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Driver injured trying to avoid hitting deer

September 8, 2026

BRANCH TOWNSHIP — A 23-year-old Ludington man received “non-life-threatening injuries” after he reportedly swerved the vehicle he was driving to miss a deer, and his vehicle left the road and struck a tree on Filburn Road near Dunbar Road Sunday, Sept. 6, at 6:45 p.m., according to Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. ______________________________________ Please Support Local News Coverage For generations,…

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OWI, assault arrests top holiday weekend police activity

September 8, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is police activity in Mason County over the Labor Day Weekend: Friday, Sept. 4, 2026: 10:55 a.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 40-year-old man was arrested for stalking and malicious destruction of property following a domestic complaint, 700 block of East Danaher…

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Thief/thieves break into cabin, steal boat from Tallman Lake

September 3, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP — The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a breaking and entering of a cabin in the 2100 block of Tallman Lake Road that was reported Wednesday, Sept. 2, around 9 a.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. “The complainant reported…

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Cocaine possession, domestic violence arrests top police activity

September 1, 2026

The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The following is Mason County Sheriff’s Office activity Monday, Aug. 31, 2026: 7:44 a.m., car/deer crash, no injury, Custer Road south of Millerton Road, Sherman Township. 8:32 a.m., a 53-year-old Ludington woman turned herself in to the Mason County Sheriff’s Office on an…

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Man arrested for OWI after nearly rear-ending patrol car

August 31, 2026

GRANT TOWNSHIP — A 37-year-old Millington, Tenn. man was arrested for operating while intoxicated after he ran off road, nearly rear-ending a Mason County Sheriff’s Office patrol car that was parked roadside on US 31 near LaSalle Road where a deputy was working radar in the area Sunday, Aug. 30, around 10 p.m., said Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole. He…

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