Local & State News

11/19/10 You can honor a uniquely American holiday by giving something that’s uniquely you.  By donating blood this Thanksgiving, you’ll help ensure that blood is available for patients in need, and honor the spirit of giving that ... Read more...

11/19/10 Plymouth Building Commissioner Keith Hammonds recently issued a demolition permit for the home at 109 Baker Street. Approximately 2 ½ year ago the home burned early one morning in what fire investigates determined was an ... Read more...

11/19/10 Sr. Kathleen Dolphin, PBVM and Director of the Center for Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN was on hand as presenter for Ancilla College’s third Lampen Lecture of the academic year, exploring the topic of ... Read more...

11/19/10 Real Services is seeking community partners to help assure that at least 45 Marshall County elderly clients will receive a Christmas package. Nikki Markley, Real Services team leader, said many of those they serve with in-home ... Read more...

11/18/10 On Tuesday, November 16th at 10 a.m. Marshall County Patrolman Bruce Carter responded to 6770 Michigan Road in reference to a theft complaint. Upon making contact with the home owner he was advised that sometime during the ... Read more...

11/18/10 Last year the Neighborhood Center created a new program with the Plymouth Community Schools to help support the Food Pantry on a regular basis.  A program call Third Thursday happens each month during the school year.  The ... Read more...

11/18/10 Mark your calendar for a big weekend at the Plymouth Public Library, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 10, 11th and 12th.  The Friends of the Library will be holding a three day mega book sale and a bake sale on Saturday. ... Read more...

11/18/10 The cost of a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and the basic trimmings increased by $1.86 this year, according to an informal statewide survey of grocery store prices coordinated by ... Read more...

11/18/10  Every six minutes across the nation, an amputation is performed on someone with diabetes who developed a chronic non-healing wound as a complication of the disease.  Currently, one in 20 diabetics develops a wound on the legs ... Read more...

11/18/10  Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce member businesses join together each year to wish Merry Christmas to this community. Four baskets filled with goods and services, with a variety of donated & valuable items, have been ... Read more...

11/18/10 Wednesday, Congressman Joe Donnelly issued the following statement after voting in the Democratic leadership elections: “Today, I cast my vote for Representative Heath Shuler of North Carolina to be Minority Leader in the next ... Read more...

11/18/10 In January 2011, the Indiana State Department of Health will be taking the lead in improving the efficiency of the state’s death records by launching an electronic, Web-based system for recording death, the Indiana Death ... Read more...

11/17/10 Marshall County Highway Superintendent Neal Haeck asked the County Commissioners to support his decision to replace two of the three employees he will lose by the end of the year. Haeck told the commissioners that he will be down ... Read more...

11/17/10 The Plymouth Community School Board will meet Thursday, November 18th at 7 p.m. in the Administration Board Room.  The Agenda for the meeting includes the resignation of Joe Morris as PHS Girls Varsity Soccer coach effective ... Read more...

10/11/17  Tuesday marked Organization Day where all 100 members of the House, including 19 new State Representatives, were sworn in by Chief Justice Shepard.  In what has been described as one of the most difficult legislative sessions ... Read more...

11/17/10 This weekend Earthworks in Donaldson will celebrate the holiday seasons with a special Open House.  Each holiday-decorated room in the Earthworks House will be filled with items for sale.  Shoppers will find rummage sale goodies ... Read more...

11/17/10 State and local health officials have news for parents this cold and flu season: antibiotics don’t work for a cold or the flu. “Antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses,” said State Health Commissioner Gregory N. Larkin, ... Read more...

11/17/10 The Indiana State Police will be stepping up patrols for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday period.  Last year during the Thanksgiving holiday period, two people were killed in traffic crashes on Hoosier roadways.  In both cases, ... Read more...

11/17/10  John DeSalle, Vice President of Manufacturing at Hoosier Tire & Rubber in Plymouth recently presented a Lifepak 500 AED (automated external defibrillator) to Plymouth Fire Department Chief Andy Metsker.  The donation is ... Read more...

11/17/10 Plymouth’s own inSPIRATIVE Art Gallery held a unique art exhibit on Friday night. Gallery Director Angela Leed invited young and old to paint, draw, color or write on artwork that will be displayed to the public. Although the ... Read more...