New Measuring Device for E-Coli

A Lake Michigan researcher is experimenting with a new testing device, one
of only six such devices in the United States, that is being used to
measure e-coli (ee-coal-eye) bacteria levels. The Great Lakes Radio
Consortium’s Len Clark has more:

Calumet Heritage Area

Most Americans think of national parks as majestic areas like Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon. But in recent years, a greater variety of landscapes have been deemed by the federal government to be worth protecting. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium’s Steve Frenkel reports on an effort to designate a largely industrial area near Chicago as a national heritage area: