Missing hunter found unharmed

Flathead County sheriff

The wife of a 36-year-old Whitefish man called Flathead County Sheriff’s deputies late Friday after her husband failed to return from a hunting trip at the appointed time. Authorities were hampered in starting a search because the man could have been hunting in several areas, including Taylor Creek, Hungry Horse Reservoir, Ashley Lake and Werner Peak. Turns out the man was in the Good Creek area and walked out with another hunter after spending a night in the woods.

A man in a Hungry Horse bar complained someone stole $300 from him, but then got kicked out of the establishment while deputies were en route. He left the area before they arrived. A little over three hours later, the man ran his pickup into a pole off Kelly Road and walked to a nearby fire station with a head injury. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

Deputies responded to Lakeside Boulevard after a woman decided she needed to hide, first in the bathroom and then in the attic, from the man knocking at the door. Turns out it was her husband.

Kids reportedly were spotted running from an area off U.S. 2 north of Reserve Drive. Someone there had thrown gasoline into the road and lit it on fire, according to an onlooker.

Someone threw a rock through the window of a home on Klondyke Loop in Somers.

Deputies responding to reports of a fight late Friday at a party on Foy’s Lake Road came upon a house full of underage drinkers. Some scattered; some were cited for possession of alcohol. One person was taken to the hospital with possible alcohol poisoning. 

The locks were cut off a storage shed outside an army surplus store on U.S. 2 in Evergreen.

Deputies received 128 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Kalispell police

Kalispell police are investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins that occurred Friday night. Purses were taken from cars at a Center Street mall and Heritage Way. A wallet was taken from a car at an East Idaho Street restaurant after the window was smashed. A toolbox was stolen from a truck on Seventh Avenue West. A car parked outside a second East Idaho Street restaurant also had a window smashed. Vehicles outside a Camelot Street home were rummaged through, but the only thing reported missing was an ash tray full of change.

People who shot a deer from their vehicle on Willow Glen Drive were later observed loading it up.

A mail carrier on Fifth Avenue West heard a woman calling for help. Turns out she was elderly and needed a ride. Her vision was too bad to drive herself.

Officers responded to a Second Street East bar after a patron, who had previously been exiled, came in and refused to leave.

An employee at a U.S. 93 North box store told officers that her former mother-in-law, who just got out of prison for murder, was harassing her at work.

Officers received 69 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

Whitefish police

Whitefish police are investigating reports that a patron of a Central Avenue bar assaulted another person.

A 21-year-old man was arrested for stealing beer from the cooler of a U.S. 93 grocery store.

Someone ran over a mailbox on Third Street West.

Officers received 25 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Columbia Falls police

Columbia Falls police arrested a 19-year-old man on a Whitefish warrant for contempt of court during a traffic stop on Eighth Street West.

Officers received 17 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Alarms

The Badrock and Creston fire departments responded to a rollover crash on Montana 206. The driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI and a passenger was taken to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

The Evergreen Fire Department responded to Trumble Creek Road after someone decided to burn down a machine shed, but didn’t alert authorities that it was done on purpose.

Evergreen firefighters responded to reports of a chimney fire at a trailer on U.S. 2.

Badrock firefighters responded to reports that trees were on fire near their fire hall, and the Bigfork Fire Department responded to reports of a brush fire off Bigfork Stage Road. Both turned out to be controlled burns.

The Kalispell Fire Department responded to a crash at the intersection of U.S. 93 and Willow Glen Drive. A vehicle involved reportedly ended up on its top. Injured parties were taken to the hospital.

Kalispell firefighters responded to U.S. 93 South after a generator near a hotel began sending out heavy smoke.