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LaPorte uses $65k grant to tackle lake weed
LAPORTE, Ind. (AP) — A northwestern Indiana group is taking aim at an invasive weed that has spread across area waterways and threatens the region's lake-based economy. LaPorte Area Lake Association president Don Bowman tells the Herald-Argus... -
Lake dwellers dealing with low water levels
WSBT-TVMichiana summertime fun often includes spending time outdoors at area lakes. They are a big part of our life, and for some, a source of income. "This is the lowest I have seen the lake was last summer with the drought," says Vaughn Nickell of...Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Droughts
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Obama budget seeks $300M for Great Lakes cleanup
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Barack Obama asked Congress on Wednesday to continue a program that has spent more than $1 billion dealing with some of the Great Lakes' longest running environmental problems. Obama's budget for the 2014...
Tags: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Budgets and Budgeting, Environmental Issues, Barack Obama, Science and Technology
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Notre Dame researcher: Asian carp may have reached Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, but there's still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Conservation, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Justice System, Environmental Issues
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NE Ind. girl, 8, rescued from pond by brother, father doing better
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A northeast Indiana girl has recovered from a near-drowning after her brother and father rescued her from an icy pond's frigid waters. Conservation officers say Samantha Buuck was walking on a frozen pond behind her family'...
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Mental health board won't discipline its CEO
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A board overseeing a mental health organization that serves several counties in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula has decided not to discipline its top official after a finding from the state that profoundly disabled...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Mental Health
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Emergency dredges due to low Lake Michigan
WSBT-TV CorrespondentRecord low levels on Lake Michigan have left waterfront communities in the region and throughout the Great Lakes scrambling to save their summer boating seasons. In New Buffalo, for example, an emergency dredge on a roughly 1,000 foot stretch of the...Tags: New Products
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Car partially sinks on frozen lake, driver rescued
DEXTER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A woman pulled from her partially submerged car told authorities she thought the frozen surface of a Washtenaw County lake was a roadway. Rescuers found the woman Sunday afternoon about 400 to 500 feet from the... -
Semi-state Wrestling Results
IHSAA WRESTLING SEMISTATE At Merrillville Team scores: Merrillville 115, Penn 98, Crown Point 85 ½, Mishawaka 79 ½, Lowell 65, Portage 54, Hanover Central 46, Lake Central 46, Clay 44, Harrison-Lafayette 33, Adams 32, Culver Academies 30, Twin...Tags: Delphi Corp, Warsaw (Poland)
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Judge tosses Asian carp suit; states can amend it
TAMMY WEBBER,Associated PressCHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge Monday threw out a lawsuit filed by five states that want barriers placed in Chicago-area waterways to prevent Asian carp from invading the Great Lakes, but said he would consider new arguments if the case were filed...Tags: Justice System, Science and Technology, Laws, U.S. Congress, DNA
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Otters causing problems for some Ind. pond owners
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State wildlife officials say their efforts to reintroduce river otters to Indiana have been so successful the critters' appetites are causing problems for some pond owners. State furbearer biologist Shawn Rossler says some...
Tags: Conservation, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Endangered Species
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Advocates say spending cuts would hurt Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Environmental activists say federal programs designed to protect and clean up the Great Lakes will take a big hit if Congress and President Barack Obama don't reach a budget deal soon. Without a deficit reduction...
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