EDENVILLE, MI — When you live on a lake, it’s about more than just the water. It’s the basis for an entire lifestyle, Wixom Lake resident Carrie Huckins says. Wixom Lake, until the privately owned ...
DETROIT (AP) — The former owner of a Michigan dam is on the hook for roughly $120 million sought by the state for environmental damage when the structure failed after days of rain in 2020, a judge ...
The former owner of the Edenville Dam, which failed in record rainfall in May 2020 and caused extensive flooding around Midland, is liable for nearly $120 million in damage to area fisheries and ...
Even before last month's momentous flooding event that struck Midland County after the failure of the Edenville Dam, the owner of the dam system had feuded with the State of Michigan for years over ...
DETROIT, Mich. — Property owners seeking to hold the state of Michigan responsible for the disastrous failure of a dam in 2020 have won a critical ruling from an appeals court. In a 3-0 opinion, the ...
Michigan agencies have served the owners of the failed Edenville dam with a warrant to inspect the structure for safety violations and the Wixom Lake bed and adjacent wetlands for evidence that ...
EDENVILLE, MI — Owners of a collapsed dam that caused major flooding in Michigan say they were pressured by the state to maintain elevated water levels on Wixom Lake behind it, despite concerns about ...
GLADWIN COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Residents on Wixom Lake woke up to a jarring sight -- no lake. After the Edenville Dam collapsed on Tuesday evening, the lake drained almost completely overnight. A ...
EDENVILLE, Mich. – Catastrophic flooding caused by two dam failures in mid-Michigan have reshaped many communities. Trish Wilson, a Redford resident, has a cottage on Wixom Lake. “It’s devastating," ...
Charles Hudler used to look out his window at Wixom Lake, resplendent with fisherman, boaters and families of ducks or swans moving slowly across its tranquil, blue-green waters. He now looks out on a ...
Lansing — The state denied on Thursday that it pressured the owner of the failed Edenville Dam to raise Wixom Lake water levels in April, while the company insisted that the push to keep water high ...
One moment on Tuesday: Wixom Lake was flooding. The water level was rising. Houses along the shore were filling with water. And people were scrambling trying to evacuate. Hours later: All the water ...