Dep. Niehoff joins PCSO

The Phillips County Sheriff’s Office welcomed Jesse Niehoff, it’s newest deputy on Wednesday, October 3.

The hire was the first for Deputy Jerry Lytle and Deputy Kevin Metcalf, who are expected to be elected as Sheriff and Under Sheriff on November 6, running unopposed, after Lytle won the Primary Election on Tuesday, June 5.

“Sheriff Scott Moran and Under Sheriff Burt Peigneux left the hiring up to myself and Kevin Metcalf as we'll be taking over in January,” Lytle said.

While searching through the many applications, Lytle and Metcalf found an applicant moving to Malta from Gillette, Wyo., Ni...