Local & State News

Dave Lewallen, Marshall County REMC’s Member Services Manager said Wednesday evening, “Currently we are down to around 300 members still without power. We are hoping to have everyone restored by Thursday night with the exception of ... Read more...

Parking lot landscaping requirements as set forth in the city ordinance faced variance requests from two individual business projects during the Plymouth Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on Tuesday night. Architect Mark Peters speaking on ... Read more...

The National Weather Service was in Marshall County on Wednesday and determined that two tornadoes touched down in Plymouth during the storm early Tuesday morning. An EF-1 tornado with winds at 95 mph touched down near the intersection of ... Read more...

Saint Joseph County Deputy Coroner Nancy Pemberton said Wednesday, “We will never know the circumstances in how a tractor pulling a round-hay-bailer ran over and killed 87 year old Robert W. Schultz of Plymouth. On Monday, June 30th, ... Read more...

Residents in Plymouth will soon benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign. The Cellular Connection, the largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer in the U.S., in a joint effort with its customers, announces today that it will be ... Read more...

The American Red Cross encourages blood donors to help prevent a summer shortage by rolling up a sleeve to give. Donors of all blood types are urged to schedule an appointment now, especially those with types O negative, B negative and A ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces the closure of U.S. 30, between I-65 and U.S. 41 tonight, beginning at 10 p.m. The estimated reopening time is 10 a.m. Thursday, July 3rd. The severe weather that swept through ... Read more...

Residents of Snyder, Texas learned July 1st that indictments were issued against two men who they had thought only a few months ago would boost their town’s economy by providing much needed housing for those working in oil and gas ... Read more...

Local businessman Carl Stockberger was present for Tuesday night’s Plan Commission meeting. Stockberger’s business, CDS Mixers & Parts at the corner of Western Avenue and Pilgrim Lane has been a topic of conversation from concerned ... Read more...

Late Monday night the Plymouth Police Department received a call of a possible underage drinking party at 207 South 7th Street. Officer Ben McIntyre was dispatched to the scene and located 20 year old Dylan Webb who had been drinking. The ... Read more...

During the July 1 meeting of the Plymouth School Board, Board members welcomed the new assistant principal for Riverside Intermediate School. Jeff Brooke comes to the Plymouth Schools after teaching math at Pioneer High School for the last ... Read more...

Local Philanthropic Sorority, Delta Theta Tau, Zeta Zeta Chapter is hosting a Golf Event at Plymouth Rock Golf Course on Saturday, July 12th. Like a traditional golf fundraiser, the course will donate a percentage of proceeds to the Delta ... Read more...

Road crews around the county have been hard at work with Marshall County Highway Foreman Jason Peters saying that the worst of the damage centered around Tippecanoe on the county’s southeast corner. “Tippecanoe got hit really hard,” ... Read more...

The City of Plymouth sustained a substantial amount of damage from the storms that raced through Northern Indiana in the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 1. Employees from the City Street Department have been working diligently since ... Read more...

Flipster digital magazines are now available through the Plymouth Public Library! You can view magazines through your Internet browser, or you can use the Flipster application on your iPad or iPad mini to download and read digital ... Read more...

People who enjoy hiking, biking or horseback riding at Potato Creek State Park may be interested in volunteering with the park’s new Adopt-A-Trail program. Volunteers will adopt a section of trail for six months and check it once a ... Read more...

Marshall County Extension officials have announced that food judging for the Marshall County 4H Fair has been postponed, because of widespread power outages around the county. Visit the extension office website or Facebook page to find out ... Read more...

It’s been a little of over two years since Stone Creek Homes, Inc. in Plymouth abruptly closed leaving 45 devastated employees, a long list of unpaid suppliers, a bewildered community-and angry and upset investors. Arrest warrants for ... Read more...

Just before 5:30 Monday evening emergency responders were dispatched by the Marshall County 9-1-1 Center to a farming accident at the very back of the Tall Oaks Subdivision. Dispatchers said a farmer was run over by a round hay baler. On ... Read more...

The 6th Annual TaTa Trot sponsored by Oliver Ford and Ounce of Prevention is always the last Saturday in June. About 100 runners and walkers participated in the 5K and 10K run walk this past Saturday. The annual event is a fundraiser for ... Read more...