Well…It Is Election Time

A box of riot control munitions, found in an arms storage room in the sheriff’s office, sparks some pre-election rhetoric between current Sheriff Tom Kochert and former interim Sheriff Gary Mohre. The two face each other in the Nov. 3 general election. Kochert says the box lacked proper documentation, and because it is technically county-owned property, he brought it to the attention of the Williams County Commissioners at their meeting Thursday. Mohre says the box was part of a mutual aid effort to help another law enforcement agency, was ultimately not needed and was returned. He says there was no need for Kochert to go public with his find…other than to discredit him.