Wixom Lake's future is much on the minds of people who live around what used to be the lake before the May 19 failure of the Edenville Dam.
In the weeks since the Edenville Dam failed, and flooded Midland, the focus has been on why it failed.
But the people who live upstream from the dam also want to know when, or if, they’ll get their lake back.
On a stormy morning last week, Robert Beltz stands on the green manicured lawn behind his beautiful two story home on Wixom Lake. The lawn extends to what used to be the water line.
“If you walk down toward the sea wall, and look down here, it looks like a desert,” Beltz said.