Local & State News

Sign-ups for Plymouth Junior League baseball are coming to an end.  The last day to sign up is this Sunday, March 31st.  Children aged 3 to 16 are eligible to participate in the Plymouth Junior League baseball program. Leagues ... Read more...

Indiana Department of Transportation contractor Rieth Riley Construction will have lane closures on State Road 2 between U.S. 20 in LaPorte County and Quince Road in St. Joseph County beginning on or after Thursday, March 28. This 14-mile ... Read more...

U.S. Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Joe Manchin (D-WV) have introduced the Save Our Seniors Act, which would help protect the long-term solvency of Social Security by requiring the nonpartisan Congressional ... Read more...

Attorney General Todd Rokita and Attorney General Tim Griffin are co-leading 18 other states plus the District of Columbia in a bi-partisan effort to Congress to fix language in the 2018 Farm Bill, which bad actors have used to flood the ... Read more...

 U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), and John Cornyn (R-Texas) introduced the bipartisan American Economic Independence Act, ... Read more...

Jennifer L. Mougin, 41, of South Bend, IN, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 in I.U. Health Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis, IN. Jennifer was born to Michael and Deborah (Hayn) Mougin on September 11, 1982 in Plymouth, IN. She ... Read more...

County Attorney Jim Clevenger told the County Commissioners last week that a lawsuit was filed in Marshall Circuit Court against both Marshall and St. Joe Dispatch and Dispatchers that were working on the day that 4-year-old Tennessee Kate ... Read more...

On Friday, three of Marshall County’s four legislators attended the Chamber of Commerce’s Third House Meeting at The REES sponsored by the Plymouth Foundry.  Attending was Senator Mike Bohacek, and Representatives Jack Jordan and ... Read more...

Bikes For Kids, Inc., is a Northern Indiana-based 501(C)3 non-profit organization, geared toward helping kids ride into a happier, healthier childhood by providing bikes to those most in need.  They collect and refurbish bikes with ... Read more...

Austin Ward, a Plymouth Scout has earned the Boy Scout’s highest rank advancement. A member of Troop #247, Ward is one of only approximately 6 percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank, according to Scoutmaster Dwight Noble. ... Read more...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, about 438,000 acres of Indiana farmland are owned by foreign entities representing 2.4 percent of Hoosier agricultural land. With growing concern about foreign land ownership across the ... Read more...

Indiana Department of Transportation contractor, Pioneer Associates Inc. will close U.S. 6 between State Road 106 and Miami Highway on or after Monday, April 1. U.S. 6 will be closed through late July for a preventative maintenance bridge ... Read more...

The City of Plymouth will conduct its regular meetings Monday evening, March 25th beginning at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the second-floor of City Hall.  Those attending should enter through the Garro Street door and move to ... Read more...

On Thursday afternoon the Argos Water Department experienced a water main break on West Walnut Street that caused citizens to have to boil their drinking and cooking water.  Sunday afternoon at about 2 the Town of Argos was able to ... Read more...

Friday, U.S. Senators Mike Braun and Tammy Baldwin introduced new legislation to break down barriers to farming and agricultural land ownership and help more Americans pursue careers in farming. The bipartisan Farm Transition Act of ... Read more...

Attorney General Todd Rokita continues his fight against Big Pharma in a new lawsuit against drug manufacturers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) for inflating insulin prices for hardworking Hoosiers.   Approximately 640,435 ... Read more...

Thursday, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Milan Miracle on the Senate floor. On March 20, 1954, Milan High School – enrollment 161 – defeated Muncie Central in the Indiana High School Boys ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Education Wednesday announced that eligible educators can now enroll in a free professional development course designed to help them earn Indiana’s Literacy Endorsement. Eligible educators will receive up to ... Read more...

On the four-year anniversary of Gov. Eric Holcomb’s COVID stay-at-home orders, Attorney General Todd Rokita will visit the South Bend area to unveil the results of a report he commissioned to expose the real numbers associated with ... Read more...

A driver from Hawaii was seriously injured in a crash at U.S. 31 and State Road 10 Wednesday afternoon.  On March 20, at approximately 12:25 p.m. the Marshall County Central Dispatch Center received a call regarding a two-vehicle ... Read more...