TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP-For the first time in a few years, the number of foreclosed properties rose the first quarter of 2019 from the prior year. Assessor Mark Peterson reported to the county board Tuesday, May 21, at Turtle Lake Town Hall that seven properties went into foreclosure the first quarter …
TURTLE LAKE TOWNSHIP-The Cass County Board Tuesday, May 21, appointed all county department heads to a new Census 2020 Complete Count Committee to plan and conduct educational initiatives about the importance of everyone responding to the 2020 census.
LEADER-Cass County could end up with fewer recycling options if the public doesn't start to read and abide by the rules on the recycle bins. KDR has given Cass County 60 days notice they wish to cancel their contract to operate the county's main garbage and recycling transfer station north …
LEADER-The Soo Line Trail bridge at Federal Dam will be replaced in the location it always has been, Cass County commissioners decided Tuesday, June 18. That bridge was destroyed by fire last fall.
LEADER-Minnesota Department of Transportation agreed to pay Cass County $1,091.66 for road life consumed when the state uses 1.9 miles of County State Aid Highway 21 for a detour planned around a portion of state Highway 200 north of Walker.
EAST GULL LAKE -- Cass County commissioners unanimously adopted the new Mississippi Headwaters Board Comprehensive Plan at their regular meeting at East Gull Lake City Hall Tuesday, July 16.
EAST GULL LAKE -- A new weed was added to Cass County's noxious weed list. Tuesday, July 16, the Cass County Board voted to add Tall Buttercup to its noxious weeds list.
WALKER -- Cass County has sold 327.48 acres on 37 land parcels valued at $515,785 so far this year. That includes 13 parcels sold over the counter at the land department office in Backus and another 24 parcels sold at a July 11 annual auction.
WALKER -- Cass County will receive a $1,234,664 state payment in lieu of taxes and a $106,987 state wildlife management (formerly public hunting grounds) funds in 2019.
WALKER -- "We were pleased with the compromised outcome," District 5B Rep. Sandy Layman, R-Cohasset, said Tuesday, Aug. 6, giving her view to the Cass County Board of this year's state legislative session.
WALKER -- The new Cass County economic development policy the commissioners adopted Tuesday, Sept. 3, relies heavily on state statutes. It does not allow any tax abatements in areas of the county in a tax increment financing district.
WALKER - Cass County Environmental Services Department will get two used pieces of equipment from the highway department to use at the main garbage and recycling transfer station, the county board decided Tuesday, Sept. 3.
WALKER -- Cass County had five foreclosures in the second quarter this year, about half the number in each of the preceding three years. Three were homesteads. One was a seasonal recreational. One was a commercial property.
