Officers break up C. Falls party

The Alcohol Enforcement Team arrested eight suspected underage drinkers Friday night at a party on Montana 40 in Columbia Falls. Deputies found alcohol and marijuana at the house.

While investigating a reported loud party on U.S. 2 West, Flathead County sheriff's deputies discovered a man wanted on a $20,000 bond felony warrant. He was arrested.

A skunk caught in a cage at Forest Hill Village lived to spray another day and was released into the wild.

Someone broke into the South Kalispell Fire Department training trailer and set a fire in the bathtub. No damage was done.

A Farm to Market Road resident found a shot deer on his property.

A caller saw a black bear on the slope behind a house on Dakota Avenue in Whitefish.

An open door was cause for alarm on Farm to Market Road, but everything appeared to be OK inside.

An inmate at the Flathead County jail says he's heard things have been stolen from his house while he's been behind bars. He'll call deputies when he gets out and discovers what's missing.

Adult Protective Services reported an assault in Hungry Horse: A woman allegedly beat her mentally disabled daughter with a wooden spoon. The report is under investigation.

A caller watched a car pull into a driveway on Whitefish Stage, then saw the vehicle's occupants shoot up with something in hypodermic needles. They were gone when deputies arrived.

Someone in a small white car shot a gun out of the vehicle on Montana 40 in Columbia Falls.

Deputies warned a man not to come back to his ex-girlfriend's Shady Lane apartment. When he returned two hours later, he was arrested on suspicion of criminal trespass.

The property hasn't been sold, but someone keeps taking down real-estate signs on Creston Hatchery Road.

A Haywire Gulch resident reportedly attempted to hit people with his vehicle. No one was injured, but he may face reckless driving charges.

A vehicle on Witty Lane in Columbia Falls suffered broken headlights, dented fenders and scratched paint.