The first substantial snowstorm of the year led to the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office also meant the first complaint about plowing. Someone in Bigfork claimed that a neighbor who volunteered to maintain a particular street had pushed snow in such a way that it had damaged his property. The man said that he thought the neighbor piled the snow intentionally because of a property boundary dispute that was ongoing. A deputy interviewed other neighbors who had no problems with the plowing, and told the complainant that he should contact an attorney if the problem persisted.

All was fine after part of a log fell off a log truck when it hit the railroad underpass on East Idaho. A deputy found that the log truck driver had stopped to secure the load and debris from the roadway was removed.  

A business person in Columbia Falls reported receiving equipment that was stolen from Georgia. A deputy ran the equipment through a database and verified that the materials were in fact stolen.

A scope and knife were stolen from a car parked along U.S. 2 near Columbia Falls.

A vending machine was stolen from a business in Bigfork off Montana 35.

A gun was stolen from Lodgepole Lane in Essex.

Control equipment for a snow plow was stolen from a maintenance truck on Montana 35 near Kalispell.

A gun was stolen from a car on Willow Glen Drive.

An 18-year-old man got upset at a Columbia Range Drive residence after a 40-year-old man called him a “pot head.” The younger man was allegedly drunk and responded by saying that he was going to kick the older man’s butt. The men got into each other’s face, but a deputy was able to separate the men.

A man on Hartt Hill Drive complained that a neighbor kept letting his rabbits roam free. The rabbits allegedly dug up the neighbor’s yard. Dispatchers advised the man to check with the county zoning office to see if it was acceptable for rabbits to be living in a residential area.

A woman on Cottonwood Drive was surprised to find a bag of dog food, water bowl, leash and other pet supplies on her West Cottonwood Drive home. Her sister also reported that a family friend had left a hound/lab mix in her care for the woman. The woman apparently gave the dog to a friend in April when she found she could not care for the animal herself. The friend, however, said it had never been intended as a permanent arrangement. An animal control officer deemed the issue a civil one.

A vehicle reported stolen from Bigfork High School parking lot a week earlier was found on Montana 209 and retrieved.

Whitefish Police responded after a man tried to cash a check at a drive-through, but was told to wait as a bank teller checked on something. The man peeled out of the bank parking lot, leaving his driver’s license behind. The case was investigated as a fraud.

A Montana Highway Patrol trooper was able to rescue a deer that was caught in a fence off U.S. 93.

Columbia Falls Police asked a woman to leave an apartment on Eighth Street East North. A man reported that he had let the woman stay with him for 11 days and that she would periodically go into fits of rage. She had barricaded herself in the man’s bedroom, where there was a knife stored beneath the mattress.

A wallet with a wedding ring inside was stolen from a vehicle on Nucleus Avenue.

Kalispell Police responded to Fourth Avenue East, where an iPod was stolen from a vehicle.

Drugs were collected from a residence on Liberty Street. The drugs were found by a property manager.

A woman on Two Mile Drive wanted it logged that someone had been in her apartment after she found that lotion had been dumped in her bed and her phone had been moved. The woman suspected that a former caregiver had taken her keys and made a copy. The woman was advised to change her locks.

A bartender on First Avenue West told police that she had refused to make change for a $100 bill that appeared to be counterfeit.

A man at a bar on Woodland Park Drive reported that several people had been hit by another man, including one person who was bleeding from the head. The officer gave the patrons a ride and a report form to fill out.

The front door of an animal clinic on First Avenue West was broken in a burglary.