Did you miss your news last week? Here’s a selection of the week’s top news items from across Snohomish County as they appeared in The Herald. For the full stories, go to www.heraldnet.com.

Sunday, April 9

PUD peeved at Enron yet again. The bankrupt Enron Corp. has offered to pay $2.3 million to settle complaints that it overcharged Washington state consumers by tens of millions of dollars during the 2000-01 energy crunch – an offer Snohomish County PUD officials describe as paltry. “The $2.3 million is not even a token sum. It’s ridiculous,” said Eric Christensen, assistant general counsel for the Everett-based PUD, which was overcharged at least $20 million.

Herald staff and Associated Press

Monday, April 10

Shop gives dogs a bad name, a few say. Toni Rankin is used to seeing risque slogans plastered across buildings from her days living in Las Vegas. However, the Lynnwood woman did a double-take when she saw such a sign above a new pet shop in the 20100 block of 44th Avenue W. In classy and sassy letters, the sign reads “High Maintenance Bitch.”

Scott Pesznecker

Tuesday, April 11

Robots hijack online poll on quarter. Some computer-savvy Washingtonians want their choice for a state quarter design so badly they spent the weekend stuffing a virtual ballot box. Their exuberance forced the state to halt its online poll Monday amid soaring vote totals that indicated computers had been turned into robotic voting machines. The poll is expected to begin again today, from scratch.

Jerry Cornfield

Wednesday, April 12

Kidnap attempt frightens residents. The reported abduction attempt of a sixth-grade girl just a few feet from her apartment and the attempted luring of another girl by the same man has some neighbors nervous for their children. After hearing about the abduction attempt, Katherine Rose said she will think twice about letting her daughter play outside the Summer Mill Apartments in the 16500 block of North Road.

Diana Hefley

Thursday, April 13

Barista thwarts bandit. The barista had already been robbed once, and she wasn’t about to let it happen again. The barista, 21, thwarted a man who was trying to rob Stadium Espresso in the 3800 block of Broadway Tuesday night, Everett police Sgt. Boyd Bryant said. She was showing a new employee how to change the reader-board sign outside when she realized that a man who had been sitting at a nearby picnic table had entered the business. Rather than stay back, the 5-foot-5, 125-pound barista dialed 911 on her cell phone as she planted her foot against the screen door, trapping the man inside.

Scott Pesznecker

Friday, April 14

Premier golf course sold to millionaire. Harbour Pointe Golf Club, one of the premier public golf courses in Western Washington, is in the process of being sold to Scott Oki, a former Microsoft executive, multimillionaire and golf enthusiast. Details of the sale are still being finalized and may not be completed for several months. Harbour Pointe is currently owned by a group of about 20 investors. The majority owner is Ed Hansen, a former two-term mayor of Everett and current general manager of the Snohomish County PUD.

Rich Myhre

Saturday, April 15

41st Street Traffic mess begins today. Drivers who are waiting for their I-5 commute to improve shouldn’t hold their breath. This afternoon, the 41st Street bridge over I-5 in Everett will close. Beginning Monday night, the bridge will be slowly chipped away until it’s gone completely. A new bridge with six lanes instead of five won’t open until October, at the earliest. In the meantime, drivers will have to take a circuitous detour. And for at least the first week, there will be all-night construction noise in Everett’s Lowell neighborhood.

Krista Kapralos