The ceremony marking the ship's entry into the active fleet is set for Oct. 26 at Burns Harbor along Lake Michigan. It is the fourth military vessel carrying the Indianapolis name.

The ceremonial ribbon cutting for the Indiana Dunes National Park is set for Tuesday at the park's Miller Woods section on its western edge in Gary.

This latest $26 million cleanup on the Lake George Canal will be funded through a partnership with the EPA, the East Chicago Waterway Management District, and oil companies Atlantic Richfield and BP.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service posted results last week from sampling conducted in the Chicago Area Waterway System in early April.

Lake Superior and Lake Erie are expected to break records set decades ago. Records are not predicted for Lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario, but they're still expected to rise significantly.

Lake Michigan's water level is expected to be above normal this summer, but isn't expected to hit record levels like Lake Superior and Lake Erie.

The two Ohio River ports at Mount Vernon and Jeffersonville and the Lake Michigan port at Burns Harbor handled 14.8 million tons of cargo last year.

The U.S. Supreme Court could take on an Indiana legal dispute over who should have access to Lake Michigan's shoreline. The State of Indiana and a community group both filed briefs on Friday urging the court not to hear the case.

U.S. Steel says it normally discharges some material into the Burns Waterway, this time it just happened to foam.

About 3 million tourists visit the county each year, primarily for Lake Michigan and its beaches.