midland flood

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.

On May 19, 2020, parts of Gladwin and Midland counties were flooded after two dams failed after days of heavy rain. The state of Michigan is being sued for damages tied to the floods.

In an unanimous decision, the Michigan Court of Appeals says a special assessment can be added to property taxes to fund the rebuilding of dams destroyed in a 2020 flood.

The Edenville and Sanford dams failed in 2020. The dam failures also left many lakefront property owners without lakes.

A federal judge ruled Monday that Lee Mueller, the owner of the Midland dam which collapsed in May 2020, is liable for $120 million in damages to the state.

The 2020 Midland dam failures have allowed parasitic sea lamprey to invade local rivers. Crews are dosing rivers with lamprey-killing chemicals.

The independent forensic report concludes that blame for dam failures in Sanford and Edenville cannot be placed on anyone individual, organization or group.

The Tittabawassee River is back to its normal path past one mid-Michigan community. The river ripped through a dam last year and had been cutting a new course since.

A new report identifies the “most plausible” cause of the failure of the Edenville Dam in May 2020.An independent forensic team made up of members of the…

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is giving the city of Midland $5.5 million to help it recover from last year’s devastating flood.In…