Authorities say a passer-by rescued a 4-year-old boy from a retention pond in Indianapolis after his family's SUV apparently slid from an icy bridge into the frigid water.

The state Department of Natural Resources says recent unseasonably warm weather had delayed the arrival of fall foliage.

Indianapolis firefighters have rescued two boys from rain-swollen Fall Creek while searches continue for two men, one in the Ohio River and the other in Sugar Creek in western Indiana.

Entomologists theorize this summer's hot, wet weather may be driving the spiders indoors, sometimes biting residents.

A number of fruit growers in the Greater Lafayette area see a lack of peaches this season due to the low temperatures in the past winter.

The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor released Thursday by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows that about 17 percent of Indiana is now ranked as abnormally dry.

The National Weather Service says 25 days in May reached over 80 degrees.

A May 20 report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says 88 percent of corn and 73 percent of soybeans in Indiana have been planted.

Lingering cold temperatures could also make it difficult for crops to grow once they're in the ground.

Snow bands that are part of a spring nor'easter targeting the Northeast continued dropping snow in parts of Indiana Wednesday morning.