Verified incident record

Manistee County sheriff’s log records second Filer Township dog-bite entry

The Aug. 17 sheriff’s log confirms a dog-bite report in Filer Township; details remain limited.

2026-08-17Filer Township, MIUnknown / insufficient informationBreed: Unknown / not reported

Date2026-08-1714:49

LocationFiler Township, MIFiler Township

Victim(s)At least 1 person; public police log did not identify victim

Injury severityUnknown / insufficient information

Breed attributionUnknown / not reportedNot reported

Dogs involvedAt least 1 dog; number not stated

Incident summary

A later Manistee County Sheriff’s Office police log, as reported by the Manistee News Advocate, listed a dog bite at 2:49 p.m. in Filer Township on Aug. 17. The same timestamp also appears beside a verbal domestic incident in Filer Township, but the public log does not establish whether the items were related. BiteDB treats this as a separate dog-bite log entry from the Aug. 13 report unless later records show otherwise.

Source and attribution

B&E, assault reported in Bear Lake, per police logLocal newspaper summary of sheriff’s office police log · Published 2026-08-25 · Accessed 2026-08-29

Manistee County sheriff’s log for Aug. 17 listed “A dog bite” at 2:49 p.m. in Filer Township.

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What remains unknown

Sheriff’s office log summary provides date/time, township and dog-bite occurrence only; possible relationship to another same-time domestic log item is unresolved.

Legal/status note

No final criminal charge, dangerous-dog adjudication, quarantine outcome, medical record, breed documentation or animal disposition was established in the source reviewed unless specifically stated above.