Local & State News

Edington Arrested for Intimidation & False Informing

A Plymouth man was arrested Sunday night about 11:15 following a call for City Police to the Economy Inn. Plymouth Police Officer Chris Miller was dispatched for the call of someone being chased with a knife.  The victim said the suspect ... Read more...

Knapp Arrested for Operating on a Controlled Substance & Possession of Marijuana

On Saturday, March 12th, 2016 at approximately 2:45 AM an officer with the Marshall County Police Department conducted a traffic stop on State Road 17 near Pioneer Drive.  The driver of the vehicle, 21year old Jordan L. Knapp of Plymouth ... Read more...

Ellis Resigns Argos Town Council Seat, Caucus March 22 to Fill Vacancy

Marshall County Republican Party Chairman, David Holmes has announced a caucus to fill a vacancy on the Argos Town County. Craig Ellis resigned his position on the Argos Town Council because he moved out of the town limits.  He served as ... Read more...

Michigan Road Bridge Closure for Demolition in Marshall County

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will close the Michigan Road Bridge leading into Plymouth, just south of U.S. 6, off of old U.S. 31, starting at 8 in the morning on March 18, and continuing through the beginning of July. ... Read more...

Walkerton Man Arrested for OWI with 3 Kids in Vehicle

An officer with the Marshall County Police Department stopped a car traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of US 30 near Michigan Road Saturday night about 10:30. The driver, 36 year old Camilo Villa of Walkerton was subsequently ... Read more...

PHS Sophomore Creates “Go Fund Me” Account to Attend Summer Program at Brown University

Plymouth High School sophomore Loren Mattern, has been presented with an great opportunity.  She has applied and been accepted into a summer program  for high school students at the Ivy League institution at Brown University. The program ... Read more...

Indy Man Caught Driving Without a License

On Monday, March 14th, at approximately 5:30 in the morning, Patrolman Wozniak conducted a traffic stop on a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck on US 31 near 14th Road. The driver of the vehicle, 27 Armando Flores-Carmona of Indianapolis was ... Read more...

California Man Arrested by County Police for Possession of Marijuana

y evening, March 11, at 9:30 an officer with the Marshal County Police Department arrested 22 year old Juan Correa Gomez of California following a traffic stop on US 30 near Queen Road.  Gomez was found to be in Possession of Marijuana ... Read more...

Escobar Arrested Sunday for OWI

Santiago Escobar of Plymouth was arrested Sunday morning about 1:30 following a traffic stop at Michigan Street and Skylane Drive. City Police Officer Paul Stamper conducted a traffic stop for a traffic violation and found Mr. Escobar to ... Read more...

Saint Joseph Health System Announces Retirement of President and CEO, Al Gutierrez

Mishawaka, Ind. (March 14, 2016) — Saint Joseph Health System (SJHS) is announcing the formal retirement of its President and CEO, Al Gutierrez, scheduled to take effect on December 31, 2016. Gutierrez’s retirement follows five years ... Read more...

Plymouth FFA Chapter Enjoys Farm Bureau Luncheon & Senator Donnelly’s Visit

The Annual Marshall County Farm Bureau Legislative Luncheon was held Friday, March 11th at Christo’s Banquet Center in Plymouth. U.S. Senator, Joe Donnelly, who serves on the Agriculture Committee, was the keynote speaker.   ... Read more...

Trooper’s Kind Words Keep Lady from Jumping off Bridge

  Peru – Yesterday at approximately 4:00 p.m., the caring words of Master Trooper Joe Swisher kept a 21 year-old Kokomo woman from jumping off a bridge into the cold water of the Wabash River. Trooper Swisher was conducting routine ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Trying to Identify Subject in Kroger Theft

Plymouth Police are looking for help from the public identifying a suspect in a theft from Kroger Supermarket on Michigan Street in Plymouth. The theft occurred on Sunday, March, 13th at approximately 11:00 in the morning. The male subject ... Read more...

Kindergarten Round Up at Triton Elementary

Triton Elementary School will be holding Kindergarten Round Up on Tuesday, April 12 from 6:00pm-7:30pm. Parents and students will be able to view a kindergarten classroom and speak to perspective teachers from 6:00-6:30pm. ... Read more...

Plymouth Man Dies in Redwood Road Crash

Saturday at approximately 4:30 p.m., officers from the Indiana State Police and the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department responded to a single vehicle crash on Redwood Road, south of 9th Road where a Plymouth man died. The preliminary ... Read more...

Friday Night Robbery at Dollar General in Kroger Plaza

The Plymouth Police Department is asking for the public’s helping in identify a suspect from a robbery that occurred at Dollar General on Michigan Street in Plymouth. On Friday, March 11th at approximately 7:47 p.m. a middle aged white ... Read more...

Burglary on Elm Road, Bourbon

On Thursday, March 10th about 9:30 in the morning the Marshall County Police were dispatched to the 9,000 block of Elm Road near Bourbon for a Burglary report. An unknown person(s) had entered a home and stole assorted jewelry from the ... Read more...

Senator Donnelly Talks Ag at WSOI

US Senator Joe Donnelly spent Friday morning at the Weidner School of Inquiry at Plymouth High School where sophomore students discussed with him their current project for the Bicentennial on the history of agriculture in Marshall County. ... Read more...

2016 Session Ends with Passage of Key Legislation

This past week, the Indiana General Assembly  concluded its 2016 legislative session. All bills approved by lawmakers are now headed to the governor’s desk for final consideration. Senate Republicans announced an agenda at the ... Read more...

2 Arrested in Knox for Meth & Marijuana

After a week long investigation detectives and officers from the Starke County Sheriff’s Office and officers with the Knox City Police Department executed a search warrant Friday in the 600 East block of St. Louis Street in Knox. During ... Read more...