With the weather warming up and spring blooms beginning to reveal themselves, now is the perfect time to scheme a garden—whatever size you’re working with. Read on for small garden design tips for the ...

Before widespread flooding threatened homes and businesses across northern Michigan this spring, lawmakers failed to act for five years on recommendations by a government task force that concluded the ...

Funding for Michigan dam safety has been significantly reduced after a temporary increase following 2020 dam failures. Many of Michigan's 2,500 dams are past their design life, with 15% of high-hazard ...

A small dam in Alcona County has already failed. Emergency management officials are watching at least seven other northern Michigan dams that are being threatened by the gradually rising waters from ...

One small dam, Buck’s Pond Dam, in Alcona County has already failed. Officials are worried about a spillover or a breach in other, larger dams. A small dam in Alcona County has already failed.

The Cheboygan Dam and Locks in Cheboygan, Mich., was 5.5 inches from overtopping on April 15, according to the state. April 15, 2026 A small dam failed in Alcona County, Mich., and others are in ...

BARTON CITY, MI — A small private dam in Alcona County failed as heavy rain and snowmelt continue pushing rivers and impoundments beyond capacity in northern Michigan. The Michigan Department of ...

It is hard to think of a tidal marsh as being in danger of sea level rise. After all, it is already surrounded by water. But a tidal marsh -- like the 100-acre wetland at China Camp State Park in ...