Local & State News

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...

Last week the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals took action on a request to amend a dog kennel permit on 5b Road from 12 dogs to 45 dogs. David Slabaugh appeared at the June BZA meeting with the request to increase the number of ... Read more...

The inmate population at the Marshal County Jail continues to be at an all-time high.  During the Commissioners meeting on Monday Sheriff Matt Hassel said over the weekend it reached 297 while the recommended capacity is 239. Inmates are ... Read more...

Mike Marshall, the County’s IT Director told the County Commissioners he wants to increase his budget request by $42,000 next year to “harden the county’s defense on ransom ware.” During his quarterly report Marshall said LaPorte ... Read more...

30 year old Quintin A. Burch of Walkerton was arrested on a warrant service Sunday, August 18th. About 9:45 Officer Krynock with the Plymouth Police Department was dispatched to BHC at 1800 North Oak Drive to pick up Mr. Burch, who had a ... Read more...

The Marshall County Highway Department continues working on the 2019 Road Program.  On Thursday, August 22nd the crew will begin working on 13th Road between State Road 17 and Peach Road.  Road will be close during road work hours ... Read more...

The Marshall County Community Foundation is pleased to announce that applications for the 2020 Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship are now available.  Interested high school seniors who are Marshall County residents should contact their ... Read more...

State Representative Jack Jordan (R-Bremen) said in a news release, “Summer is winding down, and children are back to school. With that in mind, it’s important to watch for buses on the road and be aware of the new traffic laws to help ... Read more...

Triton School Corporation scholars are shown assembling what they had disassembled last week in their Computer Science class. Teacher, Mr. Shafer continues to practically apply what it looks like to disassemble a computer, diagnose ... Read more...

The American Legion Post 27 would like to thank Omni Source and Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home for their donations to the Veterans Traveling Memorial Tribute. The Veterans Traveling Memorial Tribute will be at River Park Square, Plymouth. ... Read more...

The Federal Communications Commission last week authorized over $1.3 million in funding over the next decade to expand broadband at Gigabit speeds to 1,203 unserved homes and businesses in Marshall County, part of the fourth wave of ... Read more...

Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting two learning opportunities, a chance to stay young and free food! August 29th – Pasture Walk.  Susannah Hinds, NRCS grazing specialist, Bob Yoder, Marshall County Purdue ... Read more...

What a difference a year makes, for Clute, Texas’ Aaron Reutzel not much. Reutzel won the All Star Circuit of Champions 410 Winged Sprint feature Saturday from the pole in a 30 lap feature. He won the feature last year when the ASCoC ... Read more...

The Marshall County Council spent the better part of Tuesday reviewing the 2020 budget requests. Julie Fox, the Marshall County Auditor said the council needed to cut about $962,000 out of the requests for next year. Commissioner Kevin ... Read more...