Flathead County Sheriff's Office took a call

from near Ashley Lake, where some people said they were run off the road by a vehicle pulling a boat. They needed water, car repairs, and medical attention. They went to the hospital.

A dispute on Whitefish Stage Road turned out to be a financial disagreement between business partners who are romantically involved.

A deputy planned to pay a visit to two men who were seen shooting at seagulls from a raft on Flathead River.

At Eagle Bend, a resident believes someone is surrounding her home with a poisonous substance.

Fences apparently don't always make good neighbors, as evidenced on Spring Prairie Road, where a resident who was repairing his fence said his neighbor harassed him and challenged him to fight.

A chainsaw and weights were stolen on Twin Lakes Road. A motorcycle was stolen at Penco. A 'hamburglar' made off with a pound of ground beef and some vitamins from a home on Willow Glen Drive.

On Donahoe Lane, a woman said her ex-husband assaulted her. A domestic disturbance at Kokanee Bend resulted in two calls to the Sheriff's Office.

A burning bush on Primrose Lane wasn't a religious sign, but the result of fireworks outside a house.

A vehicle windshield was no match for a bottle hurled at it.

A man in a cowboy hat who was leaning against a pole on Hodgson Road was just restin'. He was evidently not the same person who let himself into a horse barn on U.S. 93, because that lonesome cowboy left behind his hat.