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Boater Beware: DNR sends warning about extremely low lake levels
WSBT TV ReporterParts of our area are still in a moderate to extreme drought, and the lack of rainfall is now impacting area lakes and the boaters who use them. The 4th of July is the biggest boating day of the year, and the Department of Natural Resources is warning...Tags: Conservation, Lakes and Ponds, Weather Warnings
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Notre Dame professors receive Defense research grants
South Bend Tribune Staff ReportSOUTH BEND -- Two electrical engineering professors at the University of Notre Dame, Debdeep Jena and Thomas Pratt, each have received research grants from the U.S. Department of Defense. The grants together total more than $650,000. The money will be...Tags: University of Notre Dame, Science and Technology, Energy Saving, Teachers, Research
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RELEASE: Drought triggers call for voluntary water conservation
The following was released by the Indiana Department of Homeland Security: The persistent hot and dry weather resulting in drought conditions across most of Indiana has prompted a call for high-capacity water facilities in 32 counties to implement...Tags: Conservation, Weather Reports, Weather Watches, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Disasters
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Purdue: Food prices could rise because of drought
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana crop conditions continue to deteriorate daily as the drought worsens to a level not seen since 1988. During a news conference at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Thursday, Purdue Extension corn specialist Bob Nielsen said the state&...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Conservation, Losses, Science and Technology, Natural Disasters
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Mysterious artifacts uncovered in Mishawaka
WSBT-TV ReporterIt's a mystery in Mishawaka. Artifacts, more than 100 years old were unearthed by landscapers Tuesday on the edge of the city near University Drive and Fir Road. An Indiana Conservation Officer on scene quickly identified the objects as bones and...Tags: Google Inc., Conservation, Energy Resources, Natural Resource Industry, Natural Resources
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Mile-wide evacuation after massive train derailment in Columbus, OH
Part of a freight train carrying ethanol derailed and caught fire in Ohio's capital city early Wednesday, shooting flames skyward into the darkness and prompting the evacuation of a mile-wide area as firefighters and hazardous materials crews monitored...
Tags: Charity, Ethanol, Explosions, Railway Accidents, American Red Cross
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Go ahead given for Wyatt wind project; Turbine not expected to lower rates.
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND – After more than a year of study, the board of the St. Joseph County Regional Water and Sewer District has decided to go ahead with a wind project at the district's wastewater treatment plant in Wyatt. The project represents the first of...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Banking, Energy Saving
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Drought conditions kill fish across Indiana
ELKHART COUNTY – Hundreds of fish are dying in Indiana and low water levels are to blame. The Department of Natural Resources said the dry weather and unusually warm water is slowly taking its toll on the wildlife. The DNR reports about 30 dead...
Tags: Fishing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Natural Resources
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Human remains found at camp linked to missing Chicago man
MINTURN, Colo. (AP) — Authorities have discovered human remains near a campsite believed to have been used by a hiker from Chicago who has been missing since October 2010. James Nelson was reported missing when he failed to return from a five day,...Tags: Wildlife, Forestry and Timber, Natural Resources
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Dry weather could be here awhile
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Know that dry, crunchy sound you get walking across a watered lawn? If you don't, you probably will soon. According to the weekly compiled map by the National Drought Mitigation Center, much of the Michiana region is either in drought or...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sports, Science and Technology, Golf, Agricultural Research and Technology
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A radiation risk -- in South Bend?
SOUTH BEND – Some of you were very concerned early Thursday after an online radiation company reported readings that radiation levels were at a catastrophic level in South Bend. It turns out Radiation Network's reading was a mistake, thanks to an...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Politics, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Study: 6 pounds of bacteria live on 200-pound person
WASHINGTON (AP) — They live on your skin, up your nose, in your gut — enough bacteria, fungi and other microbes that collected together could weigh, amazingly, a few pounds. Now scientists have mapped just which critters normally live in or...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Science and Technology, Stanford University, Ecosystems, Genes and Chromosomes
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