Local & State News

Miller’s Merry Manor Recognizes Employees Years of Service

During the employee Christmas Party, Plymouth Miller’s Merry Manor Administrator, Bryan Zehr, recognized employees for years of service to the company. Four ladies represented 128 years of services between them.  Special recognition ... Read more...

Senate Adopts Bipartisan Young-Led Yemen Amendment

Thursday, the Senate voted 58-41 to pass U.S. Senator Todd Young’s (R-Ind.) amendment to prevent the resumption of U.S. air refueling of Saudi coalition aircraft in Yemen. Wednesday, Senator Young introduced his bipartisan amendment ... Read more...

From the Ground Up: Soil – We Really Can’t Live Without It

“Despite all our artistic abilities, sophistication and accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of soil and the fact that it rains.”   ~ Anonymous Beneath our feet is an invisible world teeming with life, creating a ... Read more...

Stanish Brothers Arrested in Culver by County Police

Early Thursday morning, December 13, the Marshall County Sheriff`s Department obtained a 911-emergency call of two adult brothers fighting in the 900 block of South Main Street in Culver and one of the brothers had a knife. Officers from ... Read more...

County Council Not Willing to Commit $50K to Supportive Housing Project

During this week’s Marshall County Council meeting, Jim causey, President of the Garden County Board of Directors approached the council asking if there was any determination on the funding they requested for the Permanent Supportive ... Read more...

Plymouth School Board Approves Pay Increases & 2019-2020 School Calendar

Tuesday evening the Plymouth Community School Board unanimously approved salary increases for eligible administrators in the amount of $627.  Superintendent Andy Hartley noted that the amount was equivalent to the dollar amount the ... Read more...

County Democrats Elect Milner New County Chairman

The Marshall County Democratic Party held an election last Saturday to select a new county chairman after the November announcement from Jim Smart that he was resigning his position. While Smart announced his resignation on General ... Read more...

City Board of Works Opens Bids on Fuel and Street Supplies

This week the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety opened bids for 2019 Fuel Supplies. While street Superintendent Jim Marquardt sent out requests to three fuel providers only one returned bids for a fixed pricing requested. Ceres ... Read more...

Senator Young’s Office Helps Return $3 million to Hoosiers

In 2018, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and his staff were able to return more than $3 million owed to Hoosiers by various federal agencies. A core function of Senator Young’s office is constituent services. The office is able to help ... Read more...

Upscaling Plastic Bags with Crochet at the Marshall County Museum

Are you in need of some therapy to survive the cold winter weather? Join the fun at the Marshall County Museum on Thursday, January 10 from noon to 1 PM and learn to recycle those pesky plastic bags at the Therapy Thursday event. ... Read more...

Donnelly’s Legislation Honoring the Crew of the USS Indianapolis Heads to President Trump’s Desk

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s bipartisan legislation to honor the sacrifice, perseverance, and bravery of the crew of the USS Indianapolis with the Congressional Gold Medal passed the U.S. House of Representatives this week on a ... Read more...

Walorski Votes to Send Farm Bill to President’s Desk

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Wednesday released the following statement after voting for final passage of the Agriculture Improvement Act (H.R. 2), a five-year Farm Bill reauthorization: “Family farmers are the backbone ... Read more...

AG Curtis Hill Warns Hoosiers Against ‘Free Trial’ Scams

Attorney General Curtis Hill today warned Hoosiers to beware of “free trial” scams proliferating on the internet. These ads, often featuring fake celebrity endorsements, frequently tout products promising to help people improve their ... Read more...

Miller’s Open House A Huge Success

Miller’s Assisted Living’s Holiday Open House and Festival of Trees proved to be a huge success this past Sunday.  A record number of guests took part in voting for their favorite tree as well as enjoying music provided by Fred Walker ... Read more...

Dragons to honor champs of 1978-79

ARGOS – The 1978-79 class at Argos may have been the best ever in Marshall Co athletically, and for sure with Argos. The boys won the 1978 State Soccer Championship with a 5-2 win over Carmel HS. Then in the winter they became the ... Read more...

Shop With A Cop Re-Auction Thursday morning at 9:30 on WTCA

The WTCA Shop With A Cop Radio Auction with Plymouth FOP Lodge 195 last Friday was another success.  While the final numbers are not in, we raised about $14,000. This money will be used to take less fortunate children in Marshall County ... Read more...

Plymouth School Board Updated on LJH Construction Project

Members of the Plymouth Community School Board were updated on the new Lincoln Junior High School construction project during their meeting Tuesday night. A representative from Skillman, the construction company on the project said work ... Read more...

Mishler to Chair Senate Committee on Appropriations

Senator Ryan Mishler (R-Bremen) has been appointed by Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray (R-Martinsville) to chair the Senate Committee on Appropriations for the 121st Indiana General Assembly. “I am proud to continue serving as head ... Read more...

Benton Harbor Woman Arrested by Plymouth Police on Multiple Charges

On Sunday, December 9th at approximately 9:45 in the evening, 26 year old Kaiya Turner of Benton Harbor was stopped by city police on a traffic stop near the intersection of North Michigan and Klinger Streets. After an investigation by ... Read more...

Bourbon Town Council Handles Business

Tuesday evening the Bourbon Town Council approved a lease of 74 acres for farming with Chad Nifong. The new lease will be in effect until January 31, 2021. A revised trash ordinance with Republic Services will mean a small monthly increase ... Read more...