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Flathead County Library grapples with security after alleged attack on employees

by TAYLOR INMAN
Daily Inter Lake | July 28, 2024 12:00 AM

A woman who allegedly bit and punched two library workers in Kalispell in early July is in the Flathead County Detention Center awaiting trial.

The alleged attack occurred on July 2 after a Flathead County Library worker at the Kalispell branch asked 54-year-old Bobbie Rae Nielsen if she needed assistance shortly after opening for the day, according to Kalispell Police Chief Jordan Venezio. He said Nielsen began making a scene, tearing things off the walls and then attacked the library worker.  

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