Michigan Court of Claims approved a class certification for residents and businesses impacted by the 2020 dam collapse in Midland and Gladwin counties, setting the stage for a Jan. 12, 2026 hearing.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Michigan judge has issued a ruling allowing a lawsuit filed against the state by victims of mid-Michigan flooding in 2020 to proceed toward trial. Judge James Robert Redford of ...

MIDLAND, MI – Work on four mid-Michigan dams damaged or destroyed during historic 2020 flooding is expected to be completed over the course of the next two years, according to the latest update from ...

Mid-Michigan flood victims and their attorney will gather Monday, May 19, outside the Midland County Courthouse to mark five years since the Edenville and Sanford dam failures — and to demand ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WJRT) - A judge has denied the motion by the state related to claims from the Edenville Dam disaster nearly five years ago. Victims from the court claim the state knew that the Edenville ...

EDENVILLE, Mich. – Attorneys say newly unsealed court documents reveal Michigan state officials received repeated warnings about the Edenville Dam’s critical safety deficiencies for three years before ...

MIDLAND COUNTY, Mich. – A judge has made a decision on the case of the Edenville Dam disaster. The Michigan Court of Claims heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to hold the state liable for the dam ...

Thousands of people impacted by the Edenville Dam failure in 2020 can be part of a class action lawsuit recently certified by the Michigan Court of Claims. Michigan Court of Claims Judge James Robert ...

More than five years after the catastrophic failure of the Edenville Dam, crews are deep into the most complex and costly phase of its restoration. The dam, which once held back Wixom Lake, breached ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WNEM) - Hearings have begun in a lawsuit more than five years after the Edenville Dam failure. Monday, Jan. 12 was the first court date for the suit that claims Michigan bears at ...

Construction continues on all four dams, with Sanford nearing completion. The Four Lakes Task Force reports projects on schedule and announces 2026 public webinar dates.