WEST FARGO, N.D. — You don’t have to tell one German Shepard to be a “good boy.” Disco has been one for the past seven years. Assisting his handler Sgt. Pete Nielsen every single day. But after serving the West Fargo Police Department in more than 1,000 deployments and two of North Dakota’s largest drug seizures in history, he’s is…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Sheyenne High School is being associated with a scam targeting area businesses. West Fargo School District officials say a company claiming to be Sports Media Marketing encourages the businesses to pay hundreds of dollars for marketing at sporting events, on t-shirts and billboards. The school district says it is not a legitimate offer associated with the district,…
FARGO, N.D. — 53–year–old Fernando Sayasaya, a former Fargo area Catholic priest in the metro, is sentenced to 20 years in prison for molesting boys. It’s a day investigators on Sayasaya’s case say they can’t believe is finally here. “It took a lot of work to get to this point and at times, I thought it probably isn’t going to work….
WEST FARGO, ND– West Fargo Police Department patrol officers are wearing pink patches for its Pink Patch Project, a month-long fundraiser for breast cancer awareness. The department is selling patches and auctioning off the worn patches at the end of the month. The money raised will go toward the Edith Sanford Breast Center. “Whether it’s family, friends, coworkers, we don’t really…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — After a teacher in her district pleaded guilty to having inappropriate relationships with students, Beth Slette decided it was time to teach the parents about the dangers kids face on their phones. “We have these students for six–and–half hours a day. I need to ensure that the children are safe in our schools, and I need to…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — Long before he became the mayor of West Fargo, Bernie Dardis was a police officer in Western North Dakota. At one point, he was serving as a chief of police and deputy sheriff in Dunn County. “Well it’s a rewarding experience. It’s like being a mayor. You know your experience of helping people and working with…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — After becoming the West Fargo Police Chief more than a year ago, Chief Heith Janke says one of his goals was to bridge the gap between the department and New Americans in his city. “We have a large New American population, and from the police department, we weren’t doing enough to interact and build those relationships, and…
WEST FARGO, N.D. — A 17–year–old South Fargo boy got stuck in the mud while swimming in the Sheyenne River Tuesday morning. He was going for a swim with his dog around 9:30 am on Tuesday, but he ended up getting caught in the muddy current. A West Fargo Police Officer happened to be driving down Sheyenne Street when the boy…
DILWORTH, Minn. — The lip sync battle challenge between police departments has spread to Dilworth. Police Chief Ty Sharpe, looking sharp, has posted a video to Facebook of his lip sync rendition of “Driving In My Car”. The song was a top-5 hit in the UK for the group Madness in 1982. Chief Sharpe’s video on social media has already…
West Fargo Police DepartmentWEST FARGO, N.D. — Challenge accepted in West Fargo. Police departments across the country are challenging each other in an online lip sync battle. The dispatch call went out: “Attention all units, attention all units respond to the lip sync challenge. Attention all West Fargo units is there anyone available to respond?” In the social media video,…
