MINOT POLICE

UPDATE: Former West Fargo Police Chief Not Named Interim Chief in Minot

February 3, 2025

KVRR Staff,

MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) — Retired West Fargo Police Chief Denis Otterness will not be headed to Minot to serve as interim police chief. Minot City Council tonight voted for an alternate plan to keep current interim chief, Capt. Dale Plessas, in that role. The city manager had wanted to offer Otterness a six-month contract with the option to extend it…

Police mistakenly include marijuana in donation to Minot charity

March 3, 2022

Jim Monk,

MINOT, N.D. – Workers sorting through donations for the Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch in Minot made an unexpected discovery. A worker who was handling a garbage bag of donations found marijuana that came from the Berthold Police Department. Berthold Police Chief Al Schmidt said his department takes donations of clothes, blankets and other items to the Minot ranch. A…