Local & State News

The Plymouth Common Council took the final step in the tax abatement process for Viking Paper during their meeting Monday evening by confirming the are to be in a Economic Revitalization Area. Justin Mooter, president of Viking Paper told ... Read more...

During Monday’s County Council meeting the commissioners had four additional appropriation requests. Their first request was for $265,000 from the Cum Cap Development Fund with $110,000 being used for roof repair on the County Museum, ... Read more...

Plymouth Schools are experiencing a declining enrollment that translates into loss of reimbursement dollars from the state. The current enrollment as verified on the state count day is 3,598.11. The odd number reflects those students in ... Read more...

Jerry Chavez, Executive Director of the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation has been making his rounds to the various bodies of government in Marshall County updating them on three areas; recent announcements, Regional Cities ... Read more...

Plymouth Police arrested a female from Mishawaka last Wednesday on multiple charges including Battery to a Police Officer. About 8 p.m. October 5th city police were dispatched to a complaint of a public disturbance and battery at 805 North ... Read more...

Educators across the state continue to seek ways to enhance curriculums to ensure students are learning the writing skills needed for today’s careers. Menominee Elementary students of teachers Nicole Horner, Bobbi Hunt, and Alana ... Read more...

Oct. 9-15 is Fire Prevention Week, and the Indiana State Fire Marshal and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) are encouraging all Hoosiers to take steps to ensure their homes are prepared in the event of a fire.   ... Read more...

Cyberspace is the environment in which communication occurs over computer networks. But as we all know, cyberspace is a complex entity that hackers can use to steal personal information from millions of Americans. Indiana State Senator ... Read more...

Triton High School held their annual Distinguished Young Woman competition on Saturday night, October 8th. Distinguished Young Women is a national scholarship program that inspires high school girls to develop their full, individual ... Read more...

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department announced Monday the completion of the national and statewide 2016 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement mobilization campaign. During the annual 25-day enforcement period, 44 tickets and 53 ... Read more...

Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02) Monday announced her campaign raised over $330,000 during the third quarter of 2016. “With early voting starting this week and less than a month until Election Day, I’m excited that Hoosiers from ... Read more...

Last week several local torchbearers had the honor of carrying the bicentennial torch as it passed through Marshall County. Four of the individuals selected had direct ties to the Plymouth Community School Corporation: teacher Betsy Bowen; ... Read more...

The City of Plymouth will conduct their regular meetings Monday evening beginning at 6 p.m. with the Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.  The agenda includes ratification of the bid award for the 2016 Street and Sidewalk fall ... Read more...

The Shop With a Cop and Emergency Services program in Marshall County helped 200 children last year during the holiday season with outerwear, warm clothing and a toy.   It also provided 70 elderly citizens with $50 gift cards to local ... Read more...

The Plymouth Park Board is moving ahead with the LARE grant they received to look at a bank stabilization project, foot bridge inspection and creation of a canoe launch. In January they were notified they had received the $50,000 grant ... Read more...

Representatives from the Town of Bourbon will ask the Marshall County Council to put some financial support to the fiber internet project they have been working on for a couple of months during their meeting Monday morning. Les McFarland, ... Read more...

Failure to Appear tops the list of the top ten reasons why individuals were booked into the Marshall County jail in September. Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel recently released the list which included Operating While Intoxicated as ... Read more...

For many years the Plymouth Fire Department and their volunteers have worked seeking donations and fundraising to purchase a training town for the department. The dream of former Fire Chief Wayne Smith became a reality several months ago ... Read more...

On Wednesday, October 5th at approximately 8:30 in the evening, Argos police were dispatched to 316 South Michigan Street for a domestic fight at the residence. After speaking with all parties involved, it was determined that 38 year old ... Read more...

The Marshall County Community Foundation (MCCF) announced the first round of 2016 grants from the Foundation’s Community Fund during an awards presentation October 5, 2016, in Plymouth, Indiana. Twice each year, nonprofit organizations ... Read more...