Local & State News

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is reminding Hoosiers to protect themselves from illness and injury in pools, lakes and other bodies of water as part of Healthy and Safe Swimming Week, which is observed May 21-27, 2018. ... Read more...

Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff for Memorial Day. Flags should be flown at half-staff from sunrise to noon on Monday, May 28, 2018. Gov. Holcomb also asks businesses and residents to ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s bipartisan ‘Right to Try’ legislation passed the House of Representatives today. The bill previously passed the Senate unanimously in August 2017 and now heads to President Trump’s desk to be signed ... Read more...

Please join us for a special groundbreaking ceremony on the New Lincoln Junior High School Wednesday evening, May 23, 2018, at 6 p.m. Groundbreaking will take place on the east side of the current building in the football field area. ... Read more...

The Final Day for the Disaster Recovery Center is today, Wednesday, May 23, from 9:00am until 7:00pm. We encourage every individual who suffered damage from the February Flood to apply for assistance. Disaster Recovery Centers ... Read more...

Changes may be coming to the Marshall County Memorial Forest on State Road 17. Marshall County Commissioner Mike Delp said he has been contacted by a couple of citizens who are concerned with the 4-wheelers and motocross bikes that are ... Read more...

The Heartland Artists Gallery hosted a women’s-only fundraising event on Thursday, May 3rd to benefit the Gallery and five other local nonprofit organizations. This event included a live auction of hand-painted chairs created by local ... Read more...

Monday evening the Plymouth Common Council approved on first reading two ordinances that will create two new funds: the Aquatics Center Project Fund and the TIF 3 Debt Service Reserve Fund. The creation of these funds will assist in the ... Read more...

Wednesday, May 23, is a big night for three Plymouth Community School Corporation employees who will soon retire. The Plymouth Community School Corporation’s annual Teacher Appreciation Dinner will take place in the Plymouth High School ... Read more...

The annual Nursing Professional Pinning ceremony for Ancilla College Nursing graduates was held Sunday, May 20, in the Ancilla Domini Chapel. Though traditionally held in a smaller chapel at the Center at Donaldson, due to the large number ... Read more...

On Sunday, May 20th, at approximately 3:30 in the morning, Marshall County Deputies were advised of a possibly impaired driver in a tan pick-up truck traveling south on US 31. Deputy Smith located the vehicle and conducted a traffic stop ... Read more...

All Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) branches will be closed Saturday, May 26 through Monday, May 28 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.   Branches resume regularly scheduled business hours on Tuesday, May 29. For a complete ... Read more...

On Friday, may 18th about 7:30 in the evening, Marshall County Dispatch received a 911 call of a possibly impaired driver northbound on US 31 at State Road 10.  The suspected vehicle was described as a green Dodge minivan.  Marshall ... Read more...

As the unofficial start of summer, the Memorial Day holiday weekend is a busy time for Americans. Each year, the highways fill with families in vehicles, on their way to start their summer vacations. To help keep drivers and passengers ... Read more...

Triton Elementary fourth grade students are switching classes these last few weeks for book clubs. Students in Miss Painton’s room are studying “James and the Giant Peach”. They worked in creating the main characters out of odds and ... Read more...

You may have heard your child’s teacher using the acronym STEM and wondered what it meant.  It stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.  Educators are focusing on STEM because there is currently a gap between the jobs that ... Read more...

The Plymouth Common Council is very supportive of assisting the Long Term Flood Recovery Committee. Monday evening councilman Jeff Houin who serves on the committee made the ask of $25,000 to assist those families who have exhausted their ... Read more...

Indiana’s unemployment rate stands at 3.2 percent for April and remains lower than the national rate of 3.9 percent. With the exception of one month when it was equal (October 2014), Indiana’s unemployment rate now has been ... Read more...

Bruce Breeden from Telaman Corporation presented the LED and Solar Power Analysis for the County Building, Court House and Highway Department to the commissioners Monday morning. Breeden said if the county was to change out all 391 ... Read more...

Early Sunday morning, May 20th Plymouth Police were dispatched to 419 North Center Street in reference to a battery complaint. About 12:15 Officer Paul Stamper made contact with the female victim.  An investigation was conducted and just ... Read more...