A groundbreaking was held for the Portage stretch of the trail at the same time as the ribbon was cut to ceremonially open the 1.5-mile Burns Harbor section.
Slovak Ambassador Radovan Javorčik and U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, a third-generation Slovak-American himself, toured U.S. Steel’s Gary Works and the Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor.
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Water tests in Indiana show that cyanide concentrations have fallen to acceptable levels about a week after a steel plant leaked toxins into a tributary of Lake Michigan, killing several thousand fish and shutting down part of the Indiana Dunes. Portage steel factory owner ArcelorMittal and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management have been criticized for failing to report the. Aug 19, 2019