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      <title>State Court rules against property owners in Edenville Dam flood case</title>
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      <description>The opinion released Thursday by the Michigan Court of Claims says state environmental officials did not overreach their authority, and that the dam was ultimately private property.</description>
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      <description>The Sanford Dam Mural Project is raising money to put an 80-foot mural on the newly built dam’s powerhouse wall, along with a community gathering space and a trail that connects the dam to the Sanford Village Park.</description>
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      <title>Restoration of Sanford Dam reaches milestone</title>
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      <description>Starting this week, crews are laying concrete on a portion of the Sanford Dam breached by flood waters that inundated parts of Gladwin and Midland counties in 2020.</description>
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      <title>Sanford dam stabilization is one step closer to completion</title>
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      <description>The Four Lakes Task force, the group that manages the dam, says clearing trees out of the lake bottom is one of the big hurdles still left to cross.</description>
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