MINNEWAUKAN, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) – The Benson County commission is appointing a commissioner as acting sheriff after the county’s chief deputy was charged with multiple felonies and its current sheriff is resigning. Commissioner Dick Horner will take over sheriff duties at the end of business Friday. Horner says the resignation of Sheriff Ethan Rode is not related to the arrest and…
SPIRIT LAKE, N.D. (KVRR) — Spirit Lake Tribe is taking steps to fill a shortage of police officers on the reservation. Chairwoman Lonna Street says the tribe has established a Memo of Agreement with Department of Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. They control the police force. It will allow the tribe to recruit officers directly under tribal authority while ensuring…
ST. MICHAEL, N.D. (KVRR) — A drug bust at Spirit Lake Casino south of Devils Lake. Benson County Sheriff’s Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs Police were called to the casino Wednesday night around 8:30 for suspicious activity. They found 41-year-old Joann Tiegen and 44-year-old Michael Garner, both of Devils Lake, in possession of meth, marijuana, packaging materials, scales and…
