{"id":1247,"date":"2026-09-29T16:15:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=nodaway-county-sheriff-honors-retired-k9-after-passing"},"modified":"2026-09-29T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T16:15:41","slug":"nodaway-county-sheriff-honors-retired-k9-after-passing","status":"publish","type":"sjc_news","link":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/?sjc_news=nodaway-county-sheriff-honors-retired-k9-after-passing","title":{"rendered":"Nodaway County Sheriff honors retired K9 after passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Web-photos-1-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NODAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; The Nodaway County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is mourning the passing of one of its own after eight years of service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Monday, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced the passing of its retired K9, Bolt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;For eight years, Bolt faithfully served Nodaway County and the surrounding communities. Every day on the job was spent right behind me- his handler, his partners, and, without a doubt, the most important person in his world. His days off were no different. We were together all day, every day,&#8221; Nodaway County Sheriff Austin Hann wrote in a Facebook post. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hann praised Bolt for his loyalty to the job, noting &#8220;nothing could slow him down- except time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it was time for Bolt to retire, he traded his badge to protect Hann&#8217;s home, yard and family. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the post, Bolt died on Friday, Sept. 11; he was 11 years old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I know Bolt loved his job. He loved his people. And he spent his entire life doing what he was born to do- protecting and serving,&#8221; the post said. &#8220;Rest easy, Bolt. You&#8217;ve done your job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To read the full post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nodawaycountysheriffsoffice\/posts\/pfbid025GmWgsUbXxqKL4rT2Zm29beyMPxUiRaeNophcftMEThGb4qzACzCRF3KKxSFFir2l\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Nodawaycountysheriffsoffice\/posts\/pfbid025GmWgsUbXxqKL4rT2Zm29beyMPxUiRaeNophcftMEThGb4qzACzCRF3KKxSFFir2l\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\/public-safety\/2026\/09\/29\/nodaway-county-sheriff-honors-retired-k9-after-passing\/\">Nodaway County Sheriff honors retired K9 after passing<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kq2.com\">KQ2 | St. Joseph, Missouri News, Weather &amp; Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NODAWAY COUNTY, Mo. (KQTV) &#8212; The Nodaway County Sheriff&#8217;s Office is mourning the passing of one of its own after eight years of service. Monday, the Sheriff&#8217;s Office announced the passing of its retired K9, Bolt.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1248,"template":"","class_list":["post-1247","sjc_news","type-sjc_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news\/1247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sjc_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sjc_news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjosephconnect.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}