3 bears make themselves at home
The Flathead County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a large, furry problem on Browns Gulch Road, where a resident reported that a mother and two baby grizzly bears were trying to get into her garage before getting into her chicken coop and eating the chickens. The woman said there were no guns at the home, as her husband had taken them for the day.
A resilient thief was chased off by a U.S. 93 South resident in Somers after the resident caught the thief stealing car parts from the home. The thief later returned and stole another item. The resident told police the thief could be a co-worker trying to cause trouble.
A vigilant citizen put his observation skills to use when he reported a neighbor on U.S. 2 East in Kalispell was selling drugs. The man said he has seen people with bags of marijuana at the residence and that he had kept a list of license plates on vehicles that visited the property.
Partisan anger led someone to steal some political signs and damage others in front of a home on Voerman Road in Whitefish.
A local Rip Van Winkle was transported to Evergreen after being found wandering down a highway in his red- and white-striped pajamas.
A Solberg Drive resident got a surprise piece of mail Thursday — a mailbox from farther down the street, left in her yard.
An 11-year-old boy with dreams of freedom ran from a school on West Evergreen Drive, but eventually thought better of it and returned.
Someone broke into a maintenance man’s key box on Winter Loop Lane in Whitefish and used the keys to gain access to a mechanical room and a storage unit.
A woman was arrested on a warrant on La Brant Road.
A person was arrested during a traffic stop on Willow Glen Drive.
A man was hospitalized after an assault on U.S. 2 West in Marion.
A wallet was stolen from a home on Montana 35.
A CD player was stolen from a vehicle on U.S. 93 South in Whitefish.
The Kalispell Police Department responded to a false alarm on West California Street, where pets, children and adults fled a home when smoke began pouring out of the basement. The smoke turned out to be the result of a malfunctioning furnace. The Kalispell Fire Department also responded to the call.
A clueless trespasser was arrested after a night employee at a U.S. 93 South business reported he had just watched the man break into a room on the building’s closed circuit camera system. The man was still in the room when police arrived.
A quick-thinking person carrying a camera took pictures of two youths breaking into a vehicle outside a North Main Street store.
A pair of drunken men was reported twice to police after first trying to start fights with people on U.S. 2 West, and then being generally drunk inside a West Idaho Street gas station.
A resident was concerned about people shooting birds with blow darts after seeing a seagull with a blow dart in its eye.
An observant resident reported a drug exchange in a parking lot on West Idaho Street.
A girl was cited for being underage and in possession of tobacco on Third Avenue West.
A theft from a vehicle was reported on North Main Street.
The Columbia Falls Police Department responded to Ninth Street West after a man was assaulted and left bleeding from the head by a man registered in the state as a violent offender.
A shocked book lover was intimidated at the library.
The Whitefish Police Department was dragged into the middle of a neighborly dispute when an upset Texas Avenue resident came home to find a fence knocked down by the neighbors, against whom the resident has a civil lawsuit pending.
An unlocked green Subaru Legacy with a spare key inside was stolen on Lupfer Avenue.
Polson Police officers arrested a person for shoplifting at a supermarket.
A theft was reported at an apartment on U.S. 93.