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• Huckleberries: Yuletide adornment sneaks up on Ganesha

  January 1, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Ganesha, the controversial Hindu idol in downtown Coeur d’Alene, received an unscheduled makeover during the Christmas weekend. As you may recall, some Lake City residents were upset when the Ganesha …

• Vandals win where it counts

  November 29, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 For all long-suffering UIdaho Vandal fans, Argonaut News Editor Marcus Kellis offers a unique perspective re: the lopsided results of recent football games w/Boise State. First, Marcus has solid southern …

• Elections and full moons

  November 8, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 I was visiting my mother-in-law for lunch in the Coeur d’Alene Place development last Sunday when the door bell rang. I heard a familiar voice when my mother-in-law answered the …

• New law will help disabled officers

  April 14, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Gov. Butch Otter has signed legislation into law to help disabled law enforcement officers like Mike Kralicek with health insurance costs for their families. “I’m happy,” Kralicek said …

• Vote brings help closer for cops injured on duty

  February 27, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 BOISE – After five years of trying, a North Idaho lawmaker Thursday persuaded the state Senate to approve legislation that would help permanently disabled law enforcement officers pay for their … 1

• Idaho Senate passes Kralicek bill

  February 26, 2009 in Idaho After five years of unsuccessful tries, a North Idaho senator on Thursday persuaded the Idaho Senate to approve - near-unanimously - legislation to help permanently disabled law enforcement officers like …

• Idaho police seek full pay for officers hurt on job

  January 24, 2007 in Idaho on Page B2 BOISE – A month after an Idaho State Police trooper was paralyzed by a shooting during a traffic stop, police are pushing lawmakers to create a fund to pay officers …

• Huckleberries: Kralicek has no qualms about scene of his shooting

  November 15, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 Many have followed Mike Kralicek’s brave battle back toward normalcy after the then-CPD Blue was shot in the face while making an arrest in the Grouse Meadows subdivision. Some of …

• Franz tees off for charity

  August 26, 2006 in Idaho on Page A1 The dark-colored SUVs came to a stop and members of the SWAT team jumped out, carrying guns and dressed head to toe in camouflage. It was almost like a scene …

• Kralicek pushes for officer disability fund

  May 13, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 Mike Kralicek, the Coeur d’Alene police officer shot in the face in 2004, is strong enough to take on a new battle other than recovery. He’s fighting to ensure that …

• Hospital fills gap in long-term care

  February 16, 2006 in Idaho on Page B1 The first patient admitted to the newest hospital in Post Falls is still too sick to appreciate her surroundings. She won’t yet notice the earth-toned furnishings, the rehabilitation gymnasium, the …

• Let police handle high speed chases

  January 5, 2006 in Opinion on Page B4 For a second straight New Year’s advent, Kootenai County residents are left pondering an avoidable tragedy. Last year, locals were stunned three days before the new year arrived by a …

• A Kralicek Christmas

  December 25, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 A year ago, Mike Kralicek was a jock. “Mike was in impeccable condition,” his wife, Carrie Kralicek, said. “He ate right, exercised. He prided himself in taking care of himself.”

• CdA lands $5,000 recreation grant

  August 27, 2005 in City on Page B6 The Coeur d’Alene Recreation Department is getting a $5,000 grant for its special needs recreation program. The grant is from the Governor’s Generation of the Child Initiative.

• Kralicek gives thanks for support

  August 2, 2005 in Idaho on Page B2 Coeur d’Alene police officer Mike Kralicek thanked various groups for their support and donations in a statement released Monday. Kralicek is recovering from an almost-fatal bullet shot by a DUI …

• Purple Heart bestowed on Kralicek; 4 officers get lifesaving awards

  July 27, 2005 in Idaho on Page B3 A Coeur d’Alene police officer recovering from an almost-fatal injury received a Purple Heart in a private ceremony at the Police Department on Tuesday. Mike Kralicek was shot in the …

• Kralicek, once all but dead, works toward ‘second life’

  July 3, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 To reach up and scratch your nose is a mundane gesture that, for most people, hardly warrants a conscious thought. For Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Michael Kralicek, it’s a determined …

• ‘Good to be home’

  June 23, 2005 in Idaho on Page A1 Coeur d’Alene police Officer Mike Kralicek received a hero’s welcome Wednesday when he rolled off a commercial airplane in his wheelchair into a receiving line of fellow officers at Spokane …

• CdA man wins motorcycle in raffle

  February 26, 2005 in HandleX on Page I11 Coeur d’Alene resident Paul “Andy” Williams is the winner of a Honda motorcycle raffled off at the Jan. 26 benefit dinner for Coeur d’Alene Police Officer Michael Kralicek, who is …

• Officer injured in shootout returns to CdA

  January 22, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 Injured Coeur d’Alene police Officer Mike Kralicek returned to Coeur d’Alene on Friday afternoon and is in Kootenai Medical Center’s intensive care unit in serious condition. Police Chief Wendy Carpenter …

• Community comes to aid of officer

  January 21, 2005 in Idaho on Page B1 Police officers and firefighters often respond to the same accidents, crime scenes and disasters, forging a sort of brotherhood between the two professions, said Coeur d’Alene firefighter Jake Bieker. But …

• Readers’ right to know drives news report

  January 9, 2005 in Opinion on Page B7 The Spokesman- Review finds itself in a twist with police departments in North Idaho. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department and the Coeur d’Alene Police Department are angry that the newspaper, …

• Shootout leaves man dead, CdA police officer wounded

  December 29, 2004 in Idaho on Page A1 A 39-year-old vacuum cleaner salesman who apparently tried to grab a police officer’s gun two weeks ago, was shot and killed in a ferocious gunbattle that left a Coeur d’Alene …