Dead body in the weeds? Well, no...

A report of a dead body was debunked after a brief investigation by the Whitefish Police Department Tuesday. A man had reported his belief that there was a dead body in the weeds near East Seventh Street after hearing from another person that a teenager had been lying in a nearby school parking lot, then got up, walked into the weeds and never came out. The man had also seen teenagers in a van acting suspicious in the area the prior night.

A person with questions about firearms laws in Montana called to ask if an Ohio concealed-weapons permit would be accepted in the state and wanted to know the statute that explains when a concealed weapon must be announced to law enforcement.

A distracted driver drove away from a U.S. 93 South gas station with the nozzle still attached to his or her vehicle. The hose disconnected from the nozzle as they left.

A maddened Minnesota Avenue woman reported a pontoon trailer had been blocking her mailbox for four days.

A wary U.S. 2 East resident contacted the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after a “shady” man showed up at the resident’s house early Tuesday morning with floor plans to a local trade mart, saying he was buying it. The resident shared his or her suspicion that the man was trying to scam people.

A man wanted on a county warrant for failure to pay child support with a bond of $34,830 got a pass after being seen at the Moccasin Creek access and reported, as the jail was too full to take him.

A dejected dog owner on Tahoe Drive surrendered her pit bull to an animal control officer after the dog jumped the fence into her neighbor’s yard, grabbing the neighbor’s schnauzer in its mouth and shaking it.

A lucky Labrador was reunited with its owner after being stolen from the bed of the owner’s pickup truck at a Montana 35 bar. The dognapper was caught on video stealing the pooch and was identified by patrons in the bar, which led to the dog’s rescue.

A protective mother on Gunsite Loop called with questions about her neighbor videotaping her children.

An employee at a U.S. 2 East business in West Glacier reported his suspicions that a tall man with messy blond hair carrying a brown sleeping bag had been smoking crack in the bathroom. The man was later seen at the Moccasin Creek access.

A Sunnybrook Lane woman in Somers told police she didn’t want her neighbor’s chickens in her yard.

A wild weekend wedding on 14th Street East North in Columbia Falls left a neighbor missing two sections of her fence.

A drunk dad was reported after picking his daughter up from the Flathead County Juvenile Detention Center smelling of alcohol.

The Kalispell Police Department intervened with a mid-20s woman on behalf of her children’s safety Tuesday afternoon. She was first reported sitting in a restaurant area at a Hutton Ranch Road store, very drunk and possibly on drugs, accompanied by an infant and a toddler.

The woman was also identified as the suspect in a hit-and-run accident that occurred earlier in the day. She was cited for the accident and found a ride home.

An employee at a South Main Street business reported a man had called saying he wanted to perform inspirational music to children, but that when she received a disc from the man to listen to, it contained “weird music” and pornographic pictures.

A pair of duck devotees reported their concern for the welfare of ducks and ducklings on a hot parking lot off U.S. 93 North. In addition to worries about the heat, the second caller was concerned they might be hit by a car. A group of passers-by eventually herded the ducks out of harm’s way and back to a pond.

An officer had to counsel a Buttercup Loop woman who didn’t understand that when her children sat outside and threw rocks, any damage they caused was her responsibility. The conversation came after a neighbor reported the children had scratched and dented his pickup truck by throwing rocks at it. The woman was advised if her children hit any more vehicles with rocks, they would be charged with criminal mischief.