Local & State News

The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce held their Annual Dinner on Thursday, November 19th, at the Swan Lake Resort. Entertainment was provided by The Backroad Troubadours – Mike Lintner and Randy Jones.  The evening ended with the ... Read more...

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Melling’s class at Triton Elementary School celebrated Thanksgiving by making stone soup and dressing as Indians and Pilgrims.   Mrs. Phoenix’s second grade class at Triton Elementary School ... Read more...

The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce proudly presents a “Holly Jolly Christmas Celebration” this Friday evening beginning at 4 p.m. in downtown Plymouth. Starting at 4 the Journey Church at the corner of Water and Garro Streets will have a ... Read more...

Plymouth City Attorney Sean Surrisi updated Board of Works members on the request of Mark Kozuch to consider a “quiet zone” for the train whistle at the Liberty Street crossing. Earlier this month Kozuch asked the city to investigate ... Read more...

Monday afternoon Mayor Mark Senter was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony at MC Sports. Although the new sporting goods store had its soft opening on Sunday, November 8th and Grand Opening on the 12th, the official ribbon cutting was ... Read more...

John Erickson Director of Public Information for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security commented on the decision Monday of the U.S. State Department to issued a Worldwide Travel Alert for all Americans, in effect now ... Read more...

The kindergarten and 2nd grade classes at Washington Discovery Academy recently collaborated on a food drive project.  All classes ended up participating in the project and they were able to collected 731 items. The items were donated to ... Read more...

Indiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate now stands at 4.4 percent, the lowest rate experienced in the Hoosier State since August of 2001. Indiana’s labor force made further gains in October and continues to be a Midwest leader, ... Read more...

Ancilla College is proud to host a lecture by Plymouth native, Eric Day at 3 p.m. (EST) on Monday, November 30th in Cana Hall. Day will be discussing his “Stay Positive” Wristband program and the life benefits of behaving with a ... Read more...

Haley Kittrell Executive Director of CASA of Marshall County is honoring Eugene (Gene) Morris at the November Volunteers of the Month. Gene Morris has been a CASA Volunteer since April of 2009 and in that time, he has advocated for two ... Read more...

With the Thanksgiving holiday just a few days away, it’s a good time to remind everyone of good food preparation safety practices. Did you know that, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, food poisoning outbreaks ... Read more...

The Marshall County Council on Aging held their annual volunteer luncheon, donated by Christo’s Banquet Center on Wednesday, November 18th.  Nearly 90 volunteers were presented certificates. Guests were entertained by Mike ... Read more...

The Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), announced that all BMV license branches will be closed on Thursday, November 26 and Friday, November 27 in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday. All license branches will resume ... Read more...

With the holiday season right around the corner, the Plymouth Sears Hometown Store is joining more than 1,200 Sears locations nationwide in supporting the 2015 holiday campaign with Make-A-Wish®.   Called “Season of Wishes,” the ... Read more...

Click the Van Gilder Funeral Home at right for complete ... Read more...

The Plymouth Common Council passed on 2nd reading an ordinance to amend the 2016 Salary Ordinance as it pertains to the fire department work schedule. Monday night, Fire Chief Rod Miller said he had been approached by some of his employees ... Read more...

The Bremen Police Department released the Activity Report for November 13th through the 19th. Bremen officers issued a total of 89 traffic warnings and a total of 29 traffic citations.  They also investigated three crash reports, on Nov. ... Read more...

Monday evening the Plymouth Common Council took the first step in a tax abatement request for a Plymouth packaging firm that plans to invest $5.2 million in new equipment.WestRock, formerly RockTenn at 1000 PIDCO Drive makes unique food ... Read more...

The Indiana State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in St. Joseph County during the evening hours of Friday, November 27.  The checkpoint is in conjunction with the Operation Pull Over Period “Safe Family Travel”. In an ... Read more...

Officer Wozniak with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department arrested an Indianapolis man on Sunday, November 22nd, at 11:49 PM. A traffic stop was conducted on a 1998 gold Nissan passenger vehicle on US 31 near 14th Road for exceeding ... Read more...