Tuesday 1/26
8:23 a.m. A dog was reportedly tied to a garbage can at a location on Middle Road in Columbia Falls. The dog was gone when authorities arrived.
8:30 a.m. No one was injured when a vehicle collided with a logging truck on Highway 35, approximately six miles east of Kalispell.
9:44 a.m. Reportedly, one business received wooden pallets from another business but did not pay.
10:23 a.m. Kids on a four-wheeler were driving recklessly and tearing up a lawn on Bernard Road. The youths were gone when police arrived.
10:24 a.m. A storage shed at a local electrical business was evidently entered and burglarized. The reporting party is taking an inventory and will call again.
1:24 p.m. Authorities picked up a “big red dog” running amok at a local mobile park and deposited the pooch at home.
1:28 p.m. A resident of Fourth Avenue East reports that a wild cat has been attacking her and her animals.
2:30 p.m. A panhandler was invited to leave the middle of the highway near an Evergreen big box store.
3:06 p.m. Someone kicked in the door of a Lakeside cabin and removed electronic items from within.
4:00 p.m. Reports of smoke coming out of a pipe on Fourth Avenue East North proved unfounded. No smoke or flames were found at the indicated site.
4:21 p.m. A resident of Happy Valley allegedly attempted to slide her vehicle into a neighbor’s car. The issue is apparently part of a neighborhood feud.
4:52 p.m. Someone called to report that three stallions on Grande Vista Drive may have been wearing too-tight harnesses. The horses are in fact healthy and comfortable.
5:11 p.m. A Whitefish mother called for advice in handling her irate 16-year-old daughter. Both parties were counseled.
5:22 p.m. The victim of an apparent firearm theft in Columbia Falls rescinded the claim when they realized that they knew the alleged suspect.
5:43 p.m. A concerned parent thought that they could smell pepper spray on a child’s clothing.
6:19 p.m. Two kids on four-wheelers spun brodies in a local church parking lot. The youths were counseled and sent home.
9:02 p.m. After an ex-flame attempted to retrieve some of his belongings from her home, a woman on Meadow Court chased a man with a hatchet and struck him in the face with her hand.
9:54 p.m. A woman on Trumble Creek Road allegedly assaulted her husband and then left.
11:27 p.m. A chimney fire in Bigfork was out by the time authorities arrived.
11:54 p.m. A motorist changing a flat tire near a local building supply center posed a minor traffic hazard.