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Bay County unveiled a new website today, a guide for business owners and workers to use once the state lifts restrictions in the region. "Bay County, the whole state of Michigan, the whole country is anxious to see our economy open up and people get back to work," says Bay County Executive Jim Barcia. Reopenbaycounty.com is the one-stop website...

(5/19/2020) - Dozens of residents spent the night at emergency shelters after their fled their homes amid dire concerns about dams on the Tittabawassee River. Emergency evacuation alerts went out just after midnight to residents around Sanford and Wixom lakes after officials believed the Sanford Dam was about to collapse and send a torrent of...

(5/19/2020) - Michigan passed another sad milestone Tuesday with more than 5,000 deaths attributed to coronavirus. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported 102 more people died of the illness, bringing the state's total death toll to 5,017. A routine audit of death records led to 43 of the 102 deaths attributed to...

Soaking rains continue to fall across much of the ABC12 viewing area on already saturated ground. Some locations have picked up over four inches of water with more on the way Monday evening. Unfortunately, all this rain is on the heels of a previous storm system that also brought parts of the area wet weather. The ground is saturated, rivers...