Local & State News

Plymouth Police Reports

  02/22/13   Plymouth Officer Bridget Hite was dispatched to the Speedway Station on North Michigan Street about 3:20 Wednesday afternoon for a suspicious male complaint.  Officer Hite was told that the subject had been in the gas ... Read more...

GED Program to be offered in Bourbon

02/22/13 Marshall County Adult Education Program, in conjunction with Triton School Corporation and the Bourbon Public Library, will be sponsoring a new program in Bourbon for adults who are interested in earning their GED.  Any adult in ... Read more...

Ancilla College offering financial aid workshops

  02/22/13 Ancilla College will be hosting a set of free workshops, open to the public, to help students, parents and working adults to file for federal and state financial aid for college. “Earning a college degree can mean more ... Read more...

Plymouth Optimists meet A Brush With Kindness

  02/22/13 Dean Byers was the guest speaker at the Februrary 19th meeting of the Plymouth Optimist Club. He shared with the Optimists about the new housing repair program, appropriately called “Brush With Kindness” This is part of ... Read more...

Schoonover Artist of the Month at Culver Library

  02/22/13 Culver-Union Township Public Library welcomed Jim Schoonover as artist of the month for February. Jim, a World War II veteran, artist, and musician, resides in Culver with his wife Phyllis.  Jim has been a member of Heartland ... Read more...

Donnelly Completes “Closing the Skills Gap” Tour in Indiana

  02/22/13 Senator Joe Donnelly completed a four-community tour in Indiana this week discussing how Indiana can meet the need for high-skill jobs currently going unfilled. Due to the skills gap, an estimated 600,000 high-skill jobs across ... Read more...

Mobile Pantry at Armory on Friday

  02/22/13 For almost a year, the Northern Indiana Food Bank has hit the road one day each week delivering nutritious food directly to those in need in pre-selected communities in Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Starke and St. ... Read more...

FFA Celebrates National FFA Week

  02/22/13 On Wednesday, February 20th, as part of National FFA week, the Triton FFA group put on the annual Ag Day presentation.  Elementary students were invited to come over to Triton High School and learn about eight different parts ... Read more...

How to Deal with Nuisance Canada Geese

  02/22/13 If Canada geese have become a problem on your property, information is available through the Indiana Department of Natural Resources website. Most goose problems occur from March through June, during the nesting season, when ... Read more...

Walorski Speaks at Republican Breakfast

  02/22/13 Congresswoman Jackie Walorski was in Plymouth Thursday morning for the monthly breakfast of the Marshall County Republicans.  She addressed a group of over 50 Republican during breakfast meeting at Christo’s Banquet ... Read more...

WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING…

  02/22/13 A BAND OF MODERATE SNOW IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A QUICK 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER THE ... Read more...

Marshall County Jury Convicts Anthony Fields of Five Counts

  02/21/13 A Marshall County jury deliberated a little over an hour on Wednesday, after which it found Anthony Eugene Fields guilty of Manufacturing Methamphetamine, Possession of Methamphetamine, Possession of Precursors with the intent ... Read more...

Commissioners Had Busy Meeting Monday

  02/21/13 Mike Miley from Gibson Insurance presented the property and causality policy renewal to the Commissioners on Monday.  This increase is 3.9% or $16,000.  Workman’s Comp. claims continue to be high for the county with the ... Read more...

Paschen Arrested for Theft

  02/21/13 Plymouth Police were called by Wal-Mart about 2:30 Wednesday afternoon for a shoplifter.  Officer James Brown responded and made contact with Wal-Mart’s Loss Prevention and they advised that 59 year old Cathy Paschen of ... Read more...

Redevelopment Commission Keeps River Park Square Project Moving Forward

  02/21/13 Members of the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission met Tuesday night for their regular monthly meeting. City Engineer Rick Gaul asked and received permission to re-locate a fire hydrant at the intersection of Oak Drive and ... Read more...

Valparaiso University Chorale to Perform

  02/21/13 The Valparaiso University Chorale, one of the top Lutheran choirs in the United States, will be coming to Donaldson on Saturday Feb 23. The Chorale will perform a variety of sacred and secular music, featuring Frank Ticheli’s ... Read more...

Homework Help at Plymouth Library

02/21/13 The Plymouth Public Library has begun again offering Homework Help a couple of nights a week. The program just started this month with homework help on Mondays from 4:00 to 5:30 and Thursdays from 5:00 to 6:00. Deb Beck, Meeting ... Read more...

Whitley Products Notifies Mayor of Closure

  02/20/13 Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter was notified Tuesday afternoon of the impending closure of Whitley Products. As required by the Federal WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act, Whitley notified the mayor of their ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Reports

  02/20/13  On Monday, February 19th at 2:54 PM, Officer Shanna Gilmer with the Plymouth Police Department responded to the Plymouth Wal-Mart in reference to a male shoplifter who was also known to be trespassing.   Upon arriving to ... Read more...

Second Student Count Day

02/20/13  The second student count day for public schools that was taken on February 15, will not alter the funding for this school year. However, the counts could alter the way schools are reimbursed in the future. Indiana is one of 40 ... Read more...