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.

The measure requires companies removing sand from the Port of Indiana and around industrial water intake pipes to deposit it directly onto northwestern Indiana's badly-eroded beaches, instead of offshore.

Plans call for a 70-foot, 150-seat ship that would offer tours and dinner cruises

U.S. Steel says the lawsuit is "unnecessary" because it's cooperated with "government and regulatory entities to swiftly remediate" the plant's issues.

Chicago's corporation counsel mailed a legal notice Monday informing Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel that the city intends to sue the company for federal Clean Water Act violations.

The area was first suggested as a national park in 1916 because of its biological diversity and geological features.

Northwest Indiana's Lake Michigan port will get nearly $10 million from the federal government for infrastructure upgrades to boost its capacity.