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The new station — which will be 4,000 square feet and carry a price tag just over $3 million — is expected to be completed Dec. 2. And unlike the building the department has been in for the past handful of years, the new station will include holding cells, interview rooms and a main lobby that will be open to the public.

Kyle Bertsch, 39, is being held on a $5 million bond for the shooting and immediate aftermath in Windsor’s jurisdiction, and another $3 million in Severance’s jurisdiction for later leading police on the chase and brandishing his weapon at police, according to Colorado court records.

The Coachella Valley Journalism Foundation launched its inaugural hall of fame at a luncheon Tuesday, including Desert Sun alum Bruce Fessier.

The issues affect Grandview Elementary School, Severance Middle School and Severance High School. Weld RE-4 Communications Director Katie Smith and Severance Town Manager Nicholas Wharton stressed that the move is only temporary and they hope to have officers return full time as early as next month.

A staffing shortage at the Severance Police Department has meant school resource officers have been temporarily assigned to patrol duties, but recently hired officers could change...

New Severance police chief Ken Chavez and Windsor Severance fire chief Chris Angermuller were at Severance Town Hall Wednesday evening for a “Meet the Chiefs” event. Chavez made his way to Severance after more than four decades in Denver, with a 10-month stop in Leadville in between. Angermuller has bounced around a little more, spending 17 of his 25-year career in Overland Park, Kansas, before making stops in Arizona and on the Western Slope.

“It’s just a very unfortunate situation,” Severance Police Chief Ken Chavez said. “And kind of a very unique situation here in Severance as well.”

Police have a Severance neighborhood blocked off after a minor fired three shots in a this afternoon. Police say two people are still inside the house, and they believe at least one is alive, but contact has not been established.

Police found two people killed in a suspected murder-suicide after breaching the walls of a Severance home while responding to a report of gunshots following a disturbance on Wednesday.

Police have a Severance neighborhood blocked off after a minor fired three shots in a this afternoon. Police say two people are still inside the house, and they believe at least one is alive, but contact has not been established.