WALKER-Jim Schneider, Cass County probation director, and Victor Moen, district supervisor for Minnesota Department of Corrections presented their reports on 2016 probation and supervised release programs.
WALKER-Cass County foreclosures continued to drop in 2016, while the number of arm's length property sales continued to rise, according to assessing department records.
WALKER-Sheriff Tom Burch opened his annual report to the county board Tuesday by stating his department spent less than budgeted in 2016. He also reported increasing reports of frauds and scams, especially those victimizing senior citizens.
WALKER-Lynnette Dirks, Support Within Reach Walker office representative, informed the Cass County Board Tuesday about an upcoming film and panel discussion on sex trafficking being planned for teens age 13 and older April 26 and 27 at Hackensack.
WALKER-Cass County Administrator Joshua Stevenson thinks lack of bids for Cass County's February timber sale was caused by early spring and early road trucking load limits.
WALKER-While the overall number of land use permits Cass County issued in 2016 dropped by 139 from 2015, that drop largely was due to the fact 151 fewer shoreland alteration permits were issued.
BACKUS-A quorum of the Cass County Board voted Tuesday to approve a resolution that would designate a cartway along either side of an east-west section line in the unorganized area of the northeast part of the county.
WALKER-"I can't imagine having a more rewarding job," David Enblom said, looking back at the last 20 years he has spent as county engineer for Cass County. He was assistant county engineer for Cass 10 years before that.
BACKUS-Interim Health, Human and Veterans Services Director Michelle Piprude presented the department's 2016 annual report to the county board Tuesday. Child maltreatment allegations dropped from 2015. Neglect, the highest cause, declined from 450 to 423 cases. Physical abuse fell from 188 to 137 cases.
BACKUS-Cass County will not require any additional licenses or deviate from the state-set hours of operation when the new, statewide Sunday off-sale liquor sales take effect July 1. That state law permits off-sale stores to open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.
BACKUS-It definitely is more cost effective to have paved roads rather than gravel roads, David Enblom, retiring county engineer, told the Cass County Board as he presented his final annual report Tuesday.
BACKUS-Auditor-Treasurer Sharon Anderson presented a report on the 2016 election process and outlined her proposals for future election equipment replacement.
BACKUS-Cass County Probation Director Jim Schneider introduced Mindy O'Brien, the new director of Northwestern Minnesota Juvenile Center at Bemidji, to the county board Tuesday.
