Hammond, Indiana, and Chicago Heights, Illinois, officials signed a deal under which Hammond will supply more drinking water to the Illinois city for resale.

The LaGrange County Soil and Water Conservation District in Indiana is among seven organizations reciving funding to install best-management practices for limiting soil loss and applying fertilizer in ways intended to keep it on the land instead of washing into the Great Lakes.

In a Senate subcommittee hearing Wednesday, National Park Service Acting Director P. Daniel Smith disagreed with plans to make Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore a national park.

National Park Service acting director P. Daniel Smith says the administration wants to limit that designation to certain types of sites.

The high court receives between 7,000 and 8,000 certiorari petitions annually. A case is reviewed if four of the nine justices agree to accept it. The justices decided about 70 cases during the 2017-18 term.

A state analysis of local wind patterns suggest that the lead released by the mill complex could be blowing north and west toward Chicago or south toward the Indiana community of Chesterton.

WVPE's Jennifer Weingart spoke with Jamie Racklyeft the founder of the Great Lakes Water Safety Consortium about safe swimming in the great lakes and his remarkable personal story.

The public comment period on the proposed settlement ends June 6.

The ruling, issued in February, says Lake Michigan's shoreline is open to all and property owners can't exercise exclusive control of the beach between their homes and the water.

City officials expect to finish many of the improvements by May and complete others over the summer.