Local & State News

Members of the Marshall County Council will convene for their first meeting of 2019. The lengthy agenda includes a request from the Health Department to apply for a lead testing grant, the 2019 Sheriff’s Contract and a request by ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board will meet for their first meeting of 2018 on Monday, January 14 at 7:00 P.M. During the organization portion of the meeting, they will elect board officers for 2019.  The first agenda items will be to appoint the ... Read more...

The City of Plymouth will conduct their regular meeting Monday evening beginning at 6 p.m. with the Board of Public Works and Safety.  Agenda for the meeting includes setting the meeting dates and times for Spring Break and the Memorial ... Read more...

Officer Krynock with the Plymouth Police Department stopped a vehicle on Thursday, January 10th about 10:20 at night on US 30 at Pioneer Drive.    The driver, 50 year old Thaddeus L. Blanton of Fort Wayne was stopped for a traffic ... Read more...

The Plymouth High School Dance Marathon event scheduled for Saturday afternoon at PHS was canceled due to inclement weather in the Muncie and Indianapolis areas that prevented key members of the Riley Children’s Foundation and the ... Read more...

For the first time in its four-year history of fundraising, the Lincoln Jr. High Mini Dance Marathon has broken the $6,500 mark. On Friday, hundreds of Lincoln Junior High School students danced the day away all in support for kids at ... Read more...

U.S. Reps. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and Julia Brownley (D-Calif.) last week introduced the Veteran Entrepreneurs Act, legislation to help veterans achieve the American Dream by reducing barriers often in the way of starting a small ... Read more...

Eighteen proud first semester Plymouth High School Precision Machining students have successfully earned a National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS) certification. The students were enrolled in the Precision Machining program at PHS ... Read more...

Attorney General Curtis Hill announced that Indiana, as a member of a coalition of states, has reached landmark settlements with Fiat Chrysler and supplier Robert Bosch. These settlements provide for combined civil-penalty payments of ... Read more...

4 P.M.:  Here is the latest update from the National Weather Service: ·        Snow should begin early Saturday morning and end late Saturday evening. ·        Forecast snow amounts have increased slightly to between 3-6 ... Read more...

This week the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a lawsuit against the Indiana Finance Authority, the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company, the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation and Governor Eric ... Read more...

This morning the National Weather Service issued a “Winter Weather Advisory” for a large area of Northern Indiana which includes Marshall County. Marshall County Emergency Management Director Clyde Avery said the WINTER WEATHER ... Read more...

In September, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch announced the five rural Indiana communities that will receive funding as a part of the Broadband Readiness Planning Grant, Marshall County was one of the five. As part of the grant, Monday morning ... Read more...

Joseph Borkholder appeared before the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals Tuesday evening seeking a variance to reduce the side-yard setback standard from 15 feet to 8 feet to allow for the installation of two hoop-houses at 534 ... Read more...

This Saturday, January 12, Plymouth High School will host the 8th annual Plymouth High School Dance Marathon (PHSDM) benefiting Riley Hospital for Children. PHS students will be joining together for a 9-hour marathon involving dancing, ... Read more...

Twenty-eight year old, Ben Fisher of Plymouth has had a dream and goal in his sights since he was fourteen years old; to some day run for Mayor of his Hometown. On Wednesday, Fisher embarked on the journey to fulfill his goal. He filed his ... Read more...

The United Way of Marshall County and the Marshall County Community Foundation are working with the local faith community, nonprofits and volunteers to conduct a survey to collect data on homelessness and housing insecurities in Marshall ... Read more...

Jeanine M. Xaver is the incumbent candidate for the office of Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Plymouth.  The City of Plymouth Clerk-Treasurer serves as the fiscal officer of the city.  She also serves as the secretary and record-keeper ... Read more...

Teachers Credit Union (TCU) has announced a package of relief measures available to members impacted by the federal government shutdown. The measures are intended to help provide financial security to impacted members and include: 90-Day ... Read more...

Josiah Wilhelm of Argos was home from college for the holidays and was able to spend some time with his great-grandmother, Rosemary Baker at Miller’s Assisted Living.  While at Miller’s he and his musical friend and mentor, Liza ... Read more...