CASS LAKE-In the 1990s, the state demographer predicted Cass County would have about a 20 percent population growth annually by now. The estimated population increase that office actually saw from 2010 to 2015 was only one-half of 1 percent or 151 people.
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CASS LAKE-County Engineer David Enblom obtained Cass County Board approval Tuesday to use money from the township bridge fund to help Wabedo Township replace a bridge over the Boy River at the north end of Little Boy Lake.
BACKUS-Cass County Board Tuesday approved changes to the county land use ordinance to permit people to add guest quarters or a guest cabin up to 700 square feet on their property as long as they can meet setback, sewer size and other requirements.
BACKUS-Cass County Board voted Tuesday to authorize Chairman Jeff Peterson to sign a resolution to declare the county in a state of emergency from the July 21 windstorm. That declaration will enable the county to seek state and federal disaster funds.
BACKUS-Jeff Woodford, Cass County Veterans Services officer, presented the state's annual report to the county board Tuesday, showing the number of Cass veterans and pensions paid to them declined slightly from 2014 to 2015.
LAKE SHORE-Cass County commissioners Tuesday selected Darrick Anderson from among seven applicants to succeed retiring County Engineer David Enblom. Anderson will join the county no later than Nov. 21 and work with Enblom until Enblom officially retires in April 2017.
WALKER-Newly-elected Leech Lake Band Chair Faron Jackson Sr. said he was "enthused" by the cooperation between the reservation and Cass County after hearing two hours of reports from tribal and county employees Monday.
WALKER-Cass County commissioners declined Tuesday to act on a resolution that would have had them intervene in the dispute over stocking muskellunge in Gull Lake.
WALKER-Cass County's share of Walker utility work and street repaving on Michigan Avenue, plus paving the county's south parking lot should come in under the amount the county expected.
WALKER-Cass County Board Tuesday adopted a 2017 preliminary levy of $21,556,545, or 4.81 percent more than the 2016 levy. The county's tax rate would rise from 31.423 this year to 32.716 in 2017. This would mean about $22 more county taxes for a $200,000 homeowner, Josh Stevenson, incoming administrator said.
WALKER-Cass County Board adopted an addendum to the county's Solid Waste Plan to support a local or regional municipal solid waste disposal facility. The commissioners will send this addendum to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
PINE RIVER-Cass County's Soil and Water Conservation Board has played an increasingly important role in helping the county execute some of its programs in recent years.
