Large chunks of ice have rammed into homes along Michigan’s Black Lake in the northeastern Lower Peninsula as constant spring rainfall and winter melt have flooded homes and threatened to overflow stressed dam systems.
Rural Michigan
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan schools get creative, competitive, to curb high absenteeism
Michigan schools want to boost the number of students regularly showing up for class. Can competitions help boost attendance?
Posted inOutdoors Life
89-year-old Michigan hunting and fishing group may shut doors soon
The president of Michigan United Conservation Clubs said it has until May 1 to raise $100,000 or “we will be forced to close our doors.” The group — made up of individual members and hunting, fishing, trapping and conservation clubs — claims to be the largest statewide conservation organization in the nation.
Posted inMichigan Government
Small grants made a big difference in rural Michigan. Then the money stopped
Rural Readiness grants helped kickstart projects to address housing, health and child care shortages until state funding dried up. Their future remains uncertain in a tight budget.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan feared Cheboygan Dam danger for years before rains pushed it to brink
Records show state, local and federal officials tried for years to compel repairs that could prevent a flood, but its private owners didn’t act. Once again, regulators are finger-pointing about who is to blame.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Flooding has Michigan ‘in crisis mode now,’ Gretchen Whitmer says
The governor visited Cheboygan, where waters were rising behind a downtown dam. One state senator called Michigan flooding a ‘slow-motion disaster that’s still unfolding.’
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Floods, tornadoes, rains ravage Michigan: ‘My hot tub was floating away’
Amid fears of dam collapses, roads wash away, tornadoes touch down and emergency crews try to protect life and property throughout Michigan.
Posted inMichigan Government
Michigan: Elections clerk allegedly canceled, changed voter registrations
Victoria Bishop pledged to “restore election integrity in Antrim County.” Now she may be improperly unregistering voters.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
As floodwaters rise, Michigan infrastructure on brink: Dams need $1B in repairs
Climate change and delayed improvements to the state’s infrastructure could come to roost, as rivers threaten to overtop century-old dams.
Posted inTalent & Education
Michigan kids miss a lot of school. Rural districts trying to change that
Michigan has the highest rate of chronic absenteeism in the Midwest. In rural southwest Michigan, districts are using research-backed tactics to get kids in class.