Local & State News

Starke County Police Locate Messer and Moe Hiding in Wooded Area

On Tuesday May 12th at approx. 6:30 pm , the Starke County 911 Dispatch Center received a call stating two males were trespassing on the caller’s property. Detective Sergeant Adam Gray went to the area of 200 S and Toto Road and found ... Read more...

Walorski Protects Farmers, Supports Legislation to Stop Government Overreach

WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02) issued the following statement following passage of H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Protection Act, which requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps ... Read more...

Tidbits from Triton Schools

Triton fourth grader, Brayden Cunningham, is shown portraying a famous Hoosier, Levi Coffin.  The fourth graders researched a famous Hoosier and made an oral presentation of their research findings to their classmates as part of their ... Read more...

Ribbon Cutting for a 45,000 Square Foot Shell Building in Plymouth

A ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the completion of the Commerce Shell Building will be held this Thursday at 11:30 a.m. The ceremony marks the culmination of over three years of planning and construction for the 45,000 sq. ft. ... Read more...

Donnelly Statement on Trade Promotion Authority Legislation

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released the following statement Tuesday regarding his position on the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, also known as Trade Promotion Authority ... Read more...

Plymouth Begins $2.5 Million Airport Improvement Project

Tuesday, the City of Plymouth broke ground on a $2.5 million runway improvement project at the Plymouth Municipal Airport. Scheduled for completion in late July, the project includes reconstruction and rehabilitation of the existing runway ... Read more...

Bremen Police Department National Peace Officers Memorial

Tuesday afternoon Bremen Police Chief Matt Hassel hosted department’s National Peace Officers Memorial Celebration. Chief Hassel gave a brief history of the national event.  In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a Public Law ... Read more...

Baby Blackford Benefit 5K Run/Walk

The Bourbon community is joining forces to help with medical bills for one of their own.  On Saturday, June 3rd a 5K run/walk will be held at Potawatomi Wildlife Park near Tippecanoe for Rhett Blackford. This is a celebratory 5K for Rhett ... Read more...

Culver’s Carnegie Library to Celebrate 100 years June 6th with a StoryWalk®

The Culver Union Township Public Library is asking the public to join them on Saturday, June 6 at 10:00 A.M. at Culver’s Town Park for a very special ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the grand opening of Culver’s own StoryWalk®, ... Read more...

Plymouth HS Bands Bring Home the Gold

On Friday, April 24th, the Plymouth High School Band Department competed in the annual Indiana State School Music Association’s Organizational Competition for concert bands.   The Plymouth Band has had many years of success at this ... Read more...

Marshall County P.D. to Participate in Statewide Click It or Ticket

The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday its participation in the national and statewide 2015 Click It or Ticket enforcement mobilization occurring May 15-31, 2015. Officers will join more than 250 state and local law ... Read more...

4th Annual 5K Run/Walk on Memory of Nemeth is Saturday

Sergeant Jason Lee Nemeth, 26, died June 29, 2011. He graduated from Plymouth High School with the class of 2003, and from Ball State University with a B.S. in Criminal Justice in 2008.         He joined the Army in 2006, and was ... Read more...

ANNUAL KIWANIS PEANUT SALE

The Plymouth Chapter of Kiwanis will be holding their annual peanut sale on Friday, May 15 and Saturday, May 16. Friday’s sale will be from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the corner of Jefferson and Michigan Streets in Plymouth as well as ... Read more...

Board of Public Works And Safety Actions from Monday Evening

Plymouth Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt updated members of the Board of Public Works and Safety on the issued with the façade of a building in the 100 block of East Washington. At the last meeting in April members asked Marquardt to ... Read more...

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Plymouth High School #15 within Indiana for 2015

U.S. News & World Report Tuesday announced the 2015 Best High Schools rankings, highlighting top-performing public schools on both the state and national level. The 2015 rankings, available exclusively at usnews.com, include data ... Read more...

Busy Agenda for Plymouth Board of Public Works Meeting

The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety covered a number of items during their meeting Monday evening.  They awarded the bid for a new heating and air conditioning unit for the old admin building at the Sewer Treatment Plant.  ... Read more...

Hammond Man Arrested in Centennial Park with Handguns

A Hammond man was arrested Saturday in Centennial Park for multiple charges including possession on handguns. About 8 p.m. Saturday Plymouth Police Officer John Weir and his K9 Partner Jax were dispatched to the Kids Kingdom in the park to ... Read more...

Weekend Arrests by City Police

Plymouth Police Officer Matt Emenhiser conducted a traffic stop at Pilgrim Lane and Webster Avenue Friday afternoon about 4 and found the passenger in the vehicle, 23 year old Harley Shingledecker of Nappanee to have an active warrant for ... Read more...

Starke County Sheriff Announces Open House for New Justice Center

Starke County Sheriff Bill Dulin is pleased to announce the Grand Opening and building dedication of the new Starke County Justice Center located at 5435 East State Road 8 in Knox. The building dedication and memorial garden ceremony will ... Read more...

Collins Honored at CASA Volunteer of the Monday

Haley Kittrell, Executive Director of CASA of Marshall County announced Geniene Collins as the May CASA Volunteer of the Month. Kittell said, “Geniene has had a case for a few years that has seen its ups and downs.  Along with that has ... Read more...