Police: Man injured in Lake Dale blaze

CEDAR CREEK TOWNSHIP | Lake County police responding Thursday to a fire that leveled a home near Lake Dalecarlia discovered an injured man, who was airlifted to Loyola University Medical Center.

Lake surveyor trying to coordinate Hermits Lake sewage solution

CROWN POINT | The Lake County Drainage Board is expected to open public discussion Wednesday on an eventual plan to connect the homes of 200 residents of the Hermits Lake and Hawthorn Hills subdivisions to this city's sewer system.

Sustainability, economic development thrive in Cedar Lake

Cedar Lake is both the literal and figurative center of our community. While this presents several unique challenges for planners, it also presents exciting opportunities for a community to thrive at the intersection of sustainability and economic development.

Lake Dalecarlia leaders embank on better drainage

CROWN POINT | Lake Dalecarlia residents will show off their new community dam and drainage system.

Lake Dalecarlia dam rehab project kicks off

LAKE DALECARLIA | After three years of working toward a dream of rehabilitating dams in this unincorporated community, local leaders and Lake County officials gathered Monday to watch their project get under way.

Lake Dalecarlia dam rehab project kicks off

Martha Coakley, Lake Dalecarlia Property Owners Association president, talks about flood control work that has begun on the Lake Dalecarlia dam and Cedar Creek bank erosion work.

Lake Dalecarlia dam rehab project kicks off

Eric Neagu and Jeff Ekegren look over plans for flood control work that began on the Lake Dalecarlia dam and Cedar Creek bank erosion work. The two work for Weaver Boos Consultants.

Lake Dalecarlia traffic flow is restricted for dam upgrades

LOWELL | Traffic flow through Lake Dalecarlia will be restricted for up to six weeks while a dam rehabilitation project is completed.

Lowell boy, 4, killed in three-vehicle crash

LAKE COUNTY | A 4-year-old Lowell boy died late Friday night after a head-on collision involving three vehicles near Lowell that sent eight people to the hospital, officials said.

Fundraiser planned for Lowell 3-year-old girl battling cancer

LOWELL | Friends and family of 3-year-old Kiley Smith will have a dinner and dance fundraiser to help pay her medical bills.

Spring work set to stem future Lake Co. floods

CROWN POINT | Lake County commissioners gave their approval Friday to three flood-control projects intended to protect homes in Lake Dalecarlia, Lowell and near Schererville from future inundations.

Possible Illiana route angers south Lake County residents

The preliminary recommendation for the Illiana Expressway route runs just south of this lake in the Lakewood subdivision in Lowell. The lake is lined with homes that would be several hundred yards, if not less, from the expressway.

Possible Illiana route angers south Lake County residents

The preliminary recommendation for the Illiana Expressway route runs just south of a lake and through this wetland that serves as an overflow for the lake in the Lakewood subdivision in Lowell.

Illiana bears down on south Lake Co. homeowners

The preliminary recommendation for the Illiana Expressway route would bring the expressway just south of a lake and through this wetland that serves as an overflow for the lake in Lowell's Lakewood subdivision.

Bids in for Lake Dale flood control work

CROWN POINT | Nine Indiana and Illinois construction firms have bid to repair flood control structures around the unincorporated Lake Dalecarlia community south of Cedar Lake.

A Mayberry state of mind: Lake Dalecarlia man wins world trivia contest

Sha–zay–am, Andy! Mike Haviland is the 2011 Mayberry Trivia World Champion! That is a mighty pleasing fact to Mike whose love of all things Mayberry RFD has helped shape his life and taken him to Mt. Airy, North Carolina, the hometown of Andy Griffith, several times.

Lake Dalecarlia flood project to get started in the spring

CROWN POINT | A $1.9 million project to improve stormwater control for the communities of Lake Dalecarlia and Lowell moved forward Tuesday.

Rains cause flooding concerns

Local waterways pushed to the tops of their banks began falling slightly Friday afternoon, but overnight storms were expected to raise water levels.

No dam break reported at Lake Dalecarlia

LOWELL | Emergency management officials warned of a possible dam break in unincorporated Lake Dalecarlia on Thursday, although the water level appeared to hold steady into the evening.

Lake Dalecarlia waste district meets today in special session

LOWELL | The Lake Dalecarlia Regional Waste District board meets in special session at 10 a.m. today to authorize bids for the 159th Avenue piping, structure and flow meter improvements.