Cedar Lake News

Chloe Burks, 15, was killed by a train in Cedar Lake, Ind., on May 23, 2012. Police said she was listening to her headphones and might not have heard the train coming from behind her.

An unusually dry spring up helped stave off severe flooding problems typically expected when more than a couple inches of rain fall in a short period of time.

The Indiana Conservation Office along with the Cedar Lake Police Department is investigating an off-road vehicle accident that happened near 125th Court and Parrish Avenue on Friday afternoon.

The Lake County Board of Commissioners signed off on three projects Friday to alleviate flooding woes in unincorporated Schererville and the Lake Dalecarlia area southeast of Cedar Lake.