Staying warm in cold weather can be a challenge, especially if ice or snow storms cut power to homes. If it becomes necessary to use alternate heat sources, Hoosiers need to know how to protect themselves from carbon monoxide poisoning. Carbon monoxide, sometimes referred to as CO, is an odorless, colorless gas that can...
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Debbie Palmer, assistant administrator for the Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District along with Matthew Linn, Senior Staff Scientist were on hand to explain the many aspects of the district as well as the Headwaters Yellow River Watershed.  Marshall County formed their district in 1955 to identify soil and water problems and find...
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As a bit of “housekeeping”, Ward Byers, Director of the new Community Corrections Program in Marshall County appeared before the County Council Monday. To stay in compliance with the agreement with the Indiana Department of Corrections Byers said the current Court Services Fund simply needs a name change to the Community Correction Project Income...
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As of December 14, the Indiana Department of Revenue’s Tax Amnesty 2015 program has collected $137.6 million in cash payments. Taxpayers have agreed to pay an additional $21.6 million via payment plans. The department expects to add to these amounts as payments and amended forms continue to be processed. “Nearly 65,000 taxpayers already have...
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State Senators Randy Head a Republican from Logansport and Jim Merritt a Republican from Indianapolis Monday announced a plan to help curb meth production by changing the way pseudoephedrine products are sold without requiring a prescription. Senate Bill 80, authored by Head and co-authored by Merritt, would keep pseudoephedrine products, which are the key...
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Washington, D.C. — The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University rated U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly the fourth-most bipartisan U.S. Senator and most bipartisan Democrat, according to a new Bipartisan Index released Tuesday that measures the bipartisanship of Senators from 1993 to 2014.  Earlier this year, in May 2015, the Lugar Center and the...
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On Tuesday, December 15th at approximately 12:30 in the afternoon, LaPaz Police initiated a traffic stop on a Dodge Durango for an equipment violation.  The driver, Ismael Velazquez-Ramirez was found to be unlicensed and adjudged a habitual traffic violator for life.  He was incarcerated at the Marshall County Jail with a $1,500 bond.   Listeners and...
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Following a public hearing Monday night, the Plymouth City Council approved a seven year personal property tax abatement for WestRock Company, supporting their facility expansion.  The Council’s approval was the second step in the tax abatement process. The first step occurred on November 23rd when the Council designated the location as an economic revitalization...
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U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-02) issued the following statement after the announcement earlier Tuesday that the Regional Cities of Northern Indiana, an alliance representing 22 cities and towns and more than a half a million people in Elkhart, Marshall, and St. Joseph Counties, will receive up to $42 million in state matching funds to...
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Students in Mrs. Strycker’s 3rd Grade class at Triton Elementary School have been learning about how light moves, creates heat, reflects, and refracts. These science concepts were tied to reading about Antarctica and penguins, along with socials studies, as they discussed “rookeries” or communities of penguins and the battle they have to stay alive.  This battle for life...
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