Local & State News

Plymouth FFA Participates in Career Development Events

The 4-H/ FFA Area X Livestock Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE) took place at the Starke County fairgrounds on Thursday, April 17, 2014.  The following Plymouth FFA members participated: Lauren Goddard, Kaitlyn Hollar, Makayla ... Read more...

Sheriff Announces Sheriff Assoc. Youth Leadership Camp Opportunity

Sheriff Tom Chamberlin Wednesday announced the 35th Annual Indiana Sheriff’s Association Youth Leadership Camp will be held in June again this year. The camp session this year will be held June 10 – 13 at Pine Creek Camp in Pine ... Read more...

Logansport Woman Arrested after Police Find 172 Baggies of Heroin

Starke County – A traffic stop last Thursday morning by a LaPorte County Deputy and an Indiana State Trooper was anything but routine after officers discovered 172 baggies of heroin on the woman. The investigation began after the deputy ... Read more...

Polygon Company in Walkerton, IN selected to receive one of Ivy Tech Corporate College’s 2013 Partner Awards

Ivy Tech Corporate College has selected Polygon Company in Walkerton to receive one of the college’s annual Corporate College Partner Awards. Ivy Tech Community College president, Thomas Snyder will attend the award presentation at ... Read more...

Knox Women Arrested for Trafficking to Inmates

  Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating an incident within Indiana Dunes State Park Tuesday of a woman who was attempting to drop off synthetic marijuana and tobacco to a work release inmate. Christy Chavez, 38, of Knox, was ... Read more...

Sickmiller Selected to Fill Cook’s School Board Seat

The Plymouth School Board voted unanimously on April 29 to fill a Board vacancy with Plymouth native Jennifer (Anspach) Sickmiller. Sickmiller replaces former Board member Gary Cook. Cook resigned to take a position with security for the ... Read more...

Plymouth Schools to Host ‘Rise Above the Mark’ May 15th

Members of the Plymouth Community School Corporation are invited to a free showing of the documentary, “Rise Above the Mark,” at the Plymouth High School Auditorium on Thursday, May 15 at 7:00 p.m. The presentation will be moderated by ... Read more...

Walking the Lincoln Highway

Jeff Blair, president of the Indiana Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association, is walking the historic Lincoln Highway raising awareness and funds for the Alzheimer’s Association and the Lincoln Highway Association.  Tuesday afternoon ... Read more...

Minor Shed Fire at 13th & Queen

04/30/14 The Plymouth Fire Department responded to the corner of 13th and Queen Road Tuesday afternoon just after 4 for a shed fire. The homeowner has an outdoor wood burning heating unit with a shed next to it to store his wood in.  ... Read more...

Triton Elementary and Menominne Elementary Top IREAD-3 Public Schools in County

The Indiana Department of Education released local passage data for the Spring 2014 administration of the IREAD 3 assessment Tuesday.  Earlier this month, the Department released statewide results that showed a passage rate of 85.58%, up ... Read more...

Ground to be broken for Metronet Expansion into Marshall County

LAKEVILLE — Regional civic and business leaders will gather Friday to launch construction of much needed high speed, high capacity broadband communications infrastructure linking Plymouth and South Bend. Groundbreaking for the ... Read more...

Parking Restrictions for City Street Projects Approved

  Walsh and Kelly was the low bidder for the 2014 Street Paving Projects for the City of Plymouth with a bid of $343.040.  They will begin mill and repaving work on Monday, May 5th.  During Monday night’s Board of Public Works and ... Read more...

PHS Bands Earn Record Scores

On Friday, April 25th, the Plymouth High School Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble attended the annual ISSMA Organizational Contest hosted by Concord High School. Both bands set personal records receiving nearly flawless perfect scores from ... Read more...

Elkhart Man Arrested for Public Indecency

04/30/14 On Monday, April 28th at 12:19 P.M. the Marshall County Sheriff’s 911 Dispatch Center requested Plymouth police officers to a business in the 800 block of East Jefferson Street in reference to a male subject exposing his ... Read more...

Arrests by Plymouth Police Officers

04/30/14  On Friday, April 25th at 10:48 A.M. Plymouth Police Officer John Weir initiated a traffic stop on Michigan Street near Skylane Drive.  The stop was for an expired license plate.  Making contact with the driver, 47 year old ... Read more...

Property tax bills on-time in all 92 counties

 04/30/14 The Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) announced Monday that property tax bills were issued in all 92 counties. This is the first time since at least 2001 that all 92 counties have achieved on-time billing. ... Read more...

Code Enforcement Officer to Hand Deliver First Violation Notice

 Code enforcement in Plymouth received a slight modification during last night’s Common Council meeting. City Attorney Sean Surrisi explained the need for the change.  Current ordinance requires the first notice of violation to be ... Read more...

Ply. Board of Public Works Approves Engineering for Ledyard Water Plant

There was lots of business during Monday night’s Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety Meeting.  Utility Superintendent Donnie Davidson presented an engineering proposal on the Ledyard Water Treatment Plant improvement project.  ... Read more...

Winners Announced for Annual High School J-Day Journalism Contest

04/29/14 Ball State’s annual J-Day draws more than 1000 high school journalists and their advisers to campus for a day of informative sessions and journalism related activities.  The J-Day contest is a means for high schools to get ... Read more...

PHS Choirs Bring It Home!

  04/29/14 Thursday night, April 24, the PHS choirs, Counterpoint, Chorale, and Crimson attended the Indiana State School Music Association’s Choir Contest. In anticipation for this event, the students prepared three pieces of ... Read more...