Local & State News

Last week the Marshall County Drainage Board held a public hearing for a construction project on the Bellman Tile Arm south of Bremen.  The project was proposed for the west side of Fir Road and through the wetland area for a total of 455 ... Read more...

Jim Clevenger, Attorney to the Marshall County Commissioners told them during Monday’s meeting, “I either knew it and forgot or was never aware of a statutory cap for collecting fines through the Ordinance violation Bureau of $250.” ... Read more...

Marshall County Highway Superintendent Jason Peters told the County Commissioners during their meeting Monday that the north walkway on the Baker Street Bridge has been looked at and there is nothing that needs immediate attention. After ... Read more...

Operation Quiet Comfort is currently conducting a fundraising raffle. A beautiful patriotic crocheted king size afghan that was made by Carol Dove is just over 7 weeks is the prize.  The afghan took Grand Champion and Best of Show in the ... Read more...

The City of Plymouth will conduct their regular meetings on Monday evening, August 26th beginning at 6 p.m. in the second floor Council Chambers of City Hall.  The meetings are open to the public and participants should enter through the ... Read more...

Trinity United Methodist Church at 425 South Michigan Street in Plymouth is hosting their 8th annual Wick’s Pie Sales until Sunday, September 22nd. Orders are being accepted for pies that are already baked and frozen and have a freezer ... Read more...

U.S. Representatives Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) this week explored bipartisan solutions in visits to several Chicago organizations dedicated to helping individuals and families overcome challenges and escape ... Read more...

Attorney General Curtis Hill Friday announced he is leading a bipartisan and public/private coalition of 51 attorneys general and 12 telecommunications companies that have agreed to adopt eight principles to fight illegal robocalls. This ... Read more...

Attorney General Curtis Hill announced today that he and his staff interacted with more than 7,000 Hoosiers at the Indiana State Fair this month. During the fair’s 17-day run, staff members also found more than $100,000 in unclaimed ... Read more...

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The request for a Confined Animal Feeding Operation at 7430 7th Road in Plymouth was tabled during the August meeting of the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals. Joe and Mary Walker and Jenifer and Jimmy Walker are requesting a ... Read more...

Mike Maddox, Vice President of the Lake Latonka Property Owners Association and Elizabeth McDermitt Recording and Responding Secretary for the association appeared before the Marshall County Commissioners this week requesting assistance in ... Read more...

The Whitehouse Office of Intergovernmental Affairs invited Indiana local county elected officials to participate in a Regional State Leadership Forum.  The meetings, designed for county leaders include briefings and discussions with ... Read more...

On Sunday, August 18th, Bourbon Police Officer Matt Geiger received an alarm call at the Bourbon Liquor Store. A witness saw two men in a black truck leave the store westbound on Lincoln Highway. Officer Geiger located the vehicle on ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Officer Jerrid Arnold was contacted about 3:30 on Tuesday afternoon by a business in the 200 block of North Michigan Street about an employee theft. He began an investigation that alleges that 47 year old Charles Winger of ... Read more...

On Tuesday, August 20, Plymouth Police Officer Jeremy Enyart was notified of a male subject at the Marshall County Probation Department that had an active warrant for theft. When the officer arrived it was learned that suspect, 32 year old ... Read more...

Tiny Folk Band with a Big Sound to Appear at Wild Rose Moon on Saturday, August 24th at 8 p.m. and that morning at 11 a.m. at the Wild Rose Moon Radio Show. The ‘thriftstore-Americana duo’ The Rough and Tumble, which consists of ... Read more...

Marianne Peters, President of the Plymouth Rotary Club (right), received a banner from District Governor, Alfred Brothers, Jr.  (left) this past Monday. Brothers spoke to the club about his vision for the 2019-2020 year.  Plymouth Rotary ... Read more...

Because you cared, lives will be saved!  The South Bend Medical Foundation thanked Mayor Mark Senter for hosting a blood drive at the Farmers’ Market last Saturday and the citizens who gave blood. Mary Ankrapp Supervisor Blood Donor ... Read more...

Wednesday evening more than two dozen citizens attended a meeting in the Council Chambers of City Hall pertaining to the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall that will be in Plymouth in September. The Moving Wall will come to Plymouth on ... Read more...