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2/14 - A woman on Weil Place told police that she had loaned her car to her sister for 30 minutes, but two days later it still had not been returned. Later, the woman called to report that she had found the car and didn’t want to press charges.

2/17 - A resident reported that a red car kept speeding on Martin Road and it had a noisy muffler. Police found the car and patrolled the road trying to see the car actually being driven, to no avail. Police have stepped up patrols on Martin Road.

- A report of a dirt bike and a go-cart speeding on Sunny Drive in Electric City attracted an officer who could find neither when he searched the area.

- A resident on Ronald Drive can expect another citation in the mail after his barking dogs attracted the attention of a police officer. The officer knocked on the door but could not get any response. His report stated that the party had been warned several times and this is the third citation issued on the barking dog.

- A man living on Noble Road told police that sometime during the night someone stole the rear license plate off his pickup truck.

- An official at the Eagles Lodge reported a suspicious man nearby. Police found the man who said he had just left the Eagles. Nothing was reported stolen and there was no damage reported so the man was released.

2/18 - A Coulee Dam man was stopped on Spokane Way after an officer noticed that the license tab on the vehicle had expired. The driver was cited for the tab violation and for not having insurance.

2/19 - Police assisted in looking for a missing 2-year-old girl who had a dog with her on West Cardinal Road NE. The child was found by her father a short time later.

2/20 - An Electric City man advised police of a suspicious vehicle on East Jackson Avenue in Electric City. The officer ran the plates on the vehicle and found that it belonged to the Mormon church.

- An Electric City man was arrested and taken to Grant County Jail on a second-degree robbery charge after he allegedly took a cell phone from another man and made threatening gestures to him.

- Police checked on a report that a man had entered a house on Burdin Boulevard using a screwdriver. Police talked with the man, who had permission to be there.

- Police are looking for an Electric City man in connection with possible malicious mischief and domestic violence charges after he reportedly smashed an item at a residence on Sunset Drive in Electric City and then left on foot.