Local & State News

The Marshall County Commissioners will meet Monday morning beginning at 9:30 in the second floor meeting room of the County Building. Agenda for the meeting includes a decision on the purchase of vehicles for the Sheriff’s Department and ... Read more...

Officers from the Plymouth Police Department were dispatched to an accident on North Michigan Street in the area of Little Caesars Thursday morning just before noon.  The vehicle involved fled into the Northgate Trailer Park. Arriving on ... Read more...

The Marshall County drainage Board will meet Monday morning March 18th beginning at 8:30.  The meeting is held in the second floor meeting room of the County Building. Their short agenda includes a variance request on the Bowser Tile Arm, ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Officer Paul Stamper was dispatched to US 30 in the area of State Road 17 on Friday, March 15th in reference to a possibly intoxicated driver. A traffic stop was initiated about 3:30 in the morning and an investigation ... Read more...

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 27 in Plymouth donated to the City of Plymouth Department of Fire and EMS to support the Firepup Program (Fire Safety and Burn Prevention Program). With the donations they receive they will be able to ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) encourages Hoosiers to plan ahead for extreme weather as part of Severe Weather Preparedness Week, March 17-23. “Severe Weather Preparedness Week serves as a great reminder of the ... Read more...

On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, the Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center will offer a day program entitled “Inspired by Mary: Living by Her Example.” Father Edward Looney, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, will lead this day in presenting three ... Read more...

Thursday evening about 6:30, Plymouth Police were dispatched to the area of North Michigan Street and Harrison Street for a report of shots fired. City officers arriving on the scene heard additional shots being fired from the back of 823 ... Read more...

Plymouth Police were dispatched to a possible shots fired event in the 800 block of North Michigan Street Thursday evening. Details have not been released but scanner traffic indicated that a male subject fired shots inside the duplex at ... Read more...

Plymouth Police responded to a train derailment Thursday afternoon near Broadway and Patterson. A train on the Elkhart & Western Railroad, which is owned by Pioneer Railcorp was delivering product to Pregis.  As the train went into ... Read more...

The Plymouth High School theatre department will present Crazytown this Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16 in the PHS auditorium. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. on both nights and the show starts at 7 p.m. The performance will be in the ... Read more...

The Plymouth Police Department will receive two new vehicles after the Board of Public Works and Safety approved the low quote of Country Auto.  The P.D. will receive two 2019 Dodge Durangos that are pursuit rated for a quote of $58,864. ... Read more...

A request by Bourbon Clerk-Treasurer, Kim Berger, was approved unanimously by the Town Council Tuesday evening. Berger said egg hunts for children had not been held for several years since the former sponsor of the event disbanded. She ... Read more...

Steve Stacy, Water and Wastewater Superintendent for the Town of Bourbon briefed members of the Bourbon Town Board on the results of a ACCU-Dig camera test.   Stacy said, “It showed a lot of bad pipes and a lot of good pipes.”  He ... Read more...

For the second year in a row, the Indiana Tobacco Quitline is offering tobacco users free medication to help them quit tobacco use. The nicotine replacement therapy promotion is available now and ends when supplies run out. In the last ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR), a national leader in fraud prevention, warns Hoosiers to be cautious when handling their personal and financial information during tax season. “Since 2014, Indiana has stopped more than $110 ... Read more...

According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), an invasive species is non-native to the ecosystem and causes, or is likely to cause, economic or environmental harm, or harm to human health.  Invasive species can be plants, animals ... Read more...

The annual Title I STEM Family Night will be at Riverside Intermediate School from 6:00 – 7:00 on Tuesday, March 19. STEM Night is an evening of hands-on activities involving Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Art. Riverside ... Read more...

Congratulations to these four Triton Elementary Scholars for their outstanding effort at the Notre Dame Science Fair Tuesday, March 12th. Triton Superintendent Jeremy Riffle thanked Samantha Middaugh, Caden Large, Travis Barnhart, and ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) today issued the following statement regarding the passing of former Senator Birch Bayh:   “Birch Bayh is a modern-day founding father. He used his tenure in the Senate to push for substantive and ... Read more...