Local & State News

Private Sector Employment Again Reaches Preliminary Record Peak INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 18, 2019) – Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.6 percent for December and remains lower than the national rate of 3.9 percent. With the ... Read more...

WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), and U.S. Representative Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.-01) today announced that they have reintroduced legislation in the 116th Congress that would designate the Indiana ... Read more...

NORTHWEST INDIANA — The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) expects to have a full call-out of plows across its Northwest District as it prepares to battle this weekend’s anticipated winter storm. Forecasters are ... Read more...

INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric J. Holcomb today announced he has selected Dennis Wimer as the new director of the Indiana Department of Veterans’ Affairs. “I have directed Dennis to make any and all necessary changes to restore the ... Read more...

  Honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. by volunteering to serve at one of Indiana’s state parks in 2019. There are many roles in which people’s talent is needed, from maintaining trails to entering computer data to helping in ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Chief, David Bacon released the 2018 Activity Report for his department. Last year the police department handled 9,840 calls for service, complaints and information.  They also had 984 911 hang-up calls.  Plymouth Police ... Read more...

Marshall County Republican Party Chairman, David Holmes has announced a caucus to fill several vacancies. A caucus will be held on Friday, January 25th at the Marshall County Republican Headquarters at 117 Water Street in Plymouth ... Read more...

Tuesday evening Jerry Chavez, President and CEO of the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation gave members of the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission an update on the Aquatics Center and Early Childhood Learning Center project. ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) spoke on the Senate floor Thursday in support of pro-life policies, including legislation he cosponsored to ban taxpayer funding of abortion. Tomorrow, Senator Young’s office will welcome Hoosiers in ... Read more...

Thursday, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch along with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs announced that 19 rural communities around the state received more than $10.8 million in federal grant funding. “It is important we are ... Read more...

A significant winter storm event is forecast to impact our area beginning on Friday night and continuing through Sunday.  Snow totals could be between 4-6 inches, with higher amounts possible depending on the storm track.  In addition, ... Read more...

   Tuesday, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.), Doug Jones (D-Ala.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Chris Coons (D-Del.) announced they have reintroduced legislation in the 116th Congress to update and modernize the charter for the Future ... Read more...

Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman held a press conference Thursday afternoon to announce that a crash in Marshall County on Dec. 12  involving a truck and school bus that resulted in the death of a student of Winamac Schools would ... Read more...

Snow expected to begin Friday night and continue into Saturday night ***PRELIMINARY*** snow amounts predicted to be between 4-6 in., but amounts could change and higher amounts are possible Strong northeast winds of 20-25 mph will cause ... Read more...

Space heaters may save a few dollars during the heating season, but they can be dangerous when used improperly. With the coldest air of the year moving in to Indiana this weekend, Indiana State Fire Marshal Jim Greeson urges Hoosiers to ... Read more...

One reminder that people often forget during the first major snowfall is the City of Plymouth ordinance about keeping the sidewalk cleared of snow.  The ordinance, #96.020 requires everyone to remove all snow and ice from the full paved ... Read more...

William Geisleman, 35, of Plymouth, was sentenced by agreement on January 16, 2019 in Marshall Superior Court No. 1.  Geisleman will serve 25 years imprisonment at the Indiana Department of Correction for pleading guilty to one count of ... Read more...

Earlier this month, the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals heard the request of Floyd Borkholder to allow a retail buggy sales location at 2525 Birch Road in Bremen, an agricultural zone. Ty Adley, County Plan Director told member of ... Read more...

Monday evening members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety opened bids for the 2019 Community Crossing Matching Grant project.  Five companies submitted bids for the work that will be completed this spring. The projects to be ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Wednesday was named the top Republican, or ranking member, of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker & Family Support, which has jurisdiction over programs aimed at helping workers, ... Read more...