Local & State News

City Meetings Monday Evening

The City of Plymouth will conduct their regular meetings on Monday evening, August 13th beginning at 6 p.m. with the Board of Public Works and Safety.  Agenda for the meeting includes reports from city department heads.  Utility ... Read more...

County Council Meeting Monday Morning

Members of the Marshall County Council will meet Monday morning, August 13th at 9 a.m. in the second floor meeting room of the County Building. Agenda for the meeting includes Sheriff Matt Hassel with a report of the jail population and a ... Read more...

Women from Marshall County Encouraged to Participate in Cancer Screening Survey

Women throughout Indiana and Ohio have the opportunity to tell researchers what they think and how they feel about cancer screening tests. Answers to questions about women’s knowledge, beliefs and attitudes will help researchers at ... Read more...

Hensey of Rochester Arrested for Possession of Meth & Paraphernalia along with Resisting

On Wednesday afternoon, August 8th about 3, Plymouth Police Officer Jerrid Arnold was investigating a theft report that occurred in the 500 block of West Harrison Street. During his investigation he arrested 33 year old Richard Hinsey of ... Read more...

Plea Agreements Submitted and Approved in Fulton County Court for Mann and Bridgman

On Friday Special Judge of Marshall Superior Court No. 1, Judge Christopher Lee from Fulton County conducted an initial hearing in the Fulton County Court House for Laura E. Mann and Kevin Bridgman of Plymouth. In a plea agreement with ... Read more...

Bridge Work to Create Lane Closures on U.S. 31 in Argos

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announced Friday that a bridge construction project will be starting on Tuesday, August 14th on U.S. 31 in Marshall County.  The work will be in Argos and will create lane closures until ... Read more...

Senator Head: Paid Internships Available at Statehouse for College Students

The Indiana Senate Republican Caucus is offering paid, spring-semester internships to college students, recent college graduates and graduate students during the 2019 legislative session. Indiana State Senator Randy Head said, “Full-time ... Read more...

City Police Serve Warrants

Thursday morning, August 9th, Plymouth Police Officer Ray West was dispatched to the Marshall County Probation Department in reference to a male with an active arrest warrant. The officer picked up 34 year old Scott Pike of Rochester who ... Read more...

AUGUST PERSIED METEOR SHOWER AT POTAWATOMI PARK

The Persied meteor shower is generally considered the most enjoyable shower of the year and 2018 puts it near the new moon meaning the skies will be darker and the meteors more apparent to the naked eye. This year during the peak, people ... Read more...

Donnelly, Senators Express Concerns over China’s “Debt Trap” Diplomacy with Developing Countries

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly and a bipartisan group of 15 other senators expressed concern over potential bailout requests to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by countries who have accepted predatory Chinese infrastructure financing. In ... Read more...

Beware! Lake Max Triathlon this Saturday in Culver!

The Lake Max Triathlon will take place this Saturday, August 11th between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.    Lake Shore and Main Street in Culver will be closed to traffic for the portion of the race. Bike traffic from the Lake Max Triathlon ... Read more...

Alternative School Program Report to Plymouth School Board

The Plymouth School Board heard the annual report from the Director of the Alternative School during their August meeting. This year marks the 20th year that services have been offered through the alternative school that was put in place ... Read more...

Board of Directors Approves 2019 Budget for Solid Waste

The Board of Director for the Marshall County Solid Waste management District put their seal of approval on the 2019 budget proposed by Executive Director Marianne Peters during their monthly meeting on Monday, August 6th. The proposed ... Read more...

Shannon Leake Sentenced to 17 ½ Years for Dealing Methamphetamine

Shannon Leake, 37, of South Bend, was sentenced by agreement on August 8, in Marshall Superior Court Number One.  Leake’s sentence will be for three separate cases relating to the sale of methamphetamine.  It also reflects her ... Read more...

School Board Approves Contract for Nurses, Updated on LJH Building Project

Tuesday evening the Plymouth School Board voted unanimously to approve a contract with Saint Joseph Health System to continue to provide nurses for every school in the corporation. The contract calls for an annual increase of $1,700; ... Read more...

SJHS offers Free Tobacco Cessation Class

Saint Joseph Health System (SJHS)Community Health & Well-Being is hostinga free, seven-week Tobacco Cessation Class, Freedom from Smoking, at the Community Resource Center of Marshall County beginning Thursday, September 6. ... Read more...

Hamlet Man Arrested for Operating 2 Times over the legal Limit

On Wednesday, August 8th, Marshall County Police Officer Wozniak initiated a traffic stop on a gray 1999 Volkswagen in the area of Lincoln Highway and Pioneer Drive just after 9 in the evening. While speaking with the driver, 30 year old ... Read more...

Bremen Police Department Summer Impaired Driving Enforcement Program

The Summer Impaired Driving Enforcement Program is a project funded by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and designed to decrease impaired driving crashes and fatalities in select counties. Impaired driving is one of our nation’s ... Read more...

HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT FIRST HUMAN CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN 2018

State health officials are urging Indiana residents to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites amid an increase in West Nile virus activity across the state. As of August 6, one human case of West Nile virus disease has been ... Read more...

The Plymouth Public Library will host the Heroes vs. Villains Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, August 25

The Plymouth Public Library was 1 of 50 libraries across the nation toreceive a grant from PBS and ALA to participate in The Great American Read an eight-part seriesthat explores and celebrates the power of reading. Told through ... Read more...