Local & State News

Discover Plymouth Scavenger Hunt Winners Announced

Discover Plymouth held a scavenger hunt on Shop Small Saturday in the downtown area.  Over 40 businesses participated in the scavenger hunt by hiding a item that related to the Christmas song they selected.  Shoppers were given a ballot ... Read more...

Marshall County Tourism Offers Funding for Local Events and Marketing Projects to Draw Visitors in 2019

Marshall County Tourism will award $40,000 in 2019 to support local events and marketing efforts to entice visitors through grant programs. Marshall County Tourism will award non-matching grants up to $2000 through two grant programs, the ... Read more...

NILES SCREAM PARK RAISES MORE THAN $132,000 FOR LOCAL GROUPS

The Niles Scream Park, one of Michiana’s most popular autumn attractions, recently completed another successful season at its always changing 44 acre site on Mayflower Road between Niles and Buchanan. This year, the 45th consecutive year ... Read more...

Great Turnout for Parade of Lights, Tree Lighting and Santa’s Arrival

Laura Mann, Promotion of the City Coordinator was very pleased with the Parade of Lights and Christmas Tree lighting event on Saturday night. This year the parade had 21 units.  She said some of the participants were new this year and ... Read more...

AG Hill cautions Fans Buying Event Tickets Through Secondhand Person-to-Person Transactions

As fans prepare to descend on Indianapolis this weekend for the Big Ten championship football game between Northwestern and Ohio State universities, Attorney General Curtis Hill Tuesday warned consumers of the dangers of buying tickets to ... Read more...

Chavez Updates Redevelopment Commission on Projects

During last week’s Redevelopment Commission meeting, Jerry Chavez, president and CEO of the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation updated members on the River Gate South Development Project. He said the building project is ... Read more...

Business Outlook Positive in Plymouth with American Containers Expansion

American Containers, Inc., headquartered in Plymouth, has announced their third expansion in four years. American Containers, a leader in the corrugated packaging industry, plans to invest nearly $1.2 million in equipment to improve ... Read more...

Plymouth Board of Public Works Approves Requests

Monday evening, members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety approved two requests for prepayment. The first prepayment request was from BIS Digital out of Fort Lauderdale, FL.  They will be installing a new recording system ... Read more...

Marshall County Health Department to Provide FREE Radon Testing Kits

Radon is a naturally occurring gas in the earth’s crust that can find its way into homes.  The Radon gas can seep into homes and build up into dangerous concentrations.  The long-term exposure is the threat to your health and being a ... Read more...

Senators Young and Coons Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Support Entrepreneurs

U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018 today. This bipartisan bill encourages broader participation in the successful National Science Foundation Innovation Corps ... Read more...

2019 DNR State Park Permits Available

Annual entrance permits, horse tags, off-road cycling permits and lake permits for 2019 are on sale now at DNR Division of State Parks property offices. These passes and permits make great holiday gifts for outdoor lovers and are a wise ... Read more...

Society of Broken Souls to Bring Their Unique Music to Wild Rose Moon Radio Hour

Lauryn Shapter and Dennis James of Society of Broken Souls join us on the Wild Rose Moon Radio Hour this coming weekend and week.   Along with Lincoln Junior High School radio announcer, Meg Robinson, and host, George Schricker, the ... Read more...

Alicia Dennie is Miss Purdue University

By Maggie Nixon Correspondent WEST LAFAYETTE — The Rees Theater marquee welcomes Miss Purdue University back to town for Thanksgiving break, and boy is she ever thankful. Alicia Dennie, a sophomore at Purdue and Plymouth High School ... Read more...

St. Rep. Jack Jordan’s Resolution for “Ray Reed” Supported by City Council

Monday evening, State Representative Jack Jordon presented members of the Plymouth Common Council with a copy of a resolution from the House of Representatives to rename a portion of US 30 as the “Ralph ‘Ray’ Reed Memorial Drive.” ... Read more...

City Council Approves 3.5% Raise for Mayor and Clerk/Treasurer

The ordinance to set the pay raise for the Mayor and Clerk/Treasurer of Plymouth was passed Monday evening during the Common Council meeting. The ordinance recommendation set forth by Councilman Don Ecker Jr. called for a 3.5% salary ... Read more...

Big Ticket Items for the Shop With A Cop Radio Auction Dec. 7th

The 11th Annual Shop With a Cop Radio Auction is Friday, December 7th on WTCA AM 1050 & FM 106.1. Again this year, Oliver Ford Lincoln in Plymouth is partnering with Plymouth FOP Lodge 195 to auction off a vehicle.  This year the ... Read more...

Wrong-Way Driver Arrested for Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol and Drugs

The report of a wrong-way driver on US 30 Sunday morning ended in an arrest. At 4:30 Sunday morning, November 25th, Marshall County deputies responded to a report of a wrong way driver on 30 near Rose Road. Deputies located the vehicle ... Read more...

A Pair of Claypool Men Arrested for Meth & Other Charges

On Friday, November 23rd, about 8:45 in the evening, Marshall County Officer Wozniak initiated a traffic stop on a gray 2005 Pontiac passenger car in the area of US 31 and 14C Road. During the investigation, Officer Wozniak utilized his ... Read more...

Book Signing at Plymouth Public Library to Connect Public with WWII Veterans and Events

Hoosier author Kayleen Reusser has completed her third book of military stories entitled We Gave Our Best: American World War II Veterans Tell Their Stories. She will present a talk and photos about her experiences of interviewing World ... Read more...

Danika Holmes and Jeb Hart from Nashville at Wild Rose This Saturday

Danika Holmes and Jeb Hart have opened for Lyle Lovett, Dierks Bentley, Phil Vassar, and Tracy Lawrence. You can find them all over the web in a number of popular YouTube videos and both are seasoned performers with their own private ... Read more...