Police calls: Big brown thing on the lake

Whitefish Police calls Jan. 5-11.

Monday, Jan. 5

6:42 a.m. Report of a burglary at a market on Wisconsin Avenue. Someone busted open the ATM.

12:43 p.m. An SUV and a pickup with a plow collided on Park Avenue.

1:44 p.m. Vending machines were burglarized at a car wash on Wisconsin Avenue. A recording system was destroyed.

6:33 p.m. A vehicle was high-centered on Baker Avenue.

10:20 p.m. Report of a man causing a scene at the hospital.

Tuesday, Jan. 6

1:13 p.m. A number of vehicles were illegally parked around town.

Wednesday, Jan. 7

1:22 p.m. A caller on Spokane Avenue said vehicles were being ticketed for parking violations, but there was nowhere to park.

Thursday, Jan. 8

3:42 a.m. Report of fireworks on Vista Drive.

3:39 p.m. Report of a hit and run at a parking lot behind the library.

8:55 p.m. Report of a suspicious vehicle on Marina Crest Lane.

Friday, Jan. 9

7:38 a.m. A young child was seen walking alone on a snowbank on East 13th Street.

10:51 a.m. A caller was concerned about hitchhikers in the cold.

10:48 p.m. A woman stuck on a snowbank on East 3rd Street was slurring her words when talking to police.

Saturday, Jan. 10

12:15 a.m. A Bay Point Drive resident smelled marijuana smoke coming from another condo.

12:29 a.m. An intoxicated woman was lying in a snowbank on East 2nd Street.

1:27 a.m. Report of a man fighting a woman and a man on Central Avenue.

2:08 a.m. Report of 10 people fighting on Central Avenue.

8:29 a.m. Report of a hit and run on Central Avenue.

5:03 p.m. An East Lakeshore Drive resident reported a big brown thing on the lake. It was an ice house and a four-wheeler.

8:14 p.m. A bus hit a pole on U.S. 93 South.

Sunday, Jan. 11

2:53 a.m. A suspicious man was trying car door handles at a parking lot downtown. Police called him a taxi.