2020 flood

Property owners say the assessment comes at too high a price. Many say paying the assessment will drain their savings and slash the value of their homes.

The dam’s 2020 failure led to tens of millions of dollars in damage and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.

On May 19, 2020, the aging Sanford and Edenville dams failed, as heavy rains swelled local rivers. The ensuing torrent of water forced thousands of people downstream to flee their homes.

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…

More than ten months after a devastating flood, a Sanford institution is reopening on Easter Sunday.The May 19 failures of the Edenville and Sanford dams…

In 2020, Michigan had to respond to a deadly pandemic and a massive 500-year flood.Both emergencies revealed deficiencies in the state’s response.Sen. Jim…

The state of Michigan will soon move forward with repairs to part of the remaining section of the Edenville Dam. The dam’s failure on May 19 contributed…

A new report says Michigan should invest more money and hire more staff in its dam safety office.The failure of two dams back in May and the resulting…

Michigan regulators are ordering the owners of the Edenville dam to make critically needed repairs to the structure.The Edenville dam cracked on May 19,…

A special task force set up to study Michigan’s dam safety rules and regulations met virtually for the first time Tuesday.Liesl Clark is the head of the…