Flathead County sheriff

A woman and her three children fled Tuesday evening when her intoxicated husband reportedly began shooting guns in their Lost Prairie Road house, according to the Flathead County Sheriff's Office. The man then barricaded himself in the residence, prompting a call to the county SWAT team. The initial call to the sheriff came in at 6:24 p.m. Tuesday.

The woman had one child with her, but her 8-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son hid. They were located, with help from law enforcement, but not before they were thoroughly chilled. Paramedics with Marion ambulance treated them on scene.

The children and their mother are staying at a Kalispell shelter, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Deputies and Kalispell police officers, who assisted the county, were on scene at Lost Prairie until about 3 a.m. Wednesday. The man had not been charged with anything as of early Wednesday evening.

Deputies' first concern at the standoff was ensuring the woman and her children were safe, Sheriff Mike Meehan said. On Wednesday, deputies further investigated the domestic disturbance that led to the standoff and spoke with the Flathead County attorney.

A man told sheriff's deputies Tuesday he was having difficulty chewing after a fight Saturday in Martin City.

Overdue snowmobilers who'd departed from West Glacier were found three miles south of Polebridge in Glacier National Park.

Two drunk men pulled into a Truman Heights Road driveway Tuesday night, looking for "Wild Bill," with whom they wanted to go snowmobiling. They didn't find Wild Bill and ended up stuck in the driveway. A tow truck was called.

The snowmobile parked in the middle of Lake Blaine may not make it back to shore. The ice is too thin to walk out to it.

An employee is the possible suspect in the theft of $500 worth of alcohol from a ski resort restaurant.

Vehicles without four-wheel drive would have been unable to reach the logging truck that tipped on Star Meadow Road Wednesday afternoon.

Deputies received 175 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Kalispell police

The person who let a man borrow a vehicle to get a job two months ago told Kalispell police the car still hasn't been returned.

Traffic was backed up Tuesday evening when railroad crossing arms got stuck on Fifth Avenue West North. After about two hours, the problem was resolved.

A saw was stolen at a hotel on U.S. 93 South.

At a high school parking lot, someone broke a pickup's rear cab window to steal an iPod inside.

A caller thought the leotard-clad man packing snow in a downtown intersection was suspicious.

Three men left without paying a $19.40 tab at a bar on South Main.

Officers received 80 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Whitefish police

Whitefish police received 38 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Columbia Falls police

Columbia Falls police received 16 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Alarms

Kalispell Fire Department investigated a report of a popping sound and smell of smoke in a skywalk downtown Tuesday afternoon.

Kalispell Fire Department ambulance took a boy, 16, to the hospital with a possible broken femur after a possible hit-and-run Tuesday evening.

Mountain View Drive residents' eyes were dilated when the Evergreen Fire Department responded to their carbon-monoxide alarm Tuesday evening. Everyone was evacuated.

Whitefish Fire Department responded when a vehicle backed into a gas line at a business south of Whitefish on U.S. 93.

A resident heard hissing from a propane tank on Parkview Drive. West Valley Fire Department responded.

The West Valley and Kalispell fire departments were paged to a car fire on Summit Ridge.

Three Rivers EMS took a patient to the hospital after a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 2 west of North Hilltop Drive.

With some difficulty, Three Rivers also responded to a 55-year-old logging crew member who had a heart attack near Tally Lake. Co-workers had to bring him part of the way; the ambulance couldn't make it up the road. The man died Wednesday morning.

Bigfork ambulance went to a rollover on Montana 35 near Many Lakes.

After Flathead Electric Cooperative de-energized the electric lines at a Columbia Falls hardware store, Columbia Falls Fire Department was able to safely shut down the damaged gas line.