walsh county

PISEK — Five suspects have been arrested in connection with vandalism that left a Pisek church temporarily closed and coated a priceless 124-year-old oil painting with fire extinguisher retardant. The Walsh County Sheriff's Department arrested Joshua Trebor Weis, 19, Bowdon, N.D.;...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A Grafton man found dead on the railroad tracks near the Grand Forks Amtrak station Friday has been identified by the Grand Forks County Sheriff's Office as 50-year-old Jon Robert Engelland. Walsh County authorities notified Grand Forks law enforcement agencies...

WALSH COUNTY, N.D. -- It was two days after the prayer service for his father that Jacob Vorachek played in his first hockey game. Wearing his dad's No. 12, Jacob, 13, was the starting center, taking the first faceoff for the Grand Forks Thunder, a traveling team. Travis Vorachek...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- A missing hunter in Walsh County brought the use of unmanned aircraft for public good into the spotlight earlier this month. The Grand Forks County Sheriff's Office operated the aircraft during the search for Grand Forks resident Travis Vorachek, one of several...

WHITMAN, N.D. -- The Walsh County Sheriff’s Department and volunteers will continue their efforts today to locate a hunter who went missing Saturday. Walsh County Sheriff Ron Jurgens said his department began searching for a 45-year-old man at about 10 a.m. Saturday in the southwest...

GRAFTON — Three people are in jail on a variety of charges in connection to a rash of vehicle break-ins in Grafton last weekend. Michael Armin Johnson, 30, Grafton, and Ronald Francis Nelson Vondal, 26, Bismarck, were jailed Thursday in the Walsh County Jail in Grafton, while Karly...

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of marriage equality, Kathy Schwab, the Stark County recorder, and Diane Link, the Walsh County recorder, indicated that — because of their religious views — they were uncomfortable issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The...

GRAFTON — Walsh County Commission last week granted a request from County Recorder Diane Link to relieve her of marriage licensing and officiating duties after she said it would go against her beliefs to grant licenses to same-sex couples. Link said she believes marriage is between...

GRAND FORKS — A Grand Forks County judge has canceled a sentencing hearing for a police informant convicted of theft but has not revealed his reason for doing so. Steven Harold Anderson, 59, was set to be sentenced on a felony theft charge Friday, but his hearing was canceled without...