Local & State News

The Culver-Union Township Public Library is excited to welcome Laura Bates on Monday, May 16th, as a part of the Celebrated Voices Series. The conversation with the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award finalist is part of the ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board met in  regular session on May 3 . Although the meeting was short, only lasting 30 minutes, they were able to handle several agenda items. Ken Olson, dean of students at Plymouth High School, and Jen Hirsch, ... Read more...

The 2016 Road Plan presented to the Commissioners this week by Jason Peters from the County Highway Department includes just over 10 miles of paving for an estimated $787,200.  Road on the list include: 5th Road from State Road 331 to ... Read more...

This week the Plymouth Park Board approved a lease agreement with  Verizon to place 4 small cells on wood utility poles in Centennial Park. Last year during the Blueberry Festival Verizon brought in a mobile antenna truck to provide ... Read more...

Donna Adams, also known as Donna Benton, 37, formerly of Columbus, Indiana, was sentenced Thursday in Marshall Superior Court No. 1 to 25 years imprisonment for Child Molesting as a Level 1 felony.  In open court, Adams admitted that in ... Read more...

Starke County Police Officers were dispatched to the Grovertown Truck Stop on US 30 around 11 a.m. Thursday morning for an intoxicated subject who was injecting an unknown drug in the bathroom. Hamlet Police arrived on scene and took ... Read more...

On Wednesday May 4, at approximately 9:55 p.m. an officer with the Marshall County Police Department arrested 37 year old Dana Honeycutt of Rochester for driving while suspended with a prior charge following a traffic stop at Michigan ... Read more...

Marshall County Police Officer Joe Giordano stopped a vehicle in Bourbon for an equipment violation at US 30 and Fir Road Monday evening May 2nd just before 7.   32 year old Daniel Hecker Jr. of Hammond was arrested by a County Officer ... Read more...

The 34th annual Marshall County Spelling Bee was held Tuesday, May 3rd at the Culver High School. The winner was Graham Barger a 7th grader from Lincoln Junior High School. The 2nd place student was Aubrey Vervynckt a 6th grader from St. ... Read more...

May is National Electrical Safety Month, and NIPSCO is joining the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) to raise awareness about potential home electrical hazards and the importance of electrical safety. ESFI sponsors National ... Read more...

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will participate in the national and statewide 2016 Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization May 6th through the 30th. Officers will join more than 250 state and local law enforcement ... Read more...

This evening, Thursday, May 5 PHS football players and prospective incoming freshmen players and their parents should plan to attend an informational meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Everyone will gather in the multi-purpose room at the high ... Read more...

Jason Peters presented the Marshall County Commissioners with the 2016 Road Program during their meeting Monday morning. The Plan indicates the roads the county will grind this year, those that they are planning to put back to chip and ... Read more...

The Freedom Park Committee will be hosting a craft beer tasting event called Summer Sippin’ Craft Brew Fest on Saturday, June 25 at River Park Square in Plymouth, IN. All proceeds for the event will go toward phase 2 of the ... Read more...

Michele Riise, Superintendent of the Argos Community Schools made the following state after the referendum failed in the May Primary.  “We are very disappointed with the referendum not passing, but am hopeful that a plan can be created ... Read more...

An investigation of suspected drug activity lead to the arrest of four people on Monday. County Police Officers Jonathan Bryant and Joe Giordano initiated an investigation at the Sea Lane Apartments at Lake of the Woods Monday evening. ... Read more...

The United Way of Marshall County (UWMC) honored those who help the organization meet needs in the community at its annual awards event. Companies who ran successful United Way campaigns and individual who contributed in various ways were ... Read more...

Continuing the mission of concern for community, Operation Round Up awards local non-profits with grants to support the work they do in the community. On Tuesday, April 26 the Marshall County REMC Operation Round Up board awarded six ... Read more...

The Town of Bremen is planning a number of events for Indiana’s Bicentennial this year. The main event is the revival of Oktoberfest. This will include 100 plus craft and specialty vendors, amateur and professional entertainment, food ... Read more...

The North Central Indiana Association of Realtors (NCIAR) will be sponsoring their annual Shred for Food event from 10 AM to 12 Noon on May 21, at the old K-Mart parking lot on Oak Road in Plymouth. Members of the NCIAR board include real ... Read more...