Maple Syrup Time returns to Deep River

HOBART | Maple Syrup Time will be held on the next two weekends at Deep River County Park, 9410 Old Lincoln Highway.

Snow buddies

Environmental Club visits Illinois park to see bald eagles

CROWN POINT | Sixteen students from the St. Mary Catholic Community School’s Environmental Club traveled to Starved Rock State Park in Illinois last month to view the bald eagles living there.

Senior African American couple

New Wave of Foreclosures

Console Color

Couple in convertible car smiling

Senior African American couple

Portrait of stylish senior African American couple.

Reserve a Lake County park shelter

Picnic shelters for all Lake County parks - Buckley Homestead, Lemon Lake, Stoney Run, Deep River, Three Rivers, Lake Etta, Oak Ridge Prairie, and Grand Kankakee Marsh - can now be reserved for 2013 dates.

Horse-drawn sleigh rides offered on weekends

LOWELL | Horse-drawn bobsled rides are offered from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Buckley Homestead County Park on Saturdays and Sundays in January and February.

2013 And Beyond

I Got Chills…

Local organization stocks walleye in Wolf Lake

For what has become an annual fall event, the local fishing organization Perch America stocked Wolf Lake for the 15th consecutive year with a hearty bunch of some 4,500 walleye fingerlings Wednesday afternoon.

GSU invites volunteers to reclaim the prairie

UNIVERSITY PARK | Governors State University is seeking volunteers to help "Reclaim the Prairie" on Nov. 11 at The Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park.

Annual Sandhill Crane Paddle set for Sunday on the Kankakee River

Once known as the hekiki, Huakiki, Aukiki, as well as the Sauwauseebe by Native Americans and early explorers, the Kankakee River has historically served as a trading route, food source and water trail. On Sunday, it will serve as a source of recreation and inspiration for paddlers and natur…

Coming Soon: Autumn Air Festival

The Fernwood Botanic Gardens Autumn Air Festival in Niles gives families a chance to get active while the weather is still warm.

Sunny Days for the Michigan City In-Water Boat Show

The weather cooperated for most of the four days during the 33rd Annual Michigan City In-Water Boat Show, as did boat and accessories sales.

33rd Annual Michigan City In-Water Boat Show Floats Into Town

This is the weekend that area boaters and lovers of all things on the water mark on their calendar.

Students visit their national park

HAMMOND | Hokey Spokes International presented a $500 grant to Kathy Gillespie’s fifth-grade class at O’Bannon Elementary School in Hammond towards the expense of attending the Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center near Chesterton for a three-day educational camp experience “to foster …