Before he happened upon them at Whitefish City Beach, he'd never seen the two guys before. They hit it off, hung out at Pin and Cue and then headed out to State Park Road.
Flathead County sheriff
That's when they blindsided him on the head with a set of brass knuckles, he told Flathead County sheriff's deputies. He beat on the glass door of a nearby home for help, but no one answered. The two men hit him again and stole a $100 bill he was carrying.
Campers couldn't get along near Hungry Horse Dam on Friday night. The Sheriff's Office originally received a report that someone had fired a shotgun and hit a girl in the chest. They found her uninjured; she said it hadn't penetrated her skin.
After the shot, her fellow campers had confronted a neighboring camp site, where a man allegedly held a fish knife to another man's throat. To defend his friend, someone pulled out bear spray. Unfortunately, it hit the man with the knife at his throat.
In the end, everyone calmed down enough to retreat to their respective camps. No one wanted to press charges.
The unhappy customer threatened to shoot everyone at Airtel Wireless - but later regretted it. Even though he was sorry, he was asked not to return to the store.
A Kalispell resident learned a California man by the same name has been using his Social Security number. Apparently his California counterpart is chatty; the Kalispell man received his $640 phone bill.
A man returned from vacation to find his front door jimmied and the cellar door open. He suspects his estranged wife is the culprit; before they separated, she'd wanted a pair of skis he owned. The skis were gone and had been replaced by an older set.
A boat parked at Les Mason Park in Whitefish was relieved of its fuel tank, valued at $200.
When a disturbance was reported in Evergreen, deputies discovered two underage girls drinking. Both were arrested for minor in possession; one had a blood-alcohol content of 0.246 percent.
Until June 17, the Marion landfill had been open 24 hours a day. Someone perhaps was unaware the dump is now closed after 7 p.m.; a vehicle ran into and destroyed the gates, which were valued at $500.
The low-flying aircraft over Rogers Lake was reported to the Federal Aviation Administration and the Department of Homeland Security. It turned out to be novice pilots practicing their skills in a rented helicopter.
A man who'd left personal items on the beach while he was swimming in Foy's Lake came back to find his $400 watch missing, but his wallet and cell phone right where he'd left them.