OSCODA COUNTY, Mich. , (WPBN/WGTU) -- Upgrades will be happening at three Consumers Energy dams on the Au Sable River to improve safety and recreational access. “ ... Alcona Dam. A canoe portage ...

Curious, the longtime Au Sable River fisherman steered his drift boat over for a closer look. ... Skiba found the aluminum panel on Sunday, April 26, about 3 miles south of the Alcona Dam.

Part 2 of a two-part series about canoeing on the Au Sable. ... trip continues down the Au Sable river. ... beast and continue down and end just before the backwaters created by the Alcona Dam.

With this year marking the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, Michigan's Au Sable River stands out as a beneficiary of that legislation. With all the rivers ...

Consumers spokesperson Brian Wheeler said in an email this month that the utility “could take all of 2025” to reach a decision about each of the facilities as it works through proposals.

On the AuSable River, it will be banned from Mio to the 4001 Landing in Oscoda and Alcona counties. On the Mainstee River, it is segments from Tippy Dam downstream in Manistee County. On the Pine ...

The dams in the Au Sable are the 107-year-old Mio Dam in Mio; the 99-year-old Alcona Dam in Curtis Township; ... including the Brooklyn Hydroelectric Dam on the River Raisin.

A 59-year-old man from Caro is expected to be released from the hospital after his boat capsized March 25 along the AuSable River in Alcona County. More in U.S.

It's a lifelong relationship with the water that's been made possible by a Consumers Energy-owned dam built in 1935 that holds back the Kalamazoo River, forming a winding 1,600-acre water ...