Flint River

On Friday, for the first time in fifty years, the City of Flint began using Flint River water as its primary water source for residents. The valve to the pipeline from Detroit, which had been providing Flint its water, was closed. The temporary switchover is scheduled to support the city's water needs for the next two years while construction of a pipeline from Lake Huron in completed by the Kareg

As Flint gets ready to make the switch to Flint River water for drinking water, the timing couldn't be more perfect for this year’s annual river cleanup. The Flint River Watershed Coalition and Friends of the Flint River Trail will hold their annual cleanup this Saturday from 9 a.m. un...

Flint residents could be drinking water from the Flint River as soon as mid-April according to MLive. Officials made the comments at a ceremonial groundbreaking that was held at the Flint Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday afternoon. Flint had been purchasing water from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department for nearly 50 years, but that contract was terminated when the city signed on to purcha

Two troopers from the Michigan State Police (MSP) Flint Post were headed to the Flint City Lock-up on Monday when they overheard radio traffic regarding a man struggling in the Flint River near 100 S.Saginaw Street. The troopers were passing over the Saginaw Street Bridge and could see James Williams of Flint struggling in the river...