Local & State News

School Board Updated on Pool Renovations and Contracting Bus Maintenance with Local Company

  04/30/12  Plymouth School Board will meet on Tuesday, May 1 for a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting will be held at the Administration Off ice Board Room at 7:00 p.m.    Agenda items include a report on the progress of the ... Read more...

DONNELLY ANNOUNCES GRANT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO KNOX INDUSTRIAL PARK

  04/30/12 Thursday, Congressman Joe Donnelly announced that the Board of Commissioners of Starke County received a $503,000 grant to improve access to Knox Industrial Park, an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial ... Read more...

$1,000 Built Ford Tough – FFA Scholarship Awarded to Local Youth

  04/30/12 Allysen Rospopo, a 2012 graduate of Argos HS FFA, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by Oliver Ford Lincoln and Ford Motor Company.  Rospopo’s parents are Richard Rospopo and Christine Rospopo of Argos.  Rospopo plans to ... Read more...

New Foundation to Support Plymouth Schools

   04/30/12 Providing a support base for the Plymouth Community Schools far into the future will be the task of a newly forming group. The Plymouth Education Foundation will be a not for profit fundraising organization committed to ... Read more...

Donna Veal Interim Director of Housing Authority

   04/30/12 When Dean Byers left a position at the end of 2011 with the Marshall County Housing Authority that he had held officially since 1995, he knew he was leaving the office in good hands.   Byers, who had been one of the ... Read more...

John Glenn Student Wins Congressional Art Competition

04/30/12 On Saturday, Congressman Joe Donnelly congratulated the winners of the 2012 Congressional Art Competition by video message at Crossroads Gallery in South Bend.  Over 120 local high school students participated in this year’s ... Read more...

Young Author Event at Argos School

04/30/12 The annual Young Authors’ Conference, sponsored by the Marshall County Reading Council, was held in a different format this year.  Over a two-week period, guest author Tim Smith, AKA Buck Wilder, shared his love of the ... Read more...

PHS Social Studies & Fine Arts Teams Place Third

   04/30/12 The Plymouth High School Social Studies & Fine Arts teams both placed third at the Indiana Academic Super Bowl Competition at Northridge High School on Tuesday, April 17.  They competed in Class Two and the theme for ... Read more...

Encore presents Lake Effect Winds at PCC

   04/30/12 Whether you want to welcome spring or give the mother in your life a special Mother’s Day gift, join Encore Performing Arts for their second in a series of ‘Dinner and Music’ concerts. Lake Effect Winds, a woodwind ... Read more...

Tax Payers Question Union North School Board on Substantial Increase

   04/30/12 The Union-North School Board voted to establish a new position of Director of Operations over custodial staffs, transportation, grounds and maintenance for the 2012-2013 school year. During a meeting on April 26, the vote on ... Read more...

A Sobering Reminder of Drinking & Driving, Mock Crash at PHS

   04/27/12 With the Plymouth High School Prom this weekend the school’s LEAD (Leaders Eliminating Alcohol and Drugs) Club planned a visual example of the effects of drinking and driving with a mock crash.    Thursday morning about ... Read more...

Roger McKinney Jr Arrested for Leaving an Accident Scene

04/27/12 On Sunday, April 22nd at 7:15am, the Marshall County Police Department received a call reporting a person leaving the scene of an accident. A vehicle had struck a utility pole on King Road near 12th Road. The vehicle, a silver ... Read more...

Western Ave, Closure Extended

  04/27/12 City of Plymouth Engineer, Rick Gaul announced Thursday afternoon an extension for the closure of Western Avenue.    The closure of Western Avenue will be extended one day, thru Monday April.  Asphalt placement is scheduled ... Read more...

Historical Society’s 41st Annual Dinner

  04/27/12 This week the Marshall County Historical Society held their 41st Annual Dinner at Christo’s Banquet Center in Plymouth.    After a wonderful dinner the business meeting was conducted by Dr. Ron Liechty.  The financial ... Read more...

Argos Town Board Trying to Help Local Business with Septic Issues

  04/27/12 The Argos Town Council was informed of a possible building code violation. Dave Poisel, owner of Marshall County Discount Center, got a building permit for enlarging the former Argos Lumber Company buildings. He was wanting to ... Read more...

Arrests by City Officers

04/27/12  On Tuesday, April 24th at 6:15pm, Officer Jason Dobbins arrested 19 year old Angelica Andazola and 20 year old Boston L. Tunis, both of North Judson after he responded to Wal-Mart on North Oak Drive for the two female ... Read more...

DMHO wins first Dove Award

    04/27/12 Christian music has handed out it’s version of the Grammy’s – known as the Dove Awards – and a familiar face to Plymouth walked away from the event with his first honor. Denver Bierman and the Mile ... Read more...

DONNELLY TO HOST EVENT FOR SMALL BUSINESS MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND WORKERS

  04/27/12 Wednesday, Congressman Joe Donnelly announced that on Friday, May 4, 2012, he will host an event, titled “Leveling the Playing Field: Make it in Indiana,” for small businesses and workers in the Hoosier manufacturing ... Read more...

Maxinkuckee Players Casting Call

   04/27/12 The Maxinkuckee Players will be hosting auditions for their summer musical, “Crazy for You” on Saturday, April 28th. This year’s director, Lenore Jones is asking those interested in trying out for the play to bring a ... Read more...

5th Annual Relay For Life of Culver Raises $97,000 and Counting

  04/27/12 “After 12 hours of walking, running, skipping, and a sort of odd hopping around the track,” the blog for the Culver Academies’ student newspaper reported more than $95,000 was raised during the 5th Annual Relay For Life ... Read more...