A man reportedly called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office screaming when a man driving a Ford got out of the vehicle and holding a tire iron strode toward the caller’s car where he bashed in the windshield and broke a side mirror.

A woman was allegedly beaten with a bat by her mother-in-law and medical staff called deputies asking them to make a report on the incident.

A woman reportedly holding a machete and talking to herself outside a Hungry Horse store made people uneasy although she wasn’t threatening anyone with it. The person who called deputies said she looked like she was on drugs.

Someone reportedly paid $2,800 in what they thought was a deposit on a rental and the first month’s rent but called a broker who told them the property was sold and was not a rental.

A man and woman were allegedly seen crouching behind a store with a canvas bag after they had been “suspiciously” walking around the area earlier in the day.

Deputies received a call from Olney regarding a very drunk, and violent, bar patron who allegedly punched another customer and locked himself in the bathroom, refusing to leave. When he went outside, another customer reportedly tried to prevent him from driving drunk. He tried going back into the bar and pounded on the door, but the bartender wouldn’t let him back in.

A non-paying bus rider reportedly refused to depart in Kalispell and was yelling and swearing at the driver.

As the clock neared midnight, a man allegedly stood in the middle of a road swinging his arms around. When deputies made contact with him he said he was just walking and didn’t need any assistance.

A man reportedly sent a threatening message to someone in Columbia Falls telling them he was watching their house and that their whole family was going to die.

A struggling deer allegedly had been stuck in a fence about 100 feet from a road in Columbia Falls for more than 24 hours and didn’t appear to be doing well.

Someone complained about people in Hungry Horse who reportedly burned trash “all the time” because they were concerned about the toxic fumes of burning plastic.

Deputies got a later call about blue smoke reportedly emanating from a trash fire that had burned for about four hours.

Someone stopped by the sheriff’s office to turn in a firearm they found in a yard in Marion. 

A later call came in about a vehicle stolen in Marion.

Someone thought it was suspicious to see a new truck backed up to an older truck with all the doors open and tools on the ground but no one around.