Burns Harbor News

The Town of Chesterton Maintains a sanitary sewage collection system that still includes sewers combined with stormwater.

Porter County Assessor John Scott wants other county officials to decide whether to accept the state's appraisal of the ArcelorMittal steel plant.

The Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority's new Implementation Coordinator for shoreline redevelopment is wrapping up her first week on the job.

More than a year and a half after ArcelorMittal first applied for a landfill in Burns Harbor, the company has not disclosed the toxics in all the waste to be landfilled.

ArcelorMittal is upgrading its Indiana Harbor and Burns Harbor plants as part of a $138 million investment.

The economy may still be in the doldrums but ArcelorMittal is going ahead anyway and making a $138 million capital investment in its U.S. flat carbon operations-including the one at Burns Harbor-to improve its position in specialty markets like mining, nuclear, and energy.

The reddish-pinkish dust coating the ground along 1050N in the Crocker area would appear to be iron oxide from the Magnetics International facility just north of the neighborhood in Burns Harbor.

Public meetings will be held as part of the design process for long-overdue work on Willowcreek Road between Central Avenue and the Toll Road, city engineer Craig Hendrix told the Board of Works on Monday.

Indiana's ports saw a 7 percent increase in cargo in 2009 due largely to more shipments of coal, grain, salt and steel.

WHEREAS, the Town has established an Emergency Ambulance and Transport Service 'Ambulance Service', and; WHEREAS, the Town feels it is necessary to establish user fees and charges to be used to replenish ambulance supplies and replace ambulance equipment when necessary, and; WHEREAS, the establishment of a financial management policy for ambulance ...

The Ports of Indiana handled 7.2 million tons of cargo in 2009, a 7-percent increase over 2008 driven primary by increased shipments of coal, grain, salt and steel.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will accept public comments until April 7 on ArcelorMittal's requests to continue injecting hazardous waste deep underground at its Burns Harbor facility, 250 W. U.S. Highway 12.

ArcelorMittal has proposed adding a new underground injection well at its Burns Harbor plant to dispose of hazardous waste for the next 10 years.

When Dawn Ruge saw a news program on the need for medical equipment in Haiti, she thought of the two unused pairs of crutches she had.

Few industries feature as many natural applications for LAKOS Separators than does the steel industry, and perhaps no single steel mill has implemented more solutions in these areas than the Mittal Steel plant located in Burns Harbor, Indiana .

The Top 10 property tax deadbeats owe Porter County almost $4.3 million, according to a list provided by the Porter County Treasurer's office.

Porter County Auditor Jim Kopp said Wednesday that the auditor's office was not responsible for the incorrect figures of the Town of Burns Harbor gross assessed value in the 2010 Porter County Budget Order and Tax Rates issued last week by the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance.

Soon a contractor will begin relining 300 feet of broken sanitary sewer under Franklin Street in Porter, a $200,000 repair to the 70 year-old collection system that's outlived its useful life.

Sen. Evan Bayh announced Monday he would not seek re-election to the Senate seat he has held since 1998.

One of the richest subdivisions in Valparaiso has sent loads of bacteria down local rivers and into Lake Michigan in Portage for more than five years by not properly treating its sewage.