Explosion report proves accurate

Flathead County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a Haywire Gulch residence after receiving multiple reports of explosions in the area. They ended up making contact with a man who said the noise was the result of him setting off explosives used in targets.

A man described as white, at least six feet tall, thin, with long hair and a beard or goatee, wearing camouflage pants and a black shirt was reported walking around downtown Kalispell with a black handgun sticking out of the back of his waistband.

A confused Kienas Road man reported three unidentified men in their 40s or 50s walked into his home on Friday and started shouting at him, asking to see his well controls. Because the men did not identify themselves, the resident demanded they leave, and told law enforcement that he would use necessary force to protect himself and his property if it happened again. He was advised only to use force that was reasonable.

A Hungry Horse man who confronted a motorist who was spinning his tires on Fourth Avenue South got punched in the face for his trouble.

A Highway Patrol trooper contacted the sheriff’s office to notify deputies of a reckless driver heading into Flathead County who had already knocked a mirror off a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction in what was nearly a head-on collision.

A bumbling burglar was caught on camera breaking into an East Oregon Street business.

A puzzled Silver Leaf Drive man reported a large knife had been jammed through his fence in the back yard and he did not know where it came from.

Vandals were reported dropping eggs on vehicles driving under the underpass on the east side of Kalispell’s East Idaho Street.

A would-be burglar was stymied by a strong door at a U.S. 2 East business.

A Batavia Lane resident called for someone to dispatch a doe on the property which had either been attacked or had otherwise torn its skin, leaving its stomach hanging out.

A woman was arrested after swerving all over U.S. 93 South and driving into oncoming traffic.

A Kalispell Police Department officer tracked down a woman, pulled her over, and arrested her after she stole Twinkies, peanuts, and other products from a Third Avenue East North store.

An employee at a Third Avenue East North store may have the best karma in the valley after turning in a purse left in the store containing more than $3,000 in cash.

A First Avenue East North resident got a free and decidedly unwelcome polka-dot paint job on their vehicle when someone spray-painted spots all over the vehicle during the night.

A man who walked into a casino on U.S. 93 South, sat down at a machine, and played for a while left a prize when he departed — drugs believed to be methamphetamine.

An explosion was reported in the area of Seventh Street East, possibly the result of a sparkler bomb.

A burglar who may have been dying to catch up on his or her favorite shows broke into a Third Avenue East home and stole a television, leaving a window and door wide open behind them.

Whitefish Police Department officers responded to West Seventh Street after receiving a report of a man lying in a yard next to the street only to find a man and a woman who were walking home had stopped to “rest” for a little bit.

A Lupfer Avenue man wanted a man permanently banned from returning to his home after the man pushed his daughter after she stepped in his way when he was threatening one of the resident’s friends.

Fire crews are responding to a single-acre wildfire in heavy timber at Combat Creek in the Bob Marshall Wilderness that was located shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday.