Old, unknown bones recovered
Several bones of unknown origin were found near a slough around 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
A Creston man had been playing with his dog near the edge of a slough near Riverside Drive when he spotted the remains below, exposed by lower-than-normal water levels.
The bones looked very old and had “obviously been there for a while,” said Sgt. Jim Browder, who investigated for the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office. He said there weren’t enough remains to make up an identifiable skeleton and wasn’t sure if they were human or animal.
Browder recovered what appeared to be three large leg bones, what appeared to be a shoulder blade, and smaller bones that appeared to be either from a leg or arm.
The bones will be sent to the crime lab in Missoula.
Three men reportedly fighting with gloves and boots at a U.S. 2 West bar around 2 a.m. Saturday were gone when deputies arrived.
Deputies responding to a kegger on Northwoods Drive around 11:30 p.m. Friday learned the partygoers were all adults.
Deputies separated an arguing boyfriend and girlfriend at a U.S. 93 South residence Saturday morning.
Three dogs were again chasing calves in the Church Drive area around 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Animal wardens are handling the matter.
Two heavy safes were found in the woods one mile east of the old depot in Columbia Falls around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Deputies counseled the landlord who still gets mail from an old tenant.
Deputies received 116 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
A Barron Way resident told police an older woman allows her dog to go to the bathroom in the resident’s yard. Although the woman has been asked nicely to stop, she continues to do so, the resident noted. Kalispell Police plan to follow up as soon as they are given a name and address of the apparent offender.
After power was turned back on Saturday morning at a business on U.S. 93 North, a computer reportedly blew up. Officers are investigating.
Windows were broken out of a Jeep Cherokee parked near a Kalispell shopping center on North Main Street Friday afternoon.
A man apparently threatened another man with an ax at a Seventh Avenue West residence Friday evening. Officers counseled those involved.
A man was threatening to take another man outside at a First Avenue West North club around 6 p.m. Friday. Officers determined the argument was only verbal and separated them.
The man apparently making death threats toward a family member was removed from Kalispell Regional Medical Center around 8 p.m. Friday.
Around 10 p.m. Friday, officers assisted a reportedly intoxicated man who said he had just eaten some bad food. He refused medical treatment.
Officers were unable to locate the man apparently yelling profanities in the Sixth Street West area around 1 a.m. Saturday.
Those involved in a physical disturbance outside a Second Street East bar just before 2 a.m. Saturday were separated.
Officers received 68 calls for service between 2:30 p.m. Friday and 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
As Whitefish Police approached a vehicle stuck in the snow near Columbia Avenue, the occupants ran. The vehicle was towed.
Officers received 25 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Columbia Falls Police arrested a 54-year-old man for DUI along U.S. 2 around 2 a.m. Saturday.
Officers received 30 calls for service between 3:30 p.m. Friday and 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Alarms
An 82-year-old woman who suffered a medical emergency in the dining area of a pizza place on U.S. 93 was transported to North Valley Hospital Saturday afternoon.
On Thursday, a man reported seeing something fall through the ice on Bootjack Lake. He initially thought it was a deer. Now, upon seeing a poster of a missing girl hanging in a grocery store, he wanted to make sure it wasn’t her. Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks is handling the issue.
The two ton bale of hay reported in the middle of U.S. 93 south of Lakeside was referred to Montana Highway Patrol Saturday morning.