Local & State News

This year’s Marshall County Blueberry Festival is fast approaching and carnival ride lovers will be able to enjoy unlimited rides all five days at the festival with a mega-pass on sale now through August 23rd for just $50. The price ... Read more...

The Plymouth High School Athletic Department and the Plymouth Athletic Booster Club will host the 2014 Fall Athletic teams, parents, coaches, and staff on Tuesday, August 12th at 6:00 pm in the PHS Auditorium. All parents, students and ... Read more...

Culver Town Council members have scheduled a work session for Tuesday, August 12th. The meeting has been called to discuss a high speed rail project. The proposed high-speed rail project would run 110 m.p.h. and starts in Chicago and goes ... Read more...

A 1,500-pound cheese sculpture depicting children at play was unveiled noon Wednesday at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The cheddar monument was the result of Sarah “the Cheese Lady” Kaufmann—holder of the Guinness World Record for ... Read more...

The 9-1-1 circuit for the Culver area has been cut. If you have an emergency please dial the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department at ... Read more...

Although the first day of school isn’t until next week, teachers who are coming to the Plymouth Schools for the first year are spending the better part of the next three days in classes to learn about the school system and getting ... Read more...

Obnoxious odors at the end of 6th Street have bothered neighbors for some time. They will soon be able to breathe easier. Tuesday members of the Plymouth Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance for the City of Plymouth that will allow ... Read more...

The Marshall County Sheriff Department and the Plymouth Police Department are attempting to located two juvenile male escapees who are from the Marshall County area. They escaped from a secure detention center located in southern Indiana ... Read more...

Members of the Downtown Revitalization Commission discussed phase II of River Park Square during their meeting Wednesday. Although there is no time frame for the second phase, the second phase of the Greenway Trail will end up in River ... Read more...

The Marshall County Farm Bureau office in Plymouth will host a luncheon with Congresswoman Jackie Walorski on Tuesday, August 19th. All farmers and business men and women are welcome to attend with and RSVP by Friday, August 15th. Lunch ... Read more...

A South Bend man was arrested Wednesday evening for driving without ever receiving a license. At 9:25 Officer Paul Stamper pulled over 36 year old Jason Thomas for running a red light. During the traffic stop it was found that Thomas had ... Read more...

PLYMOUTH – For many runners the Blueberry Stomp is an annual tradition and beginning three years ago that run has spawned another tradition. Three years ago Plymouth Fireman John Pasley decided he would take his annual run in the Stomp ... Read more...

Wednesday evening Plymouth Police Officer Jeremy Enyart responded to Wal-Mart Wednesday evening about 8:15 for a male subject caught stealing items from the store by their Asset Protection personnel. 18 year old Jordan Gaines of 8A Road ... Read more...

Shine a light for Assistant Chief Jamie Middlebrock….anywhere, everywhere at sunset on Friday. New Carlisle Fire Department Assistant Chief Jamie Middlebrook was killed during a collapse at a large industrial fire at K-Fex Inc, just west ... Read more...

Triton School Corporation will host a free ice cream social this Saturday, August 9th at 8:00 P.M. in front of Triton Elementary School. This ice cream social will be followed by the Summerfest fireworks on the school ... Read more...

Four men dressed in drag, eight International Harvester Farmall tractors, blaring banjo do-si-do music, and a Grandstand full of people both perplexed and amazed. Lily Pearl’s Square Dancing Tractors of Rochester performed Wednesday, ... Read more...

Two Marshall County men were arrested Saturday afternoon and lodged in the Marshall County Jail with a charge of rape. The charges stem from an incident on July 9th of this year. About 3:45 in the afternoon the victim reported to Bourbon ... Read more...

Members of the Downtown Revitalization Committee met Wednesday evening. Mayor Mark Senter asked members for, “new downtown ideas.” Member Brent Martin sent out 16 to 18 ideas to board members but only Mark Gidley responded to any of ... Read more...

Marshall County Republican Chairman, David Holmes has announced a convention for the Town of Argos. The convention has been called to fill vacancies on the General Election Ballot for the Argos Town Council. The convention will be held at ... Read more...

Plymouth High School Senior John Stillson was honored by Plymouth’s Ounce of Prevention this week with a special pink bench that will be placed in the community. Stillson, a 2014 graduate of PHS had completed an application for the Ounce ... Read more...