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Washington homeowner fighting to keep treehouse

WENATCHEE, Wash.

Zeb Postelwait of Washington state always wanted to build a treehouse for his sons. He got the chance last summer after moving into a Wenatchee home with a big tree in the front yard.

Two months later, he received his first notice from the city to tear it down.

The Wenatchee World reported that officials say the treehouse overhangs the sidewalk, threatening public safety.

Postelwait disagrees.

City officials say he could keep it if he takes out a $1 million insurance policy. But Postelwait says no way.

The city is prepared to seek a court order to remove the treehouse and send Postelwait the bill. He feels the city is harassing him.

Mom lets 7-year-old daughter drive car in Oregon city

FOREST GROVE, Ore.

Police pulled over a car in Forest Grove that was driven by a 7-year-old girl sitting on her mother’s lap.

Witnesses had reported the woman appeared intoxicated Wednesday, but police found she had a medical condition.

She was treated at the scene.

The woman explained to police that she let her daughter drive because she herself had been allowed to drive as a child.

Police gave the 33-year-old woman a ticket for reckless endangering.

Spokane couple in trash bin tossed in garbage truck

SPOKANE, Wash.

A couple who were sleeping in a trash bin with their dog were awakened last Tuesday morning when they were thrown into the back of a garbage truck in Spokane.

When the driver heard a lot a noise, he pulled over and called for help.

Firefighters arrived and found the man, woman and dog inside the truck. Medics took them to a hospital as a precaution, but they didn’t appear to have any injuries other than bruising.

KREM reported that it happened about 7 a.m. near Second Avenue and Sherman.

The couple and dog fell about 5 feet from the trash bin as it was emptied into the garbage truck.

Associated Press