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AM Scanner Traffic — 11.17.09

  • 11:52 a.m. Hit-and-run accident @ 1st & Foster.
  • 10:44 a.m. Authorities report information re: a possible lewd & lacivious action that became available during a polygraph test.
  • 10:19 a.m. R/P on Pinto Lane/Hayden reports a man in a black Dodge van, dressed in black w/a red backpack, is looking in vehicle and house windows.
  • 10:01 a.m. E-mail from Janet Feiler/CdA schools to media: "In case you get calls, I just wanted you to know that Coeur d'Alene High School is having a routine practice lockdown this morning, as part of their ongoing school safety and preparedness program."
  • 9:14 a.m. Several motorists report a hydrant is spraying water @ Prairie & Carolwood/Post Falls.
  • 9:05 a.m. Timberlake Fire District reports a "deceased cow" behind the station on Bunco Road. The carcass is tied up and has several beer cans around it.
  • 8:45 a.m. A woman who has tried to kill herself with pills since her husband died on the Palouse several weeks ago is headed to Black Lake to find a message she believes he left for her.
  • 8:12 a.m. A large amount of wire is reported on I-90, near the stateline.


D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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