Local & State News

11/16/11 Congratulations goes out to Frances Swihart of Plymouth! Frances was the grand prize winner at the 2011 Marshall County Senior Expo, held on November 8th. Frances is shown here collecting her 32″ flat-screen television at ... Read more...

11/16/11 The Marshall County Tax Awareness Committee will meet this Thursday, November 17th at 7 p.m. in the Laramore Room of the Plymouth Public Library at 201 North Center Street. The November TAC meeting will be a general business ... Read more...

11/15/11 City Attorney Nelson Chipman presented an ordinance to amend the salary ordinance for this year and next by designating the Recreation Director/Pool Director position as an hourly position instead of the salaried position it’s ... Read more...

11/15/11 RockTenn completed its acquisition of GMI Group (Corpak, Inc.; Foil Laminating, Inc.; and Varipak, Inc.) effective October 28, 2011. The GMI facilities manufacture corrugated pizza boxes as well as micro-flute clamshells, lids, ... Read more...

11/15/11 Argos Students in Service (ASIS) gathered last Sunday to “Rake and Run.” They were able to rake fallen leaves at the homes of several Argos Senior Citizens. This group, under the leadership of Family and Consumer ... Read more...

11/15/11 The Ounce of Prevention fundraiser recently received a couple more donations. The teachers at Riverside Intermediate School participated in a pink day to raise funds for Ounce of Prevention in October. Teachers were allowed to ... Read more...

11/15/11 In the early morning of Saturday, November 12th at approximately 12:02am, Sergeant Joe Diesch of the Plymouth Police Department responded to the 1,300 block of Holloway Drive in reference to a domestic fight complaint. During the ... Read more...

11/15/11 Three members of the Marshall County Church Orchestra traveled to Elkhart, Indiana on Veteran’s Day to take part in their annual Echo Taps ceremony. Organizer Terry Vantine organized the event three years ago after hearing about ... Read more...

11/15/11 Fitness Forum Sports & Wellness at the LifePlex will host a panel of experts speaking on back pain during a special Community Outreach Education program on Tuesday evening. “Back Pain Answers” will be the program on ... Read more...

11/15/11 The first-ever Plymouth strings concert was a huge success! The program, held on November 8, featured all five Plymouth student orchestras.  The PCYO Concert orchestra took the stage first playing one of their favorite songs, ... Read more...

11/15/11 The first snowflakes of the season have already fallen providing us with a preview of coming attractions. For the second winter in a row, a La Nina weather pattern will impact Indiana.  For Indiana, La Nina’s impact in winter ... Read more...

11/14/11 Members of the Marshall County Council will consider the request of Karen Richey from Purdue Cooperative Extension to increase the mileage pay from .41 cents a mile to .44 cents a mile when driving a personal vehicle to a meeting ... Read more...

11/14/11 Last week, member of the Plymouth Park Department saw the results of their Top 5 Features for the new downtown park.  Mike Reese from the Troyer Group presented two concepts and detailed the various features. Concept one includes ... Read more...

11/14/11 The Plymouth High School Spell Bowl team finished second at the state finals at Purdue University on Saturday.  In Class 2, John Glenn won with a score of 84, followed by Plymouth with 75, and Gibson Southern, 64. Pauline Dagaas, ... Read more...

11/14/11 The message for those attending the Veteran’s Day services held at the Marshall County Courthouse lawn was two-fold–remember those who passed and take care of those who survived. Speaking for the event was veteran Julian ... Read more...

11/14/11  On Tuesday, November 8th around 4:40 p.m. Officer Nicholas Laffoon from the Marshall County Police Department responded to the 11,000 block of Sunny Lane Drive in the Forest Hills Subdivision.  Arriving at the scene it was ... Read more...

11/14/11 Miller’s Senior Living Community of Plymouth hosted their annual Veteran’s Day Buffet and entertainment for area veterans on Thursday, Nov. 10 at noon.  Since there are so many activities going on in Marshall County on ... Read more...

11/14/11 On Friday, November 11th just after 2:00 a.m. Officer Jordan Rans of the Plymouth Police Department conducted a routine traffic stop at the intersection of US 30 and Oak Drive.  It was found that the driver, Evan R. Downey 23, of ... Read more...

11/14/11 The Union-North United School Board members all agreed on Thursday night that a limit to the amount that a superintendent should be allowed to spend without board approval should be set; however, what that limit should be set at ... Read more...

11/14/11 The Cancer Association of Marshall County began assisting cancer patients within the county in 1962.  Funding began with monies from the estates of Welcome R. Ebersole, Grace Moslander, and Roy Hawk.  The Zeta Zeta Chapter of ... Read more...