Local & State News

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, departed Iraq Monday after traveling there with fellow Members of Congress.    Donnelly participated in a fact-finding trip to meet ... Read more...

On Friday, July 3rd kick off your Independence Day celebration at the Swan Lake Resort in Plymouth with their fireworks show at dusk.  Also on the 3rd the Starke County Airport will host a display at dusk. The Bremen Firemen’s Festival ... Read more...

The Culver-Union Township Public Library has a large collection of old and antique quilts from the Wesley United Methodist Church Susanna Circle Quilters group on display. The quilts are many different sizes and on display throughout the ... Read more...

IN State Senator Randy Head said in a recent weekly address, “The Indiana Statehouse is home to the executive, judicial and legislative branches of our state government.” The capitol is the people’s building, open to the public ... Read more...

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly co-sponsored and the Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution Friday to designate June 2015 as National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month. The designation would increase ... Read more...

The Countdown to Kindergarten program initiated by United Way has given a number of children entering kindergarten in the fall a “jump start”. According to Linda Yoder, executive director of United Way Marshall County, there are some ... Read more...

Officers with the Bremen Police Department issued 17 traffic warnings and 12 traffic citations during the reporting period of June 19th to the 25th. Bremen officers investigated 6 property damage accidents: on June 19 at State Road 331 and ... Read more...

A traffic stop Thursday morning resulted in the arrest of two people from Saint Joseph County. Plymouth Police Officer John Weir initiated a traffic stop about 9:45 in the 1400 block of North Michigan Street on a vehicle that had expired ... Read more...

Two men from South Bend were arrested Thursday evening about 9 after the Plymouth Police Department received a couple of complaints. Patrolman Tim Taberski was dispatched to the intersection of Baker and Michigan Streets in reference to ... Read more...

Kent Abernathy, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), announced that all BMV license branches will be closed Saturday, July 4 through Monday, July 6 in observance of Independence Day. All branches resume regularly ... Read more...

Over 100,000 votes have been cast so far in this year’s Northern Indiana Pizza Wars and now they are down to only two! The Wooden Peel of Marshall County will face off against the Café at the Bowling Alley from Kosciusko County. The ... Read more...

Indianapolis—Indiana Governor Mike Pence Friday issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage ruling: “Like many Hoosiers, I believe marriage is the union between one man and one woman, and I am disappointed ... Read more...

While shopping at the Plymouth Farmers’ Market this Saturday, enjoy the music of local entertainer Mike Lintner at 9:30. The Plymouth Public Library will celebrate Superhero Day from 9 to 11 with activities honoring firefighters, ... Read more...

Indiana Senator Randy Head is scheduled to make a visit to the Argos Schools on June 30 at 1:00 P.M.  Argos Superintendent Michele Riise said she hopes board members, staff , and the community will share their thoughts with Head during ... Read more...

The U.S. Department of Education has named Argos Elementary School as one of the recipients of the 2015 President’s Education Awards Program. The program honors nearly three million students from more than 30,000 public, private, and ... Read more...

Olivia Marie Ketcham, 21, of Plymouth, was sentenced on June 24 in Marshall Superior Court No. 1 to eight years imprisonment at the Indiana Department of Correction for conspiracy to deal in methamphetamine, a Class B Felony. Judge Robert ... Read more...

Niblock Excavating & Asphalt, the contractor awarded the bid for street mill and fills in the city of Plymouth will begin next week. Street reconstruction work will begin on Liberty Street in Plymouth, on Monday June 29, weather ... Read more...

Indiana Conservation Officers will be joining thousands of law enforcement officers across the United States who will be on heightened alert for those violating boating under the influence laws during the annual Operation Dry ... Read more...

Caleb Zachary Hollett, 22, of Argos, was sentenced on June 24 in Marshall Superior Court No. 1 to a total of 10 years imprisonment at the Indiana Department of Correction for dealing methamphetamine as a Class B Felony and conspiracy to ... Read more...

Plymouth Community School Corporation’s Business Manager Kandi Tinkey has been recognized as the IASBO (Indiana Association of School Business Officials) Region 2 School Business Official of the Year!  She received the honor last month ... Read more...