A home was destroyed in a fire Friday night west of Kalispell.
The fire, which claimed the house at 7200 U.S. 2 West, was reported at about 8:15 p.m. Friday. The Smith Valley, West Valley, South Kalispell and Marion fire departments all responded to the blaze and were on scene until about 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
No one was injured in the fire, but the house is "a total loss," Smith Valley fire Capt. Paul Blankenship said. He did not know how many people lived in the home, but he was told the resident or residents spent the rest of the night with friends in Marion.
Investigators still aren't certain what caused the fire or where it originated, Blankenship said.
"We're assuming it probably started in the basement," he said.
Kalispell police
Thirty or 40 people rumbled in a bar Friday night until Kalispell police broke it up. Four people were kicked out and told not to return.
Officers counseled the man who said his patient's father threatened him with bodily harm.
A wallet went missing from an employee's purse at a Center Street coffee shop.
A man complained that a woman nearly ran him off the road because she was putting on makeup while driving.
An East California Street resident is annoyed with the youths who keep ringing her doorbell and running away. It would be slightly less annoying if her doorbell didn't stick.
A leather purse was swiped from a vehicle parked on Fourth Avenue West North.
A woman lost her $1,800 diamond necklace Friday somewhere in Kalispell.
Someone requested extra patrol on Main Street after hearing a boom and feeling the building shake. Officers were unable to find anything amiss in the area.
Police arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of shoplifting at a grocery store.
Someone broke out a window at a residence on Hawthorn Avenue.
A man called police, worried that his brother, who was walking in the street wearing a coat and packing a guitar, would freeze to death. Police arrested the brother on suspicion of resisting arrest and obstructing an officer.
A worried husband called police at 2:30 a.m. Saturday because he hadn't seen his wife since 4 p.m. Friday. At press time Saturday, she still hadn't been located.
A 21-year-old man had difficulty breathing after he allegedly was "chopped in the throat" at the intersection of Second Avenue East and Eighth Street East.
The man who broke into a house on Greatview Drive was arrested on suspicion of partner assault.
Someone threw paper at a door on 10th Avenue West. The same person has tapped on the window in the past, according to the woman who lives there.
A man was leaving the house when a First Avenue West resident returned home Friday. The man said something about doing some painting and looking for "Tom." The resident later realized $60 and some prescription medication was missing.
Officers received 66 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Flathead County sheriff
Flathead County sheriff's deputies received a report of a stolen tree on Bowdish Road.
A shoplifter was apprehended at a box store in Evergreen.
A Klondike Loop woman said she was threatened by a man who wanted to see his children.
A woman called for help when another woman - who'd allegedly assaulted her earlier that day and possibly was packing a pistol - showed up at her Batavia Lane residence.
A McMannamy Draw resident complained that someone in Utah wouldn't stop sending text messages, despite being asked to stop.
A Shady Lane resident finds the amount of traffic in the neighborhood between the hours of midnight and 4 a.m. suspicious.
A caller reported a small red car smashing mailboxes on Trumble Creek and Hodgson roads, but deputies were unable to find the car or any damaged mailboxes.
Someone tried to use an Austin Crossroad resident's credit card.
A pickup created sparks by driving on its rims with no tires.
The alleged thief answered when the person whose cell phone he'd taken called it. The phone's owner arranged to have the cell phone company turn it off.
Deputies received 154 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Whitefish police
Whitefish police arrested a 28-year-old Washington man on suspicion of disorderly conduct.
Officers received 21 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Columbia Falls police
Columbia Falls police arrested on suspicion of theft a store employee accused of stealing cash from the store.
Officers received 9 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Alarms
The Columbia Falls Fire Department investigated a report of carbon monoxide fumes on Blacklog Lane. The fumes hadn't reached life-threatening levels, but NorthWestern Energy was called to service the home's furnace.
The Coram Fire Department responded to a reported chimney fire on Kickbusch Lane in Coram.