Edenville Dam Failure

Property owners were unsuccessful in their court challenge of the special assessments that will go towards repairing the Secord, Smallwood, Sanford and Edenville dams after they were destroyed in 2020 by mass flooding.

A bill proposed by Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) and Congressman John Moolenaar (R-Caledonia) are pushing to cut red tape for communities impacted by natural disasters.

Dam rebuilding is moving forward in Midland and Gladwin counties after a legal appeal against the project’s financing was denied, but some still say there needs to be a better way to fund these kinds of projects.

The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Monday in favor of Gladwin and Midland County officials, and their plan to implement a $200 million dollar assessment on property owners to repair dams that were destroyed in a 2020 flood.

A federal $130 million loan to restore four dams in Midland and Gladwin counties has been denied.

Nearly ten months after flood waters washed away a heavily-traveled bridge north of Midland, people today [THURS] celebrated the opening of a new…

The Michigan Dam Safety Task Force urged the state government to put millions more dollars toward inspecting and maintaining dams in a report published…

It will be a few more days before a dam safety task force will finish its final report.The task force was expected to complete its work on Wednesday.…