Local & State News

Residents and businesses who sustained losses in the February 2018 flood disaster in Marshall County can now begin applying for assistance through FEMA.  Citizens and business owners can apply by registering online at: ... Read more...

The President of the Marshall County Commissioners, Kevin Overmyer, presented a short overview of the Regional Economic Steller Grant to members of the Bourbon Town Council.  Overmyer said the grant could bring some $7-8 million dollars ... Read more...

A Lucerne, IN man was arrested Friday night, May 4th after county police conducted a traffic stop for an equipment violation in the 10,000 block of US 31. Just before midnight County Police Officer Nick Laffoon stopped a vehicle and found ... Read more...

During Tuesday’s Bourbon Town Council meeting, member P.J. Hanley said there has been increased foot traffic to the new Dollar General Store since its opening and he is concerned that the grassy path leading to the store would become a ... Read more...

Saturday night, May 5th, at approximately 10:30 Marshall County Police Officer Nick Laffoon observed a vehicle driving erratically in the area of US 30 and Pioneer Drive.  The officer performed a traffic stop and while speaking with the ... Read more...

Steve Stacy, Bourbon’s Waste Water Superintendent, told members of the Bourbon Town Council at their regular meeting Tuesday night that both the water and sewer lines connecting Dollar General to the town’s services were working well. ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Tuesday met with top officials from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities in Indiana to discuss ways to boost staffing at the Mishawaka VA clinic and improve services and care for ... Read more...

Beacon Health System announced Tuesday plans to break ground on a hospital with an emergency department on Beacon Parkway in Granger. At the same time, Beacon will welcome Community Hospital of Bremen to the health system, pending final ... Read more...

Andrew Wilson Carlin Jr. defeated all of his 8th grade peers to become the spelling champion for Harold C. Urey Middle School!  Andres is 14 years old and has three siblings.  Although he used to live in South Bend, he moved into the ... Read more...

Bremen Police Officer Trent Stouder made two arrested on Monday, May 7th. Just before 4 in the afternoon the officer served a warrant at 305 South Whitock Street.  33 year old Kaci Disher of Bremen had a body attachment warrant for ... Read more...

Officers from the Marshall County Police Department, Marshall County Drug Task Force, and the Plymouth Police Department participated in a joint operation in the Plymouth area Tuesday, May 8th just before 1 p.m. 34 year old Nathan R. ... Read more...

5,999 registered voters voted in the 2018 Primary Election on Tuesday.  That was 20% of the registered voters.  1099 voters were absentee and 4900 were on Tuesday at the various Vote Centers. It took less than two hours for the final ... Read more...

                                On April 23, 2017 the Plymouth Police Department received a report regarding a sexual assault to a 13 year old female that allegedly happened in September of 2016. The suspect ... Read more...

Monday evening the Plymouth Park Board met back in the Conservation Club House following the devastating flooding in February the severely damaged the lower level of the facility. Board members handled several requests including the use of ... Read more...

On Thursday, May 3rd a juvenile female came to the Plymouth Police Department to report that her boyfriend that she had been living with had grabbed her by the face and neck area causing her pain and difficulty breathing. She juvenile ... Read more...

On Saturday afternoon, May 5th Plymouth Police Officer John Weir was in the area of Muckshaw and Oakhill Avenue for a complaint when he saw some suspicious activity taking place in the cemetery near Oakhill and Lincoln Street. Officer Weir ... Read more...

A sure sign of spring is the opening of the Plymouth Farmers’ Market this Saturday. The Farmers’ Market will open at 7:30 a.m. this Saturday and be open every Saturday until 11:30 now through October 13th in River Park Square in ... Read more...

Monday morning County Auditor Julie Fox told the Marshall County Commissioners that the public hearing for the increase rate for the Cumulative Bridge Fund will be Wednesday, May 9th at 11 a.m. in the second floor meeting room of the ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) called for improvements to the product exclusion process for steel and aluminum tariffs to reduce burdens on manufacturers and other small businesses. In a bipartisan letter led by Walorski, 39 ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces the closure of State Road 23, in Knox, between CR E 300 S (Toto Road) and CR E 400 S on Wednesday for a culvert replacement. State road detours must be along state-maintained ... Read more...