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Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Days of rain have swallowed the fields on Dan Alderman's farm.  “Like a lake,” he described.  Like other farmers in Spaulding Township, Alderman said, the flooding is an unwelcome setback.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  As of 3 pm Monday there were 28 road closures in Saginaw County as a whole. You can get a link to the complete list here.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  It was at the east-end of a U-Stor on Tittabawassee.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Multiple rivers throughout the area are at or near flood stage this morning.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  It was a serene scene on the banks of the swollen Cass River Tuesday amid a flood warning the National Weather Service issued until further notice.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  Midland 911 reports multiple road closures.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Road shutdown after a driver struck a gas line, leading to a response from police and fire.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  Seventeen-year-old Evan Mohn of Freeland was arraigned on charges of making a false bomb threat and using a computer to commit a felony.

Sunday, September 09, 2012  The body of a 75-year-old Midland man is found on the banks of the Tittabawassee River.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Federal officials say they're still a couple years away regarding a plan to clean up a 24-mile section of the Tittabawassee River polluted with dioxin from a Dow Chemical Co. plant.

Friday, August 19, 2011  The EPA has openend an online forum and is asking for the public’s reaction to a $5.75 million Dow Dioxin cleanup plan in Saginaw County. What are some suggestions you have?

Wednesday, July 20, 2011  Judge says property owners can't file a class action lawsuit against Dow Chemical for dioxins that may have damaged their land.

Saturday, June 25, 2011  Homeowner says her insurance company and the township won't help after her home was flooded with raw sewage. POLL: Who do you think should have to pay for clean up?

Sunday, May 01, 2011  Midland County Emergency Coordinators said in a press release that  flood warnings continue, however, conditions have improved.  The Tittabawassee River continues to recede.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011  Thanks to above normal rainfall in the month of April, snowmelt, and now a fresh 2" or more of rain in the past 36 hours, area rivers are rising.