One of the biggest polluters of Lake Michigan agreed Monday to pay $3 million in fines after a previous owner dumped a plume of concentrated ammonia and cyanide into a northwest Indiana tributary ...

Once again, the Hoosiers have been soiling our drinking water. Earlier this month, the U.S. Steel mill in Portage spilled oil into Lake Michigan, closing all the beaches in the Indiana Dunes. Just ...

A former steel mill in East Chicago is under new ownership and could possibly be set for redevelopment.

Oak Forest man Thomas Barragan died and another was injured when a fishing boat capsized in Lake Michigan near East Chicago, Indiana, officials said.

73-year-old man found dead after boat capsizes on Lake Michigan near East Chicago during gale warning. Two men were fishing from the boat at the time.

Three Lake Michigan beaches remain closed after a northwest Indiana steel mill dumped toxic chemicals into a tributary earlier this week, an incident that was not reported to the public until ...

On Jan. 10, the Indiana Department of Environmental Management will host a public meeting to discuss a proposed air permit renewal for Cleveland-Cliff's Indiana Harbor steel mills in East Chicago.

The Lake County, Indiana Sheriff’s Office said at around 1:30 p.m. Friday, crews were sent to the area near the steel mill in East Chicago after receiving a call saying a boat had flipped over ...

The blast took place at Lafarge North America, 3210 Watling St., in the raw materials section of the sprawling mill on Lake Michigan in East Chicago's Indiana Harbor neighborhood.

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) — A steelworker who was injured last week in an industrial accident at a northwest Indiana steel mill has died at a Chicago hospital, officials said.