5 years after dam failures, mid-Michigan residents are still rebuilding their homes, lives

Dam failures swallowed Mid-Michigan towns whole. 5 years later, they’re building back.

Five years since hell broke loose in the lakeside village of Sanford, just about everything is on its way back. Everything except the lake. "Id really like to see the water back," business owner Linda Shephard said earlier this month, staring into the former lake that she could now walk across. No one was killed when a 500-hundred-year flood tore through Midland County, but some 2,500 homes were damaged or destroyed, businesses were swept away, …

2020 flood victims demand accountability five years after dam collapse

5 years after dam failures, mid-Michigan residents are still rebuilding their homes, lives

Property owners face dual challenges of home reconstruction and special assessments as they continue to recover five years after dam failures led to historic flooding.