Special Election To Be Held In Walsh County To Build New County Jail and Sheriff's Office

Committee recommends bond election for new jail

After nearly a year of research, tours and meetings, a citizen’s committee on Tuesday recommended county commissioners call a November 2025 bond election to build a new county jail.

Special Election To Be Held In Walsh County To Build New County Jail and Sheriff's Office

GRAFTON, N.D. (KVRR) — The Jail here at Walsh County Law Enforcement Center has both inmates and law enforcement dealing with a lack of spacing, plumbing issues, safety, and more. “What we’re doing now is more or less putting a band-aid on the plumbing and heating, and air conditioning problems. So, they put cast iron pipes in the concrete floor and poured concrete over the top of them, so a lot of those issues with our pipes cannot do anything …