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Heavy spring rainfall and lingering melt-off of winter snow and inland lake ice have left much of northern Lower Peninsula awash in water this week.
The surveys come after a line of severe storms rolled across Michigan for several hours overnight into early Wednesday.
Days of heavy rain have inundated both states, with all of Michigan under some form of flood alert on Wednesday.
Homeowners along the lakes feeding into the swollen Cheboygan River started seeing water spilling into their cottages and lake houses on Wednesday.
Emergency management officials are watching at least seven dams that are being threatened by the rising waters.
Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, who was fired after the school said he'd had an inappropriate relationship with a female staffer, is set to be sentenced today on charges c