Deputies roust transients from under bridge

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies removed about 25 transients living under the Conrad Drive bridge over the Stillwater River.

Deputies received a missing persons report of three men who went hang gliding south of Plains in Sanders County and haven't yet returned.

A man jumped a bartender in a bar on Somers Road. He left, but deputies had to return a couple hours later when the man came back. He was gone before they got there.

A case of road rage turned into an assault on U.S. 2 and Reserve Drive after a near collision between two cars.

Two cars on Antelope Trail had their windshields shattered and a car on Goat Trail had a window broken.

A 13-year-old child slipped and hit his head at the pool in Woodland Water Park. The youth was taken to the emergency room.

Two flower pots from in front of the Glacier Gallery were stolen over the weekend.

A 3-year-old child was reportedly left alone in a car near the intersection of U.S. 2 and Montana 35. The car was gone when deputies arrived.

A man tried to steal a pair of earrings from a shop in Hungry Horse. When he was observed, he threw them on the counter and ran out.

A mountain lion tried to eat a man's pet rabbits in Bigfork. He scared the big cat away by shooting at it before the mountain lion could fill its belly.

Deputies responded to a call of three sparkler bombs going off on Conrad Drive.

Some bulls broke loose near Auction Road and Fir Terrace south of Kalispell. They were eventually corralled.

Somebody drove over a Flathead Electric Cooperative transformer on Mooring Road.

Deputies responded to a four-car pileup on U.S. 2 near the House of Mystery. There were no injuries.

The Sheriff's Office plans to triple the number of deputies patrolling the streets on Independence Day, their busiest day of the year.