Local & State News

Light Turn-out for IHSAA Class Basketball Town Hall Meeting at PHS

  05/09/12 A surprisingly slim crowd of area coaches, teachers, fans, and former players attended a town hall meeting last night in the Plymouth High School auditorium.  This was one of eleven different locations where the town hall ... Read more...

Fire at Maax

  05/09/12 Plymouth firefighters responded to Maax, the former Aker Plastics at 1001 North Oak Drive Tuesday afternoon about 4:30 for a fire in the chop room.  When firefighters responded they found smoke and fire in the room with one of ... Read more...

Cook/Dimmitt Building Comes Down in South Gateway Project

  05/09/12 The South Gateway Project is moving forward full steam ahead with the demolition of the Cook/Dimmitt Building.  Sunday morning more than a dozen folks gathered for a tailgate demo party to see the final walls of the structure ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Reports

05/09/12  On Thursday May 3rd, around 4:30pm Corporal Bridget Hite of the Plymouth Police Department responded to Wal-Mart on North Oak Drive after receiving a call that a male subject was having trouble walking and was falling down.  ... Read more...

Argos Town Council Considers Drug Testing with Midwest Toxicology Services

   05/09/12 The Argos Town Council listened to a presentation from Midwest Toxicology Services at their meeting this month.  Susie Fields, the representative for Midwest Toxicology Services, told the Council that they started business ... Read more...

Artists Needed for Yellow River Festival Arts & Crafts Show & Sale

  05/09/12 Last year the Arts Council of Marshall County joined the activities at the Yellow River Festival with an art show and sale. Their results were extremely good so they have decided to return again this year on Saturday, June 2nd ... Read more...

Plymouth Farmers’ Market Opens this Saturday

 05/09/12 The 8th year of the Plymouth Farmers’ Market (PFM) opens this Saturday, traditionally the day before Mother’s Day. As in past years, Art Heminger of Balloon Art will be on hand to twist and tweak balloon creations for young ... Read more...

ROKITA, DONNELLY FIGHT FOR FAIR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING FOR INDIANA, RELATIVE TO OTHER STATES

     05/09/12 Monday, Congressman Todd Rokita (IN-04) and Congressman Joe Donnelly (IN-02) sent a letter to House members of the House-Senate Conference Committee who are negotiating the Transportation Bill (commonly referred to as the ... Read more...

Kentucky Derby Celebration at Miller’s

  05/09/12 Residents of Miller’s Senior Living in Plymouth celebrated the Kentucky Derby with a special luncheon provided by the award winning dietary department.  The menu consisted of Kentucky Hot Brown, Over the Top Mashed ... Read more...

It’s Primary Election Day, Please Vote

 05/08/12 Today is Primary Election Day in Indiana and WTCA wants to urge all registered voters to vote today in their respective primaries. In Marshall County voters will be using the new combined polling sites paring down polling places ... Read more...

County Attorney Pays Homage to a Former Commissioner

  05/08/12 During the Marshall County Commissioner’s meeting Monday, County Attorney Jim Clevenger took time to remember former Commissioner Don Ferguson who was killed in a car crash April 29th on US 30 and Cedar Road. Clevenger said, ... Read more...

Harman Receives Highest Gun Rating from NRA

  05/08/12 Tim Harman, Republican candidate for State Representative – District 17, has received the highest rating possible from the National Rifle Association for his strong stance on gun rights and the 2nd Amendment. “As a gun ... Read more...

IHSAA to Conduct Meeting at PHS on Class Basketball

  05/08/12 State Senator Mike Delph and Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) Commissioner Bobby Cox will travel to Plymouth on Tuesday to gather opinions about the former single-class basketball tournament and the current ... Read more...

Exile to headline at 2012 M.C. Blueberry Festival

  05/08/12 Exile is getting back to it and the 2012 Marshall County Blueberry Festival is excited to welcome them as the headliner this year.  Exile will grace the stage on Saturday, September 1st during their reunion tour and is sure to ... Read more...

National Nurses Week Celebrated May 6-12 by Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center

05/08/12 Following a hospital stay, nearly every patient has a story about a special caregiver: their comforting touch, their listening ear, their warm smile or even their ability to remember the name of a favorite pet. Nurses play an ... Read more...

CUTPL Presents at 2012 Evergreen International Conference

 05/08/12 Culver-Union Township Public Library staff members Andrew Baker and Teresa Hudson have recently returned from the 2012 Evergreen International Conference, held in Indianapolis. They enjoyed several technical presentations, ... Read more...

German Food Producer Grows North American Operations in Marshall County

   05/08/12 The Indiana Economic Development Corporation announced Monday their assistance in helping Zentis Food Solutions North America, LLC, a global producer of fruit preparations for the bakery and dairy industries’, expansion ... Read more...

Church Orchestra Entertains at Lindenwood

 05/08/12 The Marshall County Church Orchestra provided an evening of musical entertainment at Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center in Donaldson.  Under the direction of Don Harness the group played a variety of hymns, Broadway ... Read more...

Weidner Named Principal at St. Michael

   05/07/12 The St. Michael community of Plymouth is pleased to announce that Mrs. Amy L. Weidner will become principal of St. Michael Catholic School beginning July 1, 2012.  Mrs. Weidner will replace Ms. Trudy Nawara,  principal for ... Read more...

Plymouth Man Sustains Minor Injuries in US 31 Roll-over Crash

   05/07/12 41 year old Teofilo C Cuatiacuati of Plymouth escaped serious injury Friday night in a single vehicle crash on US 31 just north of 1st Road. Cuatiacuati was traveling southbound on US 31 in a 1997 Cutlass when the4 vehicle ... Read more...