5 YEARS AGO January 16, 2020
The latest forecast for Lake Michigan water levels will test the age-old theory of “what goes up must come down.” Over the past two years Lake Michigan levels have risen at an unprecedented rate, and the latest prediction from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) calls for high-water records to be broken monthly through June — at least. The impacts of high water prompted three U.S. Representatives from Michigan including Jack Bergman, whose district includes Leelanau County, to meet Friday in Washington to discuss solutions with federal officials. *** Rising Lake Michigan water levels and inland water tables are causing local units of government to start spending money they hadn’t budgeted for this year on measures to cope with erosion and flooding. The Leelanau County Road Commission last week struck deals with the Village of Suttons Bay and Suttons Bay Township to help pay for a $107,000 project to repair “heavily damaged shoreline” on South Shore Road along the south end of Suttons Bay.
10 YEARS AGO
