Culver-Union Township Public Library welcomes Master Gardener, Bob Yoder, for a special program on composting on Saturday, July 2nd at 11:00 AM in the Large Meeting Room.   Participants will learn how composting works, a few basic composting methods that can be used by anyone, and some examples for using compost. It’s sure to be...
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U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski from Mishawaka (IN-02) this week joined U.S. Reps. John K. Delaney (MD-06), Randy Hultgren (IL-14), and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09) in introducing legislation to protect veterans’ credit ratings and prevent unnecessary financial hardship due to delayed payments associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Choice Program. The slow disbursement...
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Ancilla College is pushing the boundaries again to provide education to a population who often goes ignored after high school thanks to a $20,200 grant from the Ball Brothers Venture Fund through Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI). “A rising number of births have some phase of autism, yet there are very few programs in...
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The Bremen Firemen’s Festival opens tonight at 6 with the parade through downtown followed by the opening of the carnival in Sunnyside Park. This festival provides 5 great days of family fun from June 29th through July 3rd. You’ll find great food, lots of activities to participate in like Cornhole, Arm Wrestling, a Car...
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  Five people in an Amish buggy were injured Monday evening in a crash on U.S. 6. Just before 6 the Marshall County Dispatch Center received a report of a crash with injuries near the Playmore Campground. 41 year old Sean Pelikant of Syracuse rear-ended the Amish buggy driven by 29 year old Tobias...
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  The Indiana Housing and community Development Authority (IHCDA) has released plans for the 2016 Summer Cooling Program through the Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which begins July 1st and concludes August 12th. As one of IHCDA’s key community service programs, LIHEAP’s program focus is to help keep Hoosiers warm in the winter. The winter assistance...
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Plymouth’s Street Superintendent, Jim Marquardt sought quotes from three companies to complete the 2016 Surface Seal-Coating project. Only one company returned a quote on the project, Pavement Solutions Inc. from Middletown, IN. Mardquadt noted that normal asphalt companies in our area don’t offer this type of specialized product.   Three projects are planned, South...
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The Chef Ann Foundation has teamed up with Skoop, a superfoods company committed to bringing the health benefits of superfoods to every American. Together they have launched Project Produce: Fruit and Veggie Grants for Schools. Triton Elementary School with the assistance of Food Director Peg Patrick was awarded one of the Fruit and Veggie...
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Monday evening the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety awarded the quote for a concrete floor at the Wastewater Treatment plant to Papczynski Construction of Lakeville. Seeking three quotes, Utility Superintendent Donnie Davidson told the Board of Works that only Papczynski was the only quote received for the project. Their quote of $19,975...
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      An Independence Day cookout featuring some of Americans’ favorite summer foods – hot dogs, cheeseburgers, ribs, baked beans and other items – will be a little less expensive this year, according to an annual survey from Indiana Farm Bureau.             Farm Bureau’s informal survey showed that the average cost to feed 10...
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