Law Roundup
Flathead County sheriff
A man collecting cans at some sports fields off Conrad Drive told Flathead County sheriff's deputies two men tried to pick a fight and then stole his bag of cans.
Residents on U.S. 2 in Evergreen allegedly threatened to beat up their neighbors with an ax, then when that didn't work, they threatened to come back with a gun.
Parking signs were vandalized at a Lakeside boat launch.
Deputies responded to and broke up a disturbance at a bar on Montana 35 in Evergreen.
The arm of a railroad-crossing gate malfunctioned on West Reserve Drive.
A man on Grand Drive in Bigfork asked a woman when the manager's office was going to open and then ran off. The area has been slated for extra patrol.
A vehicle was reported stolen on LaBrant Road.
People were jumping into the Stillwater River from the West Reserve Drive bridge in an unsafe manner.
Boaters reportedly got stranded in the Middle Fork near West Glacier. Everyone was fine.
Smoke was reported on Wild Horse Mountain.
When a Whitefish man reportedly started receiving calls from four-digit phone numbers, he somehow called the numbers back and somehow got through to the Sheriff's Office. The man told dispatchers he wanted the harassment, which wasn't actually occurring, to stop.
A man eating at a picnic table outside a hotel on U.S. 2 in Evergreen was told he wasn't welcome there, but refused to leave. He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing.
No one was taken to the hospital after a crash at the bottom of Underpass Hill.
Deputies responded to Liberty Street to assist in an eviction.
Deputies told a person loitering in front of a box store on U.S. 2 in Evergreen to move along.
A man on Montana 35 in Bigfork told deputies he was harassed and then pushed by another man.
Deputies received 172 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Kalispell police
An East California Street man told Kalispell police a neighborhood youth took his car while he was on vacation, drove it, and then returned it.
A First Avenue West woman told officers her ex-boyfriend's mother threatened to beat her up.
Officers responded to U.S. 93 near the hospital to look for an apparently confused elderly woman, but were unable to find her.
Officers counseled a 15-year-old Second Street West girl after her parents reported her as an ungovernable youth.
Homeowners on Oberlin Loop called police because their 40-year-old son refused to leave. They were told about what steps they needed to take to start the eviction process.
A man called police to report that someone was chasing his stepson and swearing at him.
Officers separated a man and woman arguing on First Avenue West North.
A Sixth Avenue West resident called police after hearing a man banging on her neighbor's doors and windows while screaming obscenities.
Officers counseled a 12-year-old boy lying in the middle of the street at 10th Avenue West and Third Street.
Someone is sleeping in an abandoned house on First Avenue West.
After an altercation on Second Avenue West, someone involved in the incident was taken to the hospital with cuts from broken glass. No one wanted to pursue charges.
A man at a grocery store on East Idaho Street stole a bottle of beer, broke another one, and threw a third bottle at a clerk.
People making a scene in the parking lot of a bar on South Main Street dispersed when deputies arrived.
An intoxicated woman who let herself in to an elderly resident's home on Seventh Street West was taken to the hospital with possible alcohol poisoning.
A man began hitchhiking up U.S. 93 after dumping a pink bike in the ditch.
Sawhorses were stolen from the driveway of a Fourth Avenue East North home.
Officers received 89 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
Whitefish police
Whitefish police received 22 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Columbia Falls police
Columbia Falls police found a car with its doors open at the intersection of Martha Road and 13th Street West, and notified the owner.
Officers arrested a 55-year-old man on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol during a traffic stop on U.S. 2.
A 20-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct after he kept knocking on a Sixth Street West woman's door.
Officers received 33 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Alarms
The Somers Fire Department and Lakeside Quick Response Unit responded to Flathead Lake near Lakeside Boulevard to treat people who were injured after their Jet Skis collided.
The Kalispell Fire Department responded to a crash on Third Avenue East North.
The Creston Fire Department responded to reports of a grass fire on Van Sant Road.
The Kalispell Fire Department responded to the Courthouse Loop after a car ran off the road and into a tree.
The Blankenship Fire Department responded to the east side of Teakettle Mountain, where a logging skidder had caught on fire. The blaze was extinguished.