SANFORD, MI – Julie Vezina looked longingly at her house on what was once Sanford Lake. A wall of windows faces the lazy river the once beautiful lake has become. Those windows offered her a ...

But while devastation remains, 1,300-acre Sanford Lake is virtually gone. Before the dams failed, it ran nearly 30 feet deep. Today, you can practically walk across it — along with what used to ...

SANFORD, MI - When the Sanford Dam breached Tuesday, May 19, it didn’t take long for Sanford Lake to drain. Floodwaters went over the dam’s brim after two days of heavy rainfall caused record ...

Wixom Lake was formed by the Edenville Dam, which failed May 19 amid heavy rains, draining the lake. Downriver, the Sanford Dam also failed , and similarly drained Sanford Lake.

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Two overflowing dams — Edenville and Sanford — in the center of Michigan's Lower Peninsula amid days of rain has forced the evacuation of about 10,000 and caused massive flooding, which the ...

Andrew Dodson | Booth Mid-Michigan Joe and Mary Manelis overlook their lakefront property on Sanford Lake. According to the owner of the Sanford Lake Dam, the lake could be drained -- taking ...

MIDLAND, MI – Five years ... A drone image of the Tittabawassee River running through where Sanford Lake once was off of Peterson Drive in Sanford, Mich. on Wednesday, April 23, ...

One unwelcome estimate for Sanford Lake residents was $2,700 to $4,000 per home for 40 years, atop the premiums they have already paid in price and property taxes. But that's down the road.

Sanford — A town that once sat along a lake held a holiday tree lighting Friday night. This isn’t normally a big deal in the annals of municipal governance but, for Sanford, it felt titanic ...

Prosperity in the last half of the 20th century found the small village of Sanford, Michigan, expanding right along with the rest of the country. Living by the lake continued to grow in popularity ...