At the time of Whitmer's state of emergency declaration, the water in the Cheboygan River was 18 inches below the top of the Cheboygan Dam. Officials warned residents near the waterway they would be ...

Consumers Energy may shut off electricity to Cheboygan to prevent damage to electrical transmission equipment near the flooded Cheboygan River.

Homeowners along the lakes feeding into the swollen Cheboygan River started seeing water spilling into their cottages and lake houses on Wednesday.

Federal regulators gave the corporate owner seven days to bring an engineer on site and file an assessment after record flooding nearly caused the dam to overtop in April.

The Cheboygan Dam was just inches away from overflowing, which would unleash a potentially perilous torrent of water.

Nationwide, the average dam is 64 years old and most were built for rainfall patterns that no longer reflect today’s changing ...

During flooding on April 14, the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office said the Balsam Row Dam was at risk of failure. The dam’s ...

Benzie County declared a local state of emergency as high water threatens the Homestead Dam on the Betsie River.

Water rushed through the Hesperia Dam in western Michigan on Wednesday, flooding a nearby embankment and walking trail.Officials said the dam could potentially fail, and the National Weather Service ...