Local & State News

Area schools are still trying to decipher how much funding they may or may not get for the 2016 calendar year. The Culver Schools have had a decrease in the number of students enrolled and could experience a decrease of 9.2 percent of the ... Read more...

Marshall County is still under an advisory level travel advisory because the conditions of the county roads. During Monday’s County Council meeting Kevin Overmyer, President of the Commissioners brought up the subject of finding new ... Read more...

Twenty-six year old Adriena Keen of Argos was arrested Friday, April 10th by Plymouth Police Officer Shanna Gilmer following a domestic disturbance. City police were called to 303 Pierce Street just after 4 Friday for a domestic.  During ... Read more...

Additional appropriations in the amount of $674,000 were approved during a public meeting Monday evening at the Plymouth Common Council meeting. The first additional was $1,775 for the police department.  Police Chief Dave Bacon explained ... Read more...

Monday evening members of the Plymouth Common Council approved an ordinance on 2nd and 3rd reading for the issuance of waterworks revenue bonds for a major improvement project at the Ledyard Water Treatment Plant and a water main ... Read more...

This week, the Senate Republicans released their version of the state budget proposal for the next two years.  House Bill 1001, commonly known as the “budget bill,” passed out of the Senate Committee on Appropriations by a vote of ... Read more...

Ancilla College has been awarded the opportunity to host the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Men’s Division II National Golf Championship in May 2016. For the third time, in the last six years, Ancilla College has ... Read more...

It’s official! Plymouth High School senior Kara Gustafson signed a Letter of Intent Monday morning with Fresno State, a Division 1 NCAA University! She will commit to being a member of the Bulldog’s Equestrian Team. Kara has been ... Read more...

There are 12 slots still available for women wishing to schedule an appointment with the mobile mammography unit from Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. For her senior service project, Olivia Sever ’15 (Newport Beach, Calif.) has ... Read more...

The Bremen Police Department recently completed an Operation Pull Over Blitz from January 1st to March 31st of this year. The focus was impaired driving. During the blitz the department utilized four officers for a total of 17.5 hours. ... Read more...

INDIANAPOLIS – Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), Kent Abernathy, is reminding Hoosiers to register their Motor Driven Cycles (MDC), commonly referred to as scooters or mopeds, in order to be in compliance with ... Read more...

The Warsaw Astronomical Society will be conducting a public observing night hosted by Potawatomi Wildlife Park this Saturday evening April 18th, 1 hour after dark at the park observing field. Observing is pending clear skies. Call ... Read more...

 INDIANAPOLIS –The Indiana State Fair announces four headline acts for this year’s Shane Co. Concert Series at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum during the 2015 Indiana State Fair – Year of the Farmer presented by Dow AgroScience. ... Read more...

Plymouth High School is excited to announce juniors Meghan Egierski and Morgan Oberley have both been chosen as delegates to attend Hoosier Girls State on June 21st through the 27th! Egierski has a current GPA above a 4.0 and is ranked 20 ... Read more...

Marshall County REMC would like to recognize their linemen in honor of National Lineman Appreciation Day. On April 13, Marshall County REMC will honor these hard working men who often work in challenging conditions to keep the lights on. ... Read more...

The Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety and the Common Council will meet Monday evening beginning at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.  The meeting is open to the public and comments and questions on agenda items are ... Read more...

On Wednesday, April 8th at 1:30 P.M. the Bremen Police Department conducted a routine traffic stop at State Road 331 and 2B Road on 27 year old James M. Schwartz of Etna Green. During the course of the traffic stop it was found that Mr. ... Read more...

From Sunday, April 12th through Sunday, April 19th, the library will be celebrating National Library Week with a “Canned Food for Fines” program. For each can of food donated to the library, $1.00 will be taken off the fines ... Read more...

On Thursday afternoon, April 9th an officer with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department located and arrested 23 year old Bruce E. Berkey of South Bend.  Berkey was taken into custody on an active warrant through Marshall ... Read more...

Culver-Union Township Public Library will celebrate Money Smart Week at your Library during the week of April 18th – 25th. Money Smart Week at your Library is a public awareness campaign to promote financial literacy at all ages, made ... Read more...