Wells County Sports And Outdoors: Athletics Announces Television

Long-time Fort Wayne television and radio sportscaster Kent Hormann, will soon be bringing his local sports talk show, SportsWise, to The Voice Sports Network. MANFRED, N.D. (AP) — The village of Manfred in Wells County has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The register is the federal government's list of properties.

Sep 1, 2018 - Kickoff times, TV plans set for USC's key football games of 2018. For USC football home game tickets, call 213-740-GOSC or visit the USC Athletics website. As well as veteran tight end Tyler Petite, who has 48 career catches (23 last. Also back are several key part-time starters in high-energy outside. GRAND FORKS, N.D. - The North Dakota High School Coaches Association on Thursday announced rosters for the annual North Dakota Shrine all-star football games and the Wahpeton Huskies landed three.

Lawson, 41, abruptly resigned as Wells County sheriff on April 25. He cited personal reasons for leaving the position he was elected to in 2014.

Lawson was initially appointed sheriff of Wells County in 2013 to fill an unexpired term. On his Facebook page, which has since been removed, Lawson posted the following the day after his resignation: “Due to personal reasons, I have made the decision to resign from the position of Sheriff of Wells County. I want to sincerely thank the people of Wells County for providing me the opportunity to serve them.

I would ask that you all pray for myself and my family as we continue on to new adventures. I am so blessed to have a loving wife and 13 beautiful children. I look forward to a brighter future full of the promise and hope of tomorrow, and it is my sincerest hope that each person that supported me or has shown my family kindness know that we all wish them well. God bless.” Two deputies serving under Lawson’s direction were relieved of their duties after Lawson’s resignation because they were not certified as law enforcement officers licensed to work without supervision of a peace officer.

The moves left Wells County, which includes the cities of Harvey and Fessenden and a population of more than 4,000, without any sheriff’s officers. Sheriff’s department personal from neighboring counties and the North Dakota Highway Patrol have been assisting with Wells County law enforcement while the county seeks to hire a new sheriff. Lawson’s resignation came on the same day as an arrest warrant was served on Alexander Lail of New Rockford. Lail faces two charges of attempted murder, criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, interception of wire or oral communications – eavesdropping and stalking. The charge against Lail followed an investigation by the North Dakota Attorney General and the Bureau of Criminal Investigation. A complaint filed against Lail by the BCI referenced that others may be involved in a conspiracy with Lail but did not identify that person or persons. A bond hearing was held in Southeast District Court in Jamestown for Lawson Tuesday afternoon.

However, due to information restrictions, public dissemination of the bond hearing was not released as of late Tuesday. According to the Wells County State’s Attorney’s Office, a press conference regarding the charges against Lawson and other matters concerning the Wells County Sheriff’s Office is expected to be scheduled this week. The press conference had not been scheduled as of press time.

Former Wells County Sheriff Johnny Zip Lawson was sentenced to 25 days of home confinement following three and one-half hours of testimony with Southeast District Court Judge Daniel Narum presiding. The case began with Lawson’s resignation April 25, 2017 and subsequent arrest the following month in Bismarck. Lawson was charged with a Class A felony of conspiracy to deliver controlled substance-methamphetamine, a Class C felony of bribery and misdemeanor A counts of filing false reports to law enforcement or other security officials, public servant refusing to perform duty and ingesting a controlled substance. The maximum sentence on those charges could have resulted in 28 years imprisonment. Lawson had been cleared of the most serious charges in earlier court appearances. However, Narum had rejected an earlier plea agreement in which Lawson agreed to plead guilty to a single misdemeanor in exchange for testifying in a separate case. At the time Narum nixed the agreement, calling it “inappropriate.” That set up Thursday’s sentencing hearing.

Following emotional testimony from Lawson’s wife in which she told the court, “People have destroyed our lives. I ask that you dismiss this case. He is a Christian man,” and claimed Lawson was the victim of “politically charged persecution.” Attorney Peter Welte offered a lengthy defense of Lawson. Welte said, “If not for a rush to judgement we would not be here today,” and added there was a “mob justice mentality” in Wells County. Welte repeatedly referred to a disfunctional Wells County courthouse which he characterized as having a “tremendous amount of friction” at the time of Lawson’s resignation, a resignation he said was triggered by actions of Wells County commissioner Randy Sukut. Furthermore, said Welte, Lawson was suffering at the time from the after effects of the discovery of a murder/suicide in rural Wells County.