Officer Jake WallinFARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — A Celebration of Life is planned for Fallen Fargo Police Officer Jake Wallin next Wednesday. It’ll be will held at 1 p.m. at Scheels Arena in Fargo. A funeral service for Wallin is scheduled for Saturday morning at Pequot Lakes High School with final law enforcement honors following the service. An escort will leave…
EAGAN, Minn. (FOX 9) — Officer Tyler Hawes is one of the two Fargo officers in the hospital. Hawes is from Eagan, Minnesota, near the Twin Cities. “Putting himself before everyone else is just really who Ty’s always been,” Steve Butler spent two years coaching Ty Hawes in Eagan varsity baseball. Hawes was the starting catcher his senior year in…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Fargo Police Department Team says they are tremendously grateful for all of the support they have been receiving and want to let people know how they can give to the three officers’ families. You can give to the “The Leadership Care Fund.” All the money will go to the families of Officer Jake Wallin, Officer…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The community is still in shock after three Fargo police officers were shot in the line of duty on Friday afternoon while responding to a traffic crash on 25th Street South near Big Top Bingo. Officer Jake Wallin was shot and killed by a man who wasn’t even involved in the crash. The investigation now in…
FARGO, N.D. (AP/KVRR) — Many questions remained Sunday about what led a gunman in Fargo, North Dakota, to open fire on police officers as they were responding to a traffic crash. One officer was killed and two others were critically wounded before the gunman was killed by a fourth officer. The shooting happened Friday afternoon along a busy street, and roughly nine hours…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Surgery is planned for 37-year-old Fargo Police Sergeant Tyrell Fauske after a tumor was found in his brain. According to on online GoFundMe fundraiser, the type of tumor is unknown. Surgery is planned for mid-June. Fauske has been with Fargo PD for ten years. His wife Amanda is an elementary music teacher and the couple has…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Awards are given to a Fargo police officer and North Dakota Highway Patrol sergeant for their work in saving the life of a woman last August. Sergeant Andrew Cashin with North Dakota Highway Patrol and Officer Joshua Persson with Fargo Police Department received the ND Highway Patrol Colonel’s Award of Excellence and the ND Peace Officers…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Fargo Police are working with the FBI to investigate Saturday’s bomb threat called in to Target in Fargo. They say no suspects have been identified at this time. Target was quickly evacuated with partially-filled, abandoned carts scattered around the store. K9 Toby, an explosive detection canine, completed a thorough search of the building and found no…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Sergeant Mark Lykken served his final shift with the Fargo Police Department on Tuesday, Dec. 27th. The department shared a video of his final check-in with dispatch and posted it to social media. Sergeant Lykken served as a Patrol Officer, K-9 Officer, Patrol Sergeant, Investigative Sergeant, Police Training Officer Sergeant and member of the FPD Honor…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — The City of Fargo has released the results of a new program called “stay interviews” aimed to give employees the opportunity to have discussions with supervisors and help the city retain employees. Human resources interviewed 90 officers and civilian employees over several weeks. It followed the retirements and resignations of several officers not long after Police…
