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BEAVERTON, Mich. - In Gladwin County on Monday, the Four Lakes Task Force held a public meeting at the Beaverton Activity Center regarding a Capital Assessment

In court papers, the owners of a dam that failed this week near Midland acknowledged it was considered unsafe for decades. But Michigan’s only action against the dam was a suit contending it lowered water and killed freshwater mussels.

GLADWIN COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Progress continues to be made at Midland and Gladwin County dams -- more than three years after the catastrophic breaches.

The May 2020 failures of the Edenville and Sanford dams that flooded the Midland area damaged fisheries and freshwater mussels, a U.S. District Judge found.

Center Street in Sanford will be closed beginning Monday to start the Sanford Dam reconstruction project.

GLADWIN COUNTY On October 3, the Four Lakes Task Force (FLTF) gave an October Construction Update. Included in this month’s update is a letter from the Four Lakes Task Force President, Dave Kepler.

The Michigan Attorney Generals Office wants to seek a judgment against Lee Mueller who headed the company that owned the Edenville Dam. 

Sanford has been rising in the past three years. Homes have been rebuilt or repaired. Businesses have reopened and new ones have come into town.

Announcement came the same day Midland area residents marked the three-year anniversary of the Edenville and Sanford dam breaks.

Nearly three years later, some Sanford residents still don’t have access to the places they used to call home after dam failures in 2020 caused devastating floods.