Local & State News

This week members of the Marshall County Council gave Wes Burden head of the County Health Department permission to begin the process to replace an employee.  Jerry Fussell, Environmentalist for the county has taken another position and ... Read more...

  Department Heads and several volunteers from Miller’s Senior Living Community in Plymouth attended the 18th Annual REAL Services Age of Excellence Awards banquet held at South Bend’s Century Center Thursday, May 8th.  The Age ... Read more...

Nello Corporation, Inc., a global designer and fabricator of galvanized steel towers and poles, announced plans today to relocate its Fort Worth, Texas operations to Indiana, creating up to 639 new jobs by 2023. The South ... Read more...

 This Saturday’s Plymouth Farmers’ Market (PFM) will feature music by the Webster and Menominee Elementary Schools under the direction of Bob Pickell at 9 a.m.   Also planned is the reveal of the giant blueberry sculptures that will ... Read more...

Plymouth VFW Post 1162 at 606 Lake Avenue in Plymouth will host a Shine and Show Car Show this Saturday.  If you have pride in your ride, antique, custom, sport, car, truck, or bike….bring it to Post 1162 for a meet and greet.  ... Read more...

This picture of Triton Elementary School students shows those students who had the Most Improved Reading Composite Score from the middle of this school year to the end of the year: Seated:  Avery Viers (kindergarten), Skylee Schuh (grade ... Read more...

The Earl Gaerte Classic will be one to remember this Saturday, May 17 at Plymouth Speedway. Not only will the Winged Outlaw Sprints on Dirt (SOD) Series drivers be racing their Winged Sprints, they will welcome 2001 World of Outlaws ... Read more...

On Wednesday May 14, at about 4:45 a.m. Officer Nick Young, of the Bremen Police Department, was on regular patrol in the area of State Road 311 and State Road 106 in Bremen when he observed a vehicle traveling southbound on State Road ... Read more...

  48 year old Margo Wallace of Plymouth was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in Marshall Superior Court 1 for allegedly burning the feet of her 7 year old granddaughter in the bathtub on March 30, 2013.   Following an ... Read more...

05/15/14  On Wednesday, May 14th at 12:28 A.M. an officer with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department  conducted a traffic stop at US 31 and US 6 in LaPaz for an equipment violation.  The driver of the vehicle, 24 year old ... Read more...

  Monday evening members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety approved the proposed list of street projects set forth by Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt and City Engineer Rick Gaul.    The extreme winter took its ... Read more...

Monthly reports were presented by the Plymouth Fire Chief and Police Chief during Monday night’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting. The Plymouth Fire Department had a total of 175 EMS and Fire alarm situations during the month of ... Read more...

Earthworks is adding three new short programs to their regular summer camp offerings.  All programs will take place the week of June 10, and be repeated the week of August 5.   COOKIES AND BROWNIES AND CAKES, OH MY is a special one-day ... Read more...

            The Plymouth Aviation Board awarded three bids at Tuesday nights meeting.  Johnson Brothers Builders of Plymouth was awarded the contract to insulate and re place the siding on the “B” hanger.  Hunter Transit ... Read more...

The Plymouth Chapter of Kiwanis will be holding their annual peanut sale on Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17. Friday’s sale will be from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the corner of Jefferson and Michigan Streets in Plymouth as well as at ... Read more...

Hoosier Racing Tire has recently updated its website, www.hoosiertirecustommfg.com, with a new, user friendly design.  The new website offers easy-to-navigate pages featuring Hoosier’s custom calendering, gum calendering, rubber mixing, ... Read more...

05/13/14  The Certified Athletic Trainers of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center will be hosting a clinic offering sports physical exams for middle school and high school students at Plymouth, Culver and John Glenn on Monday, June 2nd ... Read more...

  The 2014 Indiana State Police Summer Youth Camps will soon be in session. Is your child looking for something a little different to do this summer? The summer youth camps are for students entering grades 5 through 12. Campers learn ... Read more...

Triton Junior-Senior High School presented the musical “Willy Wonka” on Saturday, May 10th, to the delight of the Triton Community.   Pictured (Wonka 3) is Willy Wonka (Brent Motz) warning the “golden ticket” ... Read more...

Washington, D.C. — Ahead of the SenateArmed Services Committee consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015 next week, 10 organizations Wednesday endorsed U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s bipartisan ... Read more...