county board Tuesday.
WALKER-Doug Andresen came to the Cass County Board Tuesday to inquire on behalf of the Lake Winnie Area Resort Association about steps that organization would have to take to implement a 3 percent lodging tax for resorts on Lake Winnibigoshish to use to advertise their resorts.
WALKER-Jeff Woodford, Cass County veterans services officer, reported to the county board Tuesday the annual number of veteran claims for services rose 46 percent from 2014 to 2015.
BACKUS-Cass County commissioners voted Tuesday to ask the Association of Minnesota Counties to support state legislation to allow more of the state sales taxes collected on Indian reservations to be paid to the county government where they are located.
BACKUS-Sheriff Tom Burch reported to the county board Tuesday Sentence to Service inmate crews and sheriff's deputies picked up 900 pounds of trash from Leech Lake over three days following Eelpout Days earlier this month.
BACKUS-County Engineer David Enblom obtained Cass County Board approval Tuesday to award contracts to low bidders for a new county highway garage at Pine River and additions to the county garages at Pillager and Hackensack.
WALKER-Cass County Land Department got 47 percent of its operating revenue from timber sales in 2015, Assistant Land Commissioner Kevin Dahlman reported to the county board Tuesday.
WALKER-Cass County now pays more of its bills electronically than by paper checks, Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson reported to the county board as part of her annual report presented Tuesday.
WALKER-Pillager, Pine River-Backus and Northland Remer Family Centers provide support services to families to help families meet ongoing needs and find resources for emergencies.
WALKER-Dale Yerger, director of Deep Portage Learning Center, obtained Cass County Board approval for the Deep Portage Foundation to purchase and have installed a solar power system at the center.
WALKER-Cass County commissioners will hold a public hearing during their 9 a.m. June 7 regular meeting at the courthouse in Walker on the proposed five-year capital improvement plan.
