Census worker won't take no for answer

A Census worker drew a complaint to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office after he repeatedly returned to the residence after being asked to leave. The resident said the worker was very confrontational.

When contacted by a deputy, the worker said people are bad citizens if they don’t fill out the information requested by Census workers, and said the deputy was a bad citizen too, for not giving him the information he asked for, even though it was private information.

The deputy then contacted the worker’s regional supervisor to describe the danger the worker was putting himself in by saying he works for the federal government and then being confrontational with people. That supervisor agreed to contact the worker’s field supervisor to advise that the worker be re-trained on how to deal with people.

A Yeoman Hall Road man trying to stick it to his neighbors reported they have four pigs, where they are only allowed to have three according to covenants on the property. He also said they have other animals. After some investigation with the zoning department, the man was called back and told the area was unzoned county land and the county had no ordinances that could be enforced in that case.

A traumatized Hellman Lane woman in Columbia Falls wanted to talk to an animal warden about someone “shooting her bunny dead.” The animal warden reported it appeared to have been killed by another animal.

The concerned director of a social services agency reported that a driver smelled decay at a Valley Drive home to which he was trying to make a delivery. No report of any unpleasant discoveries being made yet.

A trio of loose llamas — one black, one brown and one white — were reported running down Browns Meadow Road in Kila.

A dog owner was advised about the appearance of his behavior after it was reported that he dropped the pooch off on KM Ranch Road and drove away. The man told police he lets the dog out of the vehicle there to walk the rest of the way to the house so it can get exercise. He said he will stay with the dog next time.

A man threatened to break the arms of a family member during an argument over some change on Fourth Avenue East in Columbia Falls.

A roughly 4-year-old boy with a mohawk haircut was seen walking alone down Montana 35 carrying a pair of Army boots.

A Grand Drive resident in Bigfork reported a man tried to get into his house and he confronted the man, who said he wanted to use the bathroom.

A man reported his grandson was attacked at knifepoint around May 12 in River Place.

A concerned passerby contacted the Kalispell Police Department to report a group of 30 teenagers in a parking lot at the intersection of Idaho Street and Main Street in cars and on bicycles with alcohol in some of the cars. The passerby asked them to leave on behalf of the owners of a nearby restaurant, and the teens reportedly replied, “Make us.” An officer moved the group along.

A bewildered motorist reported being rear-ended not once, but twice by a dump truck on West Reserve Drive.

A Third Avenue East resident wanted to know if officers would take a pair of ducks back to Woodland Park.

A stranded motorist flagged down an officer on First Avenue West to ask for gas money.

The father of an 8-year-old boy was counseled after the boy was reported on East Oregon Street with a dog on a leash, kicking it repeatedly.

A man was arrested after being seen pulling a woman’s hair on Fifth Avenue East.

Whitefish Police Department officers arrested a man on Minnesota Avenue, after a woman reported he threw a piece of glass at her, blocked her in a camper, and went in the bedroom to grab a gun before she was able to get outside and away.

A Spruce Court resident tired of the racket being made by people outside called to tell police that the noise was bothering a baby trying to sleep. The caller didn’t want police to take action, only for the reported drunks to go inside and quiet down.

An 11th Avenue West woman contacted the Columbia Falls Police Department after receiving a fraudulent message on her husband’s computer saying she could be arrested in the next 72 hours for unlawfully distributing pornography on the computer unless she sent in $300.

A lover of lush lawns on Seventh Avenue East North wanted an officer to tell his neighbor to mow because the dandelion seeds were spreading to his yard.