Columbia Falls News

At the conclusion of the busiest Spring Mack Days ever, Don Beville of Lakeside emerged as the top angler.

Replacing a broken sewer pipe, like the one at a Kalispell business recently, would normally require uprooting the entire line through excavation.

Thursday 5/17 7:02 a.m. A gas tank on Foys Lake Road was "sugared." 9:33 a.m. A man who wrecked his motorcycle sustained minor injuries after his wife intentionally rammed him with her car.

Tuesday 5/15 8:34 a.m. Someone yanked the stereo out of a Helena Flats Road resident's vehicle.

The numbers just keep going up and up. Anglers in the 2012 Spring Mack Days Fishing Event have turned in a total of 29,855 lake trout in the twenty-seven days of the thirty-four day event.

Monday 5/14 8:18 a.m. A Lakeside man reported that his mother and her boyfriend's daughter were kicking his wife.

Thursday 5/10 6:56 a.m. Someone called 911 to report an emergency involving five cows that were ambling down Conrad Drive.

Tuesday 5/8 9:12 a.m. A Bigfork man reportedly participated in a "standoff" with a loose Rottweiler.

The Flathead County Health Department has received reports of eight cases of whooping cough connected with an elementary school in Columbia Falls and the Swan River school east of Bigfork.

Thursday 5/4 8:35 a.m. A Lakeside woman found some sort of shih tzu poodle type of animal in her yard.

Warm temperatures are expected to return this week and just in time for the opening of several campgrounds throughout the Flathead National Forest.

It's down to the final casts. There's only 10 days remaining in this year's Spring Mack Days fishing event on Flathead Lake.

Monday 4/30 7:18 a.m. A Hungry Horse man reported that a radio device and navigation system were stolen out of his rental vehicle.

As I write this the Flathead River is ripping through Columbia Falls at more than 43,000 cubic feet per second.

Thursday 4/26 9:19 a.m. A Hungry Horse resident's door was kicked in while he was out of town.

Glacier National Park Superintendent Chas Cartwright and Deputy Superintendent Kym Hall will appear at two community meetings and share updates about the upcoming summer inside the park, including information about programs and Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation.