Hound packs a bag and plays hooky

A golden retriever wearing a backpack was seen running down Central Avenue, possibly ditching school. The person who found the dog told Whitefish Police that they were unable to catch the dog before it ran off.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a mink bite that landed someone in the emergency room.

Someone reported being told there was a possible sex offender hanging around a school in Libby.

A set of four-wheeler ramps was found lying in the middle of U.S. 2.

The hide and skull of a freshly killed elk were found near Michaels Draw. The reporting person said that the animal’s ivory was gone.

A chainsaw was allegedly stolen out of the back of a pickup truck on Farm to Market Road.

A Scott’s Stroll resident stated that someone had broken into her home. Authorities found nothing missing and saw no signs of entry into the residence.

The landlord of a residence on Conifer Road allegedly entered a tenant’s home without permission and began packing up her belongings.

A seizure-prone black lab escaped from his yard on Snowshoe Road. His owner advised that the dog tends to get disoriented.

Someone reportedly broke into a vehicle on Fourth Avenue West while the owner was home and took a speaker, a police radar detector and some medication, according to the Columbia Falls Police Department.

A man allegedly punched and threatened someone with a handgun near McDermott Lane, according to the Kalispell Police Department.

A spare tire was reported missing from a woman’s property on Fifth Avenue West.

A baggie containing a “substantial amount” of a “crystal substance” was found in the sheets of a hotel room bed.

A man was allegedly being loud and “obnoxious” while attempting to ring up onions at a self-checkout. The man did not have any onions with him. Authorities trespassed the man from the store for the night.