Local & State News

The Crossing School of Business & Entrepreneurship has opened an Entrepreneurial Training Center (ETC) in Marshall County to provide an opportunity for students who are struggling or who want the option to participate in hands-on job ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Thursday applauded House passage of legislation making important tax-related changes, including an overhaul of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and a commonsense fix Walorski championed to ... Read more...

The students at Menominee Elementary School in Ms. Shelby Podemski’s 2nd grade classroom couldn’t wait to break the news that Ms. Podemski is expecting! Congratulations to the soon-to-be parents Shelby Podemski and Brandon ... Read more...

Attorney General Curtis Hill Thursday confirmed his office’s investigation into USA Gymnastics and filed limited objections to the organization’s requests to continue the services of two consulting firms, Alfers GC Consulting LLC and ... Read more...

Several Girl Scout, Brownie and Daisy Troops from the Marshall County area have taken time out of their busy December schedules to visit with the residents of Miller’s Assisted Living in Plymouth.  The girls have done various activities ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) Thursday announced he will be introducing legislation in the next Congress to bring greater transparency, oversight, and accountability to the nation’s organ donation system following reports in the ... Read more...

Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning recently awarded early education capacity-building grants to 12 applicants representing 29 pre-kindergarten programs in 12 Indiana counties. The Marshall County Early ... Read more...

Thomas Holloway was expected to be sentenced Wednesday in Starke County as the result of a plea agreement that was filed in court December 4th. Part of the plea agreement was contingent on LaPorte County Community Corrections accepting ... Read more...

Menominee Elementary School third grade students and Menominee student council members sponsored a collection for the Marshall County Humane Society this past Friday. In trade for a dollar or a donation of a pet item, students and staff ... Read more...

Plymouth High School English teacher Amanda Knox and the 19 students who are part of this year’s SEED club have been busy preparing for the club’s annual Give Back for Christmas since the new school year started back in August. This is ... Read more...

The 2019 United Way Give and Golf Card is now available just in time for Christmas giving. The Give and Golf Card, available for a $60 donation to United Way of Marshall County and entitles a golfer to play two rounds of golf at the three ... Read more...

Karen Heim, the Culver Town Clerk Treasurer released information on the upcoming town elections in 2019. In October, the Culver Town Council passed an ordinance that changed the process of determining a political party’s candidate for ... Read more...

State Representative Jack Jordan (R-Bremen) encourages students who want to learn more about state government to participate in the Indiana House Page Program during the 2019 legislative session. According to Jordan, those who are between ... Read more...

On Monday, December 17th, the Triton Jr./Sr. High School Art Club held an acrylic paint pouring workshop after school. The students learned paint pour techniques and created several poured pieces to help release the stress of final exams! ... Read more...

On Tuesday, December 18, a California man was arrested during a traffic stop on US 30 in Marshall after Indiana State Troopers discovered 160 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle. According to Trooper Dave Caswell, he stopped a black 2018 ... Read more...

Construction of a barn being built on the Jimenez property on Dogwood road was halted when a neighbor reported the construction.   The barn was being built without a building permit and the new barn and a fence is within the counties 75 ... Read more...

Monday morning the Marshall County Commissioners approved a contract to install a new phone system in the Marshall County Jail. Sheriff Matt Hassel and Matt Pitney, Director of Communications at the jail told the county commissioners that ... Read more...

Members of the Plymouth City Council heard first reading of an ordinance that will increase certain fees in the Plymouth Park Department and at the Airport last week. Both the Plymouth Park Board and the Aviation Board have already ... Read more...

The Plymouth Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 195 recently donated 77 gift cards valued at $78 each to Real Services.  The cards will be distributed to their clients who are in need of assistance. The hope of F.O.P. Lodge 195 is that the ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) and Ron Kind (D-Wis.) Tuesday called for a swift solution to the steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Walorski and Kind were joined by six other members of the Ways and Means ... Read more...