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$15M fine levied on former Edenville Dam owner after Midland flood Updated Apr 15, 2021; Facebook Share WASHINGTON, DC — Federal regulators have imposed a $15 million fine against the former owner of a mid-Michigan dam that unleashed a 500-year flood last year, saying the company failed to perform important safety work after the disaster. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced Thursday, April 15, that it would assess the penalty against Boyce Hydro, a bankrupt company co-owned by Lee Mueller of Nevada that formerly operated the Edenville Dam. The Gladwin County dam faile...

A family is feeling like they're running in circles after their father died in a crash. A family is feeling like they're running in circles after their father died in a crash. It's been months and still and they don't have a death certificate, meaning the life insurance he left them is in limbo. "The best memory I have of him was summers in Standish when we’d visit my grandparents my dad worked at a campground as the pool guy. A lot of people in Standish still know him as 'the pool guy,'" Natasha Rulason said. And the pool guy was a cool guy. 53-year-old Darren Rulason loved Star Wars, w...

Apr 14, 2021 After a year of dealing with a global pandemic and as people are encouraged to get a COVID-19 vaccine when available, some other crucial vaccinations to protect the public apparently are getting overlooked. State and national health officials earlier this week raised an ominous warning that vaccination rates for young children — against illnesses such as measles, mumps, pertussis, chickenpox and more — had dangerously dropped in many states, including Michigan, as parents postponed well-child visits due to the COVID-19 threat. Vaccination rates for Michigan children ages 19 t...

MARQUETTE — Dr. Bob Lorinser will continue as medical director for the Marquette County Health Department. Lorinser, who took over the reins as director in November following the resignation of Dr. Kevin Piggott, earlier this year had indicated he was resigning from the position. However, in a Monday email to The Mining Journal, Lorinser said he plans to serve as director for “hopefully a long time.” As of Sunday, though, he stepped down as medical director for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department and Public Health, Delta & Menomi...

Michigan health leaders reported routine vaccination rates for children 19 months to 3 years are below 70% in more than half of the state in a Monday briefing.