Judge Enters $120M Order Against Former Owner of Failed Michigan Dam November 30, 2023 By Ed White DETROIT (AP) __ The former owner of a Michigan dam is on the hook for roughly $120 million sought by...
Report: Michigan 2020 Dam Failures Were ‘Preventable’ May 6, 2022 By John Flesher The failure of two Michigan dams that forced evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes was “foreseeable and preventable,”...
Crews to Lower Spillway Connected to Failed Michigan Dam February 18, 2021 EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Crews will begin lowering a spillway connected to a dam that failed last year and contributed...
Michigan Task Force Set to Make Dam Safety Recommendations February 5, 2021 By Anna Liz Nichols LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A group responsible for offering new safety measures after two Michigan dams failed last summer destroying...
Emergency Construction Starting on Michigan Dam That Failed December 14, 2020 EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Crews have started emergency construction work on a portion of a central Michigan dam that collapsed...
Plants Cropping Up in Lost Michigan Lakes Where Dams Failed August 10, 2020 LANSING, Mich. — Nature is returning to craters left from lakes drained by two dams that failed in May during...
COVID-19 Sweeps Away Matriarch in Flood-Ravaged Mid-Michigan June 29, 2020 By Christine Ferretti MIDLAND, Mich.–With floodwaters rising and his wife hospitalized with COVID-19, Kevin Hennig feared the worst — missing critical moments with...
Dam Failures Cause $200M in Damage; Michigan Seeks Disaster Declaration June 10, 2020 By Anna Liz Nichols Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is requesting a federal disaster declaration for the Midland area, where a failure of two dams...
Michigan Flood Puts Privately Owned Dams in Harsh Spotlight May 22, 2020 By David Welch The dams that breached after days of heavy rain in central Michigan are privately owned and had been the center...
Thousands Evacuated as River Dams Break in Central Michigan May 21, 2020 MIDLAND, Mich. — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where...