Car/deer crashes on the rise

November 3, 2025

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The following is police activity over the weekend in Mason County:

Friday, Oct. 31, 2025:

  • 7:54 a.m., (Mason County Sheriff’s Office), car/deer crash, no injury, Pere Marquette Highway south of Meisenheimer Road, Summit Township.
  • 8 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Hansen Road east of Campbell Road, Branch Township.
  • 8 a.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle crash, no injury, Deren Road east of Brye Road, Riverton Township.
  • 11:43 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway south of the Pere Marquette Highway exit, Pere Marquette Township.
  • 6:29 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Amber Road, north of US 10, Amber Township.
  • 6:30 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Free Soil Road east of Larson Road, Meade Township.
  • 11:02 p.m., (Ludington Police Department), a 46-year-old Ludington man was arrested for domestic assault following a call, 400 block of Second Street, City of Ludington. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.

Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025:

  • 2:45 a.m., (LPD), a 37-year-old Ludington woman was cited for operating without a license following a traffic stop in the area of Ludington Avenue and Staffon street, City of Ludington. 
  • 3:46 a.m., (MCSO), one-vehicle rollover crash, minor injury, Sugar Grove Road west of Schoenherr Road, Sherman Township.
  • 5:14 a.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Eden Township.
  • 6:15 a.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township.
  • 5:11 p.m., (MCSO), damaged property — a vehicle was damaged, 2800 block of Lena Drive, Hamlin Township.
  • 7:34 p.m., (MCSO), a 74-year-old Free Soil man was arrested on an outstanding ‘public order crimes’ warrant issued in Mason County, 9000 block of North US 31, Grant Township. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
  • 8:58 p.m., (MCSO), a 44-year-old Idlewild man was arrested on an outstanding Mason County failure to appear warrant on a domestic violence charge, US 10 and Tyndall Road, Branch Township. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
  • 10:08 p.m., (MCSO), a 36-year-old Custer man was arrested on an outstanding Mason County failure to appear warrant on an assault charge, 4700 block of East Fisher Road, Sherman Township. He was lodged in the Mason County Jail.
  • 10:29 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Sauble Road, Free Soil Township.
  • 10:30 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Stiles Road north of Fisher Road, Victory Township.
  • 10:38 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Sauble Road, Free Soil Township.
  • 11:57 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 south of Decker Road, Amber Township.

Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025:

  • 7:15 a.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Morse Road south of Zynda Road, Sheridan Township.
  • 10:21 a.m., (MCSO), alarm activation, Pere Marquette Township.
  • 12:27 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, Free Soil Road west of Tubbs Road, Free Soil Township.
  • 9:21 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway south of the Ludington rest area, Summit Township.
  • 9:27 p.m., (MCSO), car/deer crash, no injury, US 31 freeway south of the Ludington rest area, Summit Township.

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