The city requested on Oct. 14 that the state's highest court decide on the dispute over the Providence Mill Dam where a 14-year-old drowned last year.

Lawyers for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources are asking a Floyd County Superior Court judge to make the city restore the area under the Providence Mill Dam over Silver Creek.

While legislation addressing the matter is not specific to southern Indiana, two dams in Floyd County—the Blackiston Mill Dam and the Providence Mill Dam—have drawn significant attention.