Local & State News

City Attorney updates Council on One Marshall County & Stellar

Plymouth City Attorney Jeff Houin gave an update on One Marshall County.  This organization initially was the Stellar Crossroads Committee but has formerly been changed to One Marshall County.  He said he didn’t have the ... Read more...

Community invited to Third House Meeting Friday at the REES

The Plymouth Chamber is hosting a Third House Meeting this Friday, March 22nd.  Senator Mike Bohacek and Representatives Jack Jordan and Jake Teshka will attend.  They will each give a summary of the Indiana General Assembly ... Read more...

Critchlow arrested on felony warrant

A Plymouth man is behind bars in the Marshall County Jail with a $7,000 cash bond. 30-year-old Sean Allan Critchlow of West Lake Avenue in Plymouth was arrested on felony warrants Monday morning at 11:45. The felony warrant is for ... Read more...

Culver residents encouraged to review draft of Comprehensive Plan

The Town of Culver has a draft copy of the Comprehensive Plan available for public review now through April 11. Go to www.culver2040.com to view the plan, submit comments, and see how they have gotten to this point. This document will ... Read more...

Plymouth man arrested for driving without a license

A traffic stop for speeding ends with an arrest for driving without a license. On Tuesday, March 19th, at about 1:10 in the afternoon, Deputy Ash with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department stopped a vehicle for exceeding the ... Read more...

Jordan welcomes local student pages to the Statehouse

State Representative Jack Jordan (R-Bremen) recently welcomed local students to the Statehouse where they participated in the Indiana House Page Program during the 2024 legislative session. As pages, the students assisted lawmakers and ... Read more...

Saint Joseph Wellness & Weight Management expands to Marshall & Elkhart Counties  

Saint Joseph Wellness and Weight Management is excited to announce the opening of its Marshall County location to serve Michiana’s health and wellness needs. Wellness and Weight Management’s team of physicians, nutritionists, and ... Read more...

Senator Young, Hassan introduce bipartisan bill to reduce college costs and increase college completion rates

U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) reintroduced the bipartisan Fast Track To and Through College Act, which would provide resources aimed at helping more students earn college credits while still in high ... Read more...

Lutheran Basketball Association of America returns to Fort Wayne for 76th National Tournament

For the third year in a row Fort Wayne is honored to welcome back the 76th Annual Lutheran Basketball Association of America’s National Tournament. Visit Fort Wayne’s group sales team helped propose local venues and won the ... Read more...

County Highway awarded EECBG funds for electric pick up trucks & charging station

The Indiana Office of Energy Development (OED) offered $1.46 million in grant funds aimed at assisting local government units across the state to strengthen energy efficiency and conservation efforts. Funds are from the federal allocation ... Read more...

Commissioners approve swap of positions for Building and Grounds Dept.

A request to switch positions in the County’s Building and Grounds Department was approved by the County Commissioners during Monday’s meeting.  Doug Masterson, Director of Building and Grounds requested to switch positions with Billy ... Read more...

City Council approves license exemption for Fisher Memorial Foundation

The Benjamin Fisher Memorial Foundation applied for an exemption from licensing requirements from the city’s ordinance on peddlers, solicitors and transient merchants. During the Common Council meeting March 11th Jo Fisher told the city ... Read more...

February Jail & Sheriff’s Report

Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel released the February Jail and Sheriff’s Department Report that includes the top ten reasons why people were booked into the Marshall County Jail.  The number one reason for being lodged in the ... Read more...

Rep. Jordan: Green Alert will help find missing, at-risk veterans

Hoosiers are already familiar with the Amber Alert for missing children and the Silver Alert for missing seniors, and now the state is adding another critical notification. State Representative Jack Jordan (R-Bremen) said in a release, ... Read more...

LaVille Culinary Arts program raising funds for Cultivate Food Rescue

The LaVille Culinary Arts program was well represented in the Giant FM WTCA studio on Monday.  Jyll McNeil and three of her students came in to talk about the March Meal Madness program competition they are participating in with ... Read more...

Sheriff Hassel announces membership program

Sheriff Matthew Hassel today announced that Marshall County citizens who would like to join him in the fight against crime are invited to become members of the Indiana Sheriffs’ Association.  Many local citizens and some businesses ... Read more...

$15 million available for small meat processors in low interest loans via Department of Agriculture

 Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Indiana’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, alongside the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) today announced that small and very small meat processors in need of funding ... Read more...

Friday night house fire ends with arrest of residents for drugs

Friday evening, March 15th, at approximately 9:45, the Plymouth Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 1234 Fairbanks Avenue.  The Plymouth Police Department assisted at the scene.    As firefighters attempted ... Read more...

County Attorney discusses Road Use and Decommissioning Agreements on Solar Farms

County Attorney Jim Clevenger brought up the large-scale solar energy system that Tamarack Solar is planning to build near Burr Oak during the commissioner’s meeting on Monday. The attorney said, “Under either the existing county solar ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Investigate 911 hang-up, arrest two after obtaining search warrant

Officers with the Plymouth Police Department responded to 726 N First Street on Sunday, March 17th to investigate a 911 hang-up. During interaction with the caller, he provided the false name of Dominic Powers.  Further investigation ... Read more...