On Monday, January 25th at approximately 11:30 A.M. Deputy Smith with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was in the area of the 100 block of US 31 and 9A Road attempting to locate a vehicle that had reportedly been involved in a pursuit earlier that morning with the Indiana State Police. The vehicle in...
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Three county residents have filed their declaration of candidacy to fill the County Council seat vacated earlier this month by Jack Roose. Roose presented his letter of resignation on Monday, January 12th. He served two years of a four year term on the council. Jon Van Vactor, Bruce Knapp and Mark Wickizer will speak...
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On Monday, January 25th shortly after 10:00 P.M. Marshall County Dispatched received a report of a vehicle that had run off the road in the area of Michigan Road and 1st Road in Lapaz. Deputy Ayala with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department located the driver of the vehicle who was identified as 26 year...
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Monday morning the Marshall County Community Table met for their weekly meeting. During the meeting Chris Gardner Executive Director of the Marshall County Neighborhood Center spoke on the drop in clients needing assistance for the month of January due to clients receiving Stimulus Checks. Gardner expressed that this year they are taking steps in...
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Last August the town of Argos contracted with BakerTilly to compile a study on a possible Fire Territory as a way to continue to provide citizens of Argos and Walnut and Green Townships with fire and EMS services. Susan Cowen with BakerTilly will host a Zoom meeting on Thursday, January 28, beginning at 6:30...
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The Indiana Department of Health announced Tuesday that 1,777 additional Hoosiers have been diagnosed with COVID-19 through testing at state and private laboratories. That brings to 614,946 the number of Indiana residents now known to have had the novel coronavirus following corrections to the previous day’s dashboard. Marshall County reported 10 new individuals tested...
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Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Destination Development Corporation (IDDC) have announced the launch of a new quality of life initiative called Hoosiers by Choice powered by the Indiana Association of Realtors. The campaign features people who have moved to Indiana and chosen to make the Hoosier State their permanent home. The campaign will run throughout 2021, showcasing what makes...
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Treasurer of State Kelly Mitchell announced that assets in the state’s tax-advantaged CollegeChoice 529 education savings plans have surpassed $6 billion, an increase of more than $3.1 billion since her tenure began in November 2014. To date, over 397,000 accounts have been established, with an average account balance of $15,000. CollegeChoice 529 assists in...
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U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) reintroduced a constitutional amendment that would limit the Supreme Court of the United States to nine justices. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and...
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Lincoln picks up win NEW CARLISLE – The eighth grade Lady Red Storm picked up their first win of the season on the road versus New Prairie Monday night 32-17. Tough defense early from the Lady Redstorm held New Prairie to just 3 points after one quarter and scoreless in the second quarter for...
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Covenant Christian gets past Lady Cavs DeMOTTE – Covenant Christian took a 53-40 win over Culver. Maddie Shedrow had 20 points with three assists and eight rebounds for Culver. Grace Sieber, Baleigh Binkley and Lizzie Pugh all had six rebounds for the Lady Cavs. Culver is 5-11 and in action Thursday against North Judson....
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Plymouth City Attorney Sean Surrisi asked members of the Plymouth Common Council to consider extending COVID pay benefits to city employees this year. Monday evening Surrisi explained that the COVID pay benefit mandated by the federal government during the pandemic in 2020 required employers with less than 500 employees to provide full pay for...
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The BABE Store Diaper Distribution will be held on Thursday, January 28th from 10 A.M. – 12 P.M. at Beacon Medical Group in Bremen located at 1144 West Plymouth Street. Make sure and look for the Beacon Community Impact Van. Sizes available are first come first serve basis.
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The Marshall County Commissioners has a number of items on their agenda last week. Executive Director Janis Holiday from Older Adult Services was in for their quarterly report. Holiday said they experienced a 26% reduction is transportation in 2020 due to COVID 19 which equates to about 7,000 trips. She is seeing an improvement...
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Marshall County Highway Superintendent Jason Peters was surprised during a special meeting of the County Commissioners Monday morning. Marshall County Commissioner Kevin Overmyer told those gathered that there is normally a state called commissioners conference in November or early December each year in Indianapolis but due to COVID-19 the event was cancelled. Kendal Culp,...
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Due to impending weather Monday Night and into Tuesday the Culver Food Distribution set to take place on Tuesday the 26th at the Culver Middle/High School from 10 A.M. – Noon has been cancelled and rescheduled. Due to impending weather Monday Night and into Tuesday the Culver Food Distribution set to take place on...
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The American Red Cross typically has a tough time keeping the blood supply strong during the winter months when inclement weather and seasonal illnesses can impact donors. This year the pandemic adds in another challenge in keeping the blood supply strong. The Red Cross is urging healthy individuals to make an appointment to give...
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On Monday the Marshall County Commissioners extended the Public Health Disaster Emergency Declaration for another week. Indiana Code requires the Commissioners to review the emergency declaration every 7 days and determine if they need to extend or rescind it. The commissioners took official action to extend the declaration for 7 more days. Enacting the...
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