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CADILLAC — Christian Aid Ministries provided dinner to their flood cleanup volunteers and others impacted by local flooding on Wednesday evening.
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Cleanup work keeping Cadillac residents, volunteers busy beyond city limits
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- Residents affected by flooding along Lake Mitchell are making progress on cleanup and repairs.
- Free cleanup help is available for eligible residents with a Cadillac mailing address, said Cadillac Salvation Army Captain Greg Bock. To inquire, call or text Bock at 563-261-4510.
- Christian Aid Ministries volunteer teams will leave the area once jobs stop coming in, Bock explained.
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Whitmer highlights Cadillac flooding in disaster declaration request to Trump
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CADILLAC — The Cadillac area stood out among the 43 counties in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s disaster declaration request to President Donald Trump, submitted Friday.
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Correction
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A story in Friday’s paper had a typo in the phone number for the Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency’s flood assistance program. The correct number is (231) 947-3780.
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Funding now available through NMCAA for flood-affected residents
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Story Highlights • Items NMCAA can assist with include repair or replacement costs for damaged furnaces, water heaters and air conditioners; insulation repair or replacement; purchase and installation of generators and fans; mold remediation; and water damage cleanup. • Interested residents can call (231) 947-3790 and ask for home repair or email HEESintake@nmcaa.net to be pre-screened for assistance.
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‘Loving my neighbor as myself’
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CADILLAC — Within the flooded basement of a home at the intersection of Leeson Avenue and Division Street, 10 members of an Amish community in Marion sang amongst themselves as they pulled out debris and destroyed possessions.
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Flood disaster declaration request submitted by the state
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Story Highlights • The state of Michigan may not find out for a month or more if a Presidential Disaster Declaration is approved in response to historic flooding that affected parts of Wexford, Missaukee and Osceola counties. • The declaration includes two categories, damage to public infrastructure and damage to private property. Each category has cost thresholds that must be met for a declaration to be approved.
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Flood recovery continues in Cadillac area
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CADILLAC — Hundreds of homeowners in the Cadillac area are in the thick of cleanup and recovery efforts after historic flooding caused millions of dollars in damage throughout the county.
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The history of the Clam River dam
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Dam timeline • In the 1870s, the old dam south of Wright Street was built around the same time the canal was constructed between lakes Cadillac and Mitchell. • In 1955, the Department of Conservation submitted lake level recommendations based on a thorough study of the lakes, following a number of years of complaints by tourists and owners of property. • In 1967, Judge William Peterson issued a court order dictating minimum and maximum water levels on the lakes. • In 1973, the Wexford County Board of Commissioners relieved the city of managing lake levels at the old dam following accusations of a fish die-off resulting from the Clam River being lowered too much. The responsibility of managing levels was delegated to the drain commissioner. • In 1975, the current Clam River dam was finished near the Sound Garden.
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With most city roads reopened after flooding, it’s now a ‘waiting game’
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CADILLAC — City officials won’t know the whole extent of damage to flood-affected roadways until vehicles have had some time to travel on them again.
