Local & State News

Marshall County Schools latest A-F accountability grades all seem solid. On Tuesday, the State Board of Education approved the grades for the 2014-2015 school year. However, the latest grades reflect changes made by the Indiana General ... Read more...

Schools in Marshall County are joining communities across the state in helping Hoosiers of all ages— from kindergartners through adults —pay for college as part of Learn More Indiana’s Cash for College campaign. The annual statewide ... Read more...

The 2016 Plymouth High School Winter Homecoming Ceremony was last Friday night.  The Homecoming Queen is senior Meghan Egierski and the 2016 Winter Homecoming King is senior Justyn Wade-Manring! This year’s Winter 2016 Homecoming ... Read more...

Plymouth High School JAG students traveled to South Bend to attend the Regional JAG Career Development Conference that was held at the Kroc Center on Thursday, January 21st. WorkOne Northern Indiana invited close to 100 Students from more ... Read more...

The Indiana House of Representatives and Indiana Senate passed final versions of SB 200 and HB 1003 on January 22 and Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed the two bills into law last Thursday. These bills hold harmless schools, teachers and ... Read more...

On Saturday, January 16, the Culver-Union Township Public Library held their fourth annual Club Fair. Local clubs, organizations, or groups were invited to come to the library free of charge to set up an informational table and promote ... Read more...

Plymouth City Engineer Rick Gaul and Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt presented the preliminary list of proposed street projects for the upcoming year during Monday night’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.  Gaul noted, ... Read more...

Last weekend, Plymouth High School hosted the Northwest Indiana NSDA National Qualification tournament. Two PHS students qualified to compete at the national tournament in Salt Lake City in June. Senior Emily McKenzie and junior Garrett ... Read more...

Indiana State Representative, Tim Harman a Republican from Bremen announced that Hoosiers can now make a donation to Indiana’s public schools when filing this year’s taxes. “Hoosiers can conveniently donate to any public K-12 school ... Read more...

The Plymouth High School Robotics teams hit the road again this past Saturday January 23, and competed in the VEX tournament at the Warsaw Area Career Center in Warsaw. All six of the PHS robotics teams did well. PHS Teacher and Robotics ... Read more...

Thirty judges and lawyers have applied to succeed Justice Brent Dickson on the Indiana Supreme Court. One of them is E. Nelson Chipman Jr., the Marshall County Prosecutor. Initial interviews with the Indiana Judicial Nominating Commission ... Read more...

On Friday night, January 22, at approximately 11:35 p.m. an officer with the Marshall County Police Department arrested 19 year old Braden Ramirez of Plymouth for Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia, and Illegal ... Read more...

Updated:  Bremen Police made an arrest in the armed robbery that happened on Saturday afternoon in the 100 block of West Fourth Street. 21 year old Henry Turner of South Bend was arrested Monday and booked into the Marshall County Jail ... Read more...

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, in partnership with the Governor’s Council on Impaired & Dangerous Driving and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), would like to remind all Indiana motorists to celebrate this ... Read more...

Monday, U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-2) visited the IN State House to officially file paperwork for re-election to Congress in Indiana’s Second District. While at the State House, she also had the opportunity to address the ... Read more...

The American Red Cross has an emergency need for blood and platelet donors. Severe winter weather since Jan. 1 has forced the cancellation of more than 300 blood drives across 20 states, resulting in more than 9,500 donations uncollected, ... Read more...

Teachers Credit Union (TCU) announced Monday that it has awarded two student-athletes with the annual W.B. Hawkins Award for excellence in academics and athletics at the 51st annual TCU Bi-County Tournament in northern Indiana. The winners ... Read more...

Sunday afternoon, January 24, at 3:38 a deputy with the Marshall County Police Department clocked a 2010 Chevrolet Impala traveling east on U.S. 30 at Fir Road at 106 miles per hour. Once the Officer caught up the vehicle he initiated a ... Read more...

Saturday evening,(1/23/16) about 10:38 the Marshall County Central Dispatch Center received a call reporting a fight at the Maple Leaf Trail Park on North Michigan Road in Plymouth.  The caller believed there were five subjects fighting. ... Read more...

The Triton boys’ basketball team emerged as the victors of the 201 Bi-County tournament with their Saturday night victory over host, LaVille. Jordan Anderson, the winner of the MVP trophy. Congrats also to Triton senior, Brooklyn ... Read more...