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of the criminal-mischief kind was reported Wednesday to Flathead County sheriff's deputies. Someone damaged a wheat field on Trumble Creek Road with a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

A concerned resident in the Bitterroot area who lost contact with a friend on the telephone called deputies to investigate. It turned out his friend just got tired of holding on call-waiting and hung up.

Deputies received a report of a burglary on Valley Drive. Better news was received from Smokey Bear Lane, where a pistol presumed stolen was found.

A driver added assault to injury in a road-rage incident late Tuesday near Fastoys.

The assaulted driver told the Sheriff's Office that he followed a vehicle into the parking lot after its driver cut him off several times. The suspect then got out, kicked his car then hit him.