Local & State News

Walorski Announces 2019 Congressional Art Competition

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Tuesday announced the 2019 Congressional Art Competition and invited high school students throughout Indiana’s 2nd District to submit their original artwork by Friday, March 29th. “Each ... Read more...

The Cat In The Hat Visits Miller’s

The world renowned American Children’s author, Theodor Seuss Geisel birthday was celebrated on Saturday March 2nd.  Geisel is celebrated for writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Doctor Seuss. Miller’s ... Read more...

School Board Meeting Tonight

The Plymouth School Board will meet for both an executive session and regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 5 at the Administration Board Room on Berkley Street. The regular meeting is open to the public; however, remarks from the ... Read more...

UP DATE 4 PM: MARSHALL COUNTY CORONER RELEASES DETAILS ON FATAL CRASH

    Marshall County Police, Tippecanoe Fire, Lutheran EMS, and Indiana State Police responded to a single vehicle crash near the address of 2838 18B Road in Tippecanoe Sunday night. Arriving at the scene first responders found a ... Read more...

Plymouth Man Arrested by City Police for Battery, Criminal Confinement and OWI

Plymouth Police Officers were dispatched to 1000 South Michigan Street Sunday, March 3rd at 2 A.M. for a female that was battered and held against her will at the address. Officer Paul Stamper located the victim on South Michigan Street ... Read more...

Sheriff Requests Agreement to House Inmates in Other Jails Due to Jail Overcrowding

The Marshall County Commissioners and County Attorney Jim Clevenger were emailed by Sheriff Matt Hassel last week concerning jail overcrowding.  He requested an intergovernmental agreement with an agreed to rate to house inmates from the ... Read more...

Park Board Approves Use of RPS for Rees Theatre Benefit Concert

Monday evening, Jack Davis a member of the Rees Theatre Project Committee appeared before the Plymouth Park Board with a request to use River Park Square for a fundraising benefit. Davis said the committee truly appreciates the support of ... Read more...

Graves Arrested for Battery to Police Officer, Resisting and Marijuana

A Mishawaka woman is in the Marshall County Jail following a traffic stop on Sunday, March 3rd at 11 p.m. near the intersection of Garro and Walnut Streets. Plymouth Police Officer Joe Deisch stopped a vehicle and 23 year old Autumn N. ... Read more...

PHS sophomore Nancy Garcia-Pena chosen as 2019 PHS HOBY representative

Each year, Plymouth High School nominates and sponsors one sophomore to participate in the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar (HOBY). This year, the PHS faculty has chosen sophomore Nancy Garcia-Pena to represent PHS at the annual ... Read more...

No Decision Made on Lease or Purchase Vehicles for Sheriff’s Department

The decision on whether to lease vehicles or purchase them outright for the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department is still up-in-the-air.  On Monday the county commissioners heard from Derek Willard of Enterprise Fleet Management.  He ... Read more...

Senator Randy Head: Improving Our Foster Care System

The Indiana Department of Child services (DCS) is struggling to keep up with the skyrocketing number of children needing services in our state, which is partly caused by an increase in parental drug abuse due to the opioid epidemic. To ... Read more...

Don’t Let Ghost Tax Preparers Haunt Your Refund

Tax season is upon us and while that may sound scary to many, dealing with a ghost tax preparer is downright frightening. Ghost tax preparers are dishonest individuals who mislead innocent taxpayers to unintentionally commit tax fraud. ... Read more...

Walorski Introduces Bill to Improve TANF Case Management

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) this week introduced legislation to improve case management coordination for individuals and families receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). “Our safety net ... Read more...

Young Joins Letter Demanding Answers about Alleged Saudi and UAE Arms Transfers to Extremist Groups

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.)  joined Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and other Foreign Relations Committee members on a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ... Read more...

Indiana State Police Investigating Inmate Death

Monday, Indiana State Police Detective Brent Ingram, at the request of Fulton County Sheriff Chris Sailors, launched an investigation into the death of jail inmate Nicholas Clevenger, 29, Rochester. Detective Ingram’s preliminary ... Read more...

PHS student earns top honors in 2019 Scholastic Art Show

Weidner School of Inquiry (WSOI) at Plymouth High School junior Grace Bougher won two Gold Key awards at the 2019 Scholastic Art Show. Bougher, she said this was her first time entering her artwork in the Scholastic Art Awards. “I’ve ... Read more...

Reeder Arrested for DWS and Elkhart Warrant

A traffic stop by Plymouth Police Officer John Weir on Friday, March 1st resulted in the arrest of an Elkhart man. Just after 11 A.M. Officer Weir conducted a traffic stop at Michigan Street and Hoham Drive.  The driver, 25 year old Codi ... Read more...

Operation Round Up: Caring for Our Community

The Operation Round Up board of directors is happy to announce that two local organizations received funding for community development projects in February. Todd Zeltwanger of Cultivate accepted an Operation Round Up grant from Emily ... Read more...

Triton Blood Drive

Trojan Scholars from Triton High School join forces to donate over 41 units of blood. Triton Superintendent Jeremy Riffle said, “The time and effort given by Triton Trojan Scholars and our community has the potential to save 123-205 ... Read more...

Alysha Bradley Arrested at Probation Dept. on Warrant

Thursday morning, February 28th the Plymouth Police Department was dispatched to Marshall County Probation for a female with a warrant. Officer Steve DeLee took 28 year old Alysha Bradley of Plymouth into custody and placed her under ... Read more...