Local & State News

Two Injured over Holiday Weekend in Boat Accident on Bass Lake, Boat Sank at Syracues Lake

Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating a personal injury boat accident that occurred on Bass Lake in Starke County. Amanda Marsh 26, of North Judson and Jeremy Hershman, 33 of Willets, CA were both injured while operating personal ... Read more...

Teens Arrested by Bourbon Police

05/27/14 Last Thursday night about 11:30 Bourbon Officer Matt Cottrill was on routine patrol when he observed a vehicle driving east on Center Street at a very low speed.  Because of his experience as a police officer he knew that ... Read more...

Drive One 4UR School Raises $5,700

Last week John Oliver and Jessica Oliver from Oliver Ford in Plymouth presented a check to the Washington Discovery Academy. The check from Ford Motor Company was in the amount of $5,700 and was from the most recent Drive One 4 UR School ... Read more...

City Meetings Tuesday Evening

  The City of Plymouth will conduct their regular meetings Tuesday evening beginning at 6 p.m. due to the Memorial Day Holiday.  The Board of Public Works and Safety is first with reports from city department heads, city engineer and ... Read more...

Semi – Car Crash on North Michigan Street Thursday Night

  05/27/14 Plymouth Police investigated a two vehicle crash Thursday evening about 10:45.  The crash sent one person to Memorial Hospital in South Bend. 59 year old Susan Overcash of Fort Wayne was north bound on Michigan Road just ... Read more...

Registration Open for Special Needs Baseball Skills Camp

05/27/14 Plymouth, Indiana has many great youth sports activities for kids year round. However the opportunities for children with special needs are very limited. Plymouth Junior League Baseball, the PHS Pilgrims Baseball Team and Coach ... Read more...

Community Open House and Blessing of New Saint Joseph Health Center

05/27/14 Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) welcomed the entire community to the new Saint Joseph Health Center (SJHC) and Health Insurance Services, Inc. on Friday, May 23. A short ceremony to bless the new building preceded ... Read more...

Gibson Announces Promotions and New Employees

05/27/14 son Insurance recently announced promotions and new employees.  Jerry Scottof Gibson has been promoted to Director of Operations. He is responsible for creating and driving operational initiatives across the company and building ... Read more...

Old-Fashioned Big Top Circus is Coming!

05/27/14 The Yellowstone Tail Fest is hosting the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus, America’s Favorite Big Top Circus in Hamlet on Tuesday, June 17th at the Stake County Fairgrounds.  This fundraising circus has two scheduled ... Read more...

Program Launches to Access Future Growth

05/27/14 The BEAR Program will launch in June, 2014 with great anticipation. The Marshall County Business Expansion and Retention (BEAR) Program is a collaborative effort between the seven local government partners and Marshall County ... Read more...

Ancilla College Honors Nursing Graduates at Pinning

05/27/14 On May 18th at 2pm Ancilla held their annual pinning ceremony at the Catherine Kasper Life Center. Approximately 150 people were in attendance for the pinning of 17 students who have completed the degree of ASN at Ancilla College. ... Read more...

LDA Jr. Ballroom Dancers Perform At Miller’s

05/27/14 The Lifeplex Dance Academy Jr. Ballroom Dancers performed at Miller’s Assisted Living Thursday evening, May 22nd.  The dance troupe is under the direction of Mewsette Cartwright.  The LDA showcased several dances that will be ... Read more...

Mishawaka Couple Arrested for Dealing

  Two people from Mishawaka were arrested on Tuesday for drugs. Plymouth Police Officer John Weir arrested 21 year old Katie Smith-Beavers and 21 year old David Beavers just after 9 p.m. in the 300 block of East Jefferson Street. ... Read more...

Elkhart Man Arrested on Warrant

  Plymouth Police Officer Ben McIntyre served a search warrant on 22 year old William Weaver of Elkhart Tuesday evening about 7:45 in Centennial Park.  Officer McIntyre observed Mr. Weaver in the park and knew there was an active ... Read more...

Drainage Board Approves In-kind Donation for MCSWCD 319 Grant

Wanda Norris from the Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District (MCSWCD) appeared before the Marshall County Commissioners to discuss the 319 Grant.  As part of the Federal Clean Water Act, the 319 grant provides funding for ... Read more...

M.C. Council on Aging Updates Commissioners

Jackie Wright, the director of the Marshall County Council on Aging appeared before the Marshall County Commissioners this week to update them on their activities.  In a report showing the past four years, Wright noted that transportation ... Read more...

Redevelopment Commission Updated on Metronet Project

Members of the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission were updated on the Metronet project by Brent Martin during their meeting Tuesday evening.   Martin said a pre-construction conference was held on April 28th with the notice to precede ... Read more...

A New way to Learn Biology

The PHS Weidner School of Inquiry Biology Class with facilitator Mr. Koops created a GPS Coordinates Ecological Scavenger Hunt in the Centennial Park for the 4th grade students at Jefferson School.   Students were broken up into groups ... Read more...

Habitat for Humanity of Marshall County Accepting Applications

  Dean Byers, Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Marshall County is now accepting applications from families for new home construction. Applicants must be willing to live in Marshall County, have a regular source of income ... Read more...

Give blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day

The American Red Cross encourages all eligible donors to choose their day to help save lives by giving blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day. Every year, on June 14, countries around the world celebrate World Blood Donor Day. The ... Read more...