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Former Longtime Walsh County Sheriff Dies at 73

February 25, 2025

TJ Nelson,

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — The former longtime sheriff of Walsh County has died at 73. A Tollefson Funeral Home obituary shows Lauren Wild died on Thursday, February 20, just a week after his February 14 birthday. Wild started with the county sheriff’s office in 1989. He was the target of a recall election in April 2011 after he fired Deputy…

Pisek Man To Undergo Mental Evaluation After Shooting At House With People Inside

October 24, 2023

KVRR Staff,

WALSH CO., N.D. (KVRR/KFGO) — A psychological evaluation is ordered for a 75-year-old Pisek, North Dakota man charged with three counts of reckless endangerment. Walsh County Sheriff’s Office says George Tibert fired multiple rounds at a rural Lankin home with a woman and two kids inside around 7:30 Saturday night. One person was within a foot of a bullet that…