Pete Land

Residents of a Crown Point neighborhood won't have to worry as much about flooding, thanks to sewer improvements.

Lakeshore Public Media host Dee Dotson speaks to Crown Point, Indiana Mayor Pete D. Land.

Crown Point Mayor Pete Land says the city has gotten complaints about donation boxes filled with clothes, shoes or items that aren't supposed to be there. But the police department doesn't currently have a legal way to take enforcement action on private property.

A Crown Point warehouse development has taken another step forward. Venture One Real Estate plans to build two one-million-square-foot buildings along the east side of I-65, south of 101st Avenue. The city council voted Monday to rezone the property from agricultural to business park development, with Scott Evorik casting the lone opposing vote.

Crown Point Fire Rescue has a new tool to investigate suspected arsons: a two-and-a-half-year-old English Labrador retriever named Sophie. She's an accelerant detection K9 — the only one active in Northwest Indiana, according to a city press release. Sophie was introduced to the public Thursday during an Arson Awareness Week demonstration.

The Crown Point Sportsplex is getting almost a million dollars in upgrades.

The Crown Point City Council is being asked to allow residents to own backyard chickens.

Crown Point Fire Rescue will be able to add seven firefighters, thanks to a federal grant. The department has been awarded $2.26 million through FEMA's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program.

Crown Point will soon have a new chief of staff. Anthony Schlueter will move into the position, according to a city press release. He's served as Crown Point's planning administrator since 2015.