AM Scanner Traffic — 1.24.11

A form of summer transportation is covered winter snowfall in Coeur d’Alene Thursday after a 24-hour snowfall total of about a foot in the city by the lake. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)

• Noonish: Mike Perry/KHQ tweets: “The winds are so strong near Hwy 41 they are causing my news rig to fishtail on the slick roads as I drive 10mph in a straight line.”
• 11:51 a.m. 11YO boy named Marshall (5-2, 75 pounds) has been missing for 90 minutes from day care at C Street & Harrison/CdA after leaving note that said: “I love you mom.” His father lives in Hayden. CityLink driver reports that no one matching that description was on bus to Hayden today.
• 11:12 a.m. Officer recommends that Prairie, b/n H41 & Huetter, be shut. Visiblity 5 to 20 feet.
• 11:08 a.m. Officer wonders if highway district is considering shutting Prairie b/c visibility poor.
• 11:05 a.m. J. in WalMart accidentally hit one too many 1’s and made 911 call.
• 10:55 a.m. 2 accidents in I-90 @ Pleasantview area — one involving semi & passenger vehicle on an offramp, other involving passenger car and detour sign at stateline.
• 10:46 a.m. Sheriff’s deputy reports he’s just been hit by a car on Prairie, east of Huetter, and asks for dispatch to send an ISP officer to investigate. No one is injured.
• Much more below

• 10:30 a.m. Kerry, from Latour Creek Road, reports theft of a gas tank from work site.
• 10:24 a.m. 2-vehicle crash is partly blocking intersection of Prairie & Huetter.
• 10:12 a.m. Caller reports neighbor’s pickup on Pineridge/CdA running in driveway since 7.
• 9:45 a.m. Coeur d’Alene police report all accidents & slideoffs since noon Wednesday here.
• 9:25 a.m. Spokane PD asks CdA PD to check for possible stolen snowblower in 600 block of 4th.
• 9:16 a.m. Driver of crashed car on I-90, east of Sherman i/c, wants ambulance to check passenger.
• 8:48 a.m. Traffic lights for w/b Appleway & Government Way aren’t recycling due to weather.
• 8:37 a.m. A female driver is bleeding from the hand after a single-car crash that left her red Chevy Blazer on its top in the median of H95 @ M/P 409 (Setters), near CdA Casino.
• 8:31 a.m. (via North Idaho College Twitter): NIC is closed today. However, tonight’s basketball game will still be held. Women 5:30 p.m., men 7:30 p.m. at NIC.
• 8:29 a.m. (via Coeur d’Alene Visitors Twitter): Schweitzer Mountain is closed for the day due to extreme weather (high winds and below 0 temperatures).
• 8:22 a.m. Someone has been hurt in a fall at Harmony House on Lacey Avenue/Hayden.
• 8:05 a.m. 3-vehicle crash is blocking intersection of H41 & Hayden/Rathdrum.
• 8 a.m. Panhandle Health District reports that it’s office will be closed today.