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Scanner: Moose Charges Bystanders

A moose munches a tree outside Post Falls City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Read more <a href="http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/hbo/2010/sep/21/scanner-moose-charges-bystanders/">on Huckleberries</a>. (Courtesy of Kit Hoffer)
A moose munches a tree outside Post Falls City Hall on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Read more on Huckleberries. (Courtesy of Kit Hoffer)

8:26 a.m. A local moose stopped by Post Falls City Hall this morning, attracting the attention of passerbys and City Hall staff. It scratched the bark from several small trees and then charged several people who were taking photos before moving on down the street with a police escort. (Photo courtesy of Kit Hoffer)

  • Noonish: A s/b tan Cadillac w/California plate is speeding, passing on double-yellow lines, & passing with oncoming traffic @ H95 & M/P 447 (Parks/Athol).
  • 11:53 a.m. A motorist has knocked over the stop sign across from the Sundown Saloon, 2691 Seltice Way/CdA.
  • 11:34 a.m. Female in Post Falls area says that a door-to-door salesman got mouthy with her when she wouldn't buy his magazines.
  • 11:07 a.m. A 60YO male has suffered seizures for 15 minutes at Bakery by the Lake @ 7th & Front/CdA.
  • 10:57 a.m. Subway @ Riverbend reports an unwanted person in restaurant.
  • 10:42 a.m. Hal, @ 995 Neufeld Lane/Post Falls reports an Idaho bucket truck is blocking his driveway.
  • 10:23 a.m. A semi is broken down in an e/b lane @ Seltice Way & Huetter.
  • 10:18 a.m. Female reports that someone in a pickup backed into a turnout @ H95 & Mica View may be stealing wood from her property.
  • 10 a.m. Caller has questions re: registered sex offender living too close to a Post Falls school.
  • 9:30 a.m. Caller reports a residential burglary that just happened @ 1009 6th/CdA & that a black pickup driving away may be involved.
  • 8:45 a.m. Michael, from 4400 block of Haystack Lane/CdA, is concerned re: a worker who had a fight with his father and hasn't showed up for work in a week.
  • 8:18 a.m. A female is holding her wrist after a 3-vehicle, rear-end crash that's partly blocking Hayden Pines Way @ Government Way/Hayden.
  • 8:12 a.m. A male has suffered a head cut while having a seizure @ Fresh Start on Sherman Avenue/CdA.


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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