On Wednesday, January 21 about 5:40 p.m. the Marshall County 9-1-1 dispatch center advised the Bremen Police Department of a possible impaired driver who was northbound on State Road 331 from 7th Road, south of Bremen. At 5:45 p.m. Bremen Officers located and stopped the vehicle at State Road 331 and 2B Road. After an investigation by Bremen...
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Tuesday morning the Marshall County Drainage Board awarded maintenance bids on three ditches. Maintenance work on the Bourbon Arm of the Metheny Ditch includes debrushing and cleaning approximately 4690 feet with the debris burned and buried.   Koontz and King was awarded the project with the low bid of $9,949. Langfeldt Excavating was awarded the...
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The 2014 yearly report of activity for the Plymouth Fire Department showed a total of 2,173 alarm situations between fire and EMS. EMS responded to 1,684 medical incidents and did 126 medical assists. Plymouth fire was dispatched to a total of 27 structure fires last year, 7 smoke or odor problems, 8 outside rubbish...
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An erosion issue on Addison Street at Lake of the Woods was brought to the attention of the Marshall County Commissioners during their meeting this week. Peter Peuquet, an adjacent property owner told the commissioners that a drainage culvert that feeds into the lake has severe erosion issues and that is causing erosion on...
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DONALDSON – Ancilla’s Student Government Association (SGA) will host a blood drive through the American Red Cross on Tuesday, February 2nd. Student Government Assoc. Faculty Advisor, Jill Neidlinger, along with President Jacob Burgo and many student volunteers are preparing and organizing the event. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to come out...
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ELKHART COUNTY – Ivy Tech Community College offers a new learning experience for residents interested in acquiring hands‑on training and other key skills needed to jump start a career in the recreational vehicle (RV) industry.  The RV Industry Production Associate Training Program is a 40-hour, 1 week course supported by Lippert Components, Inc., Patrick Industries, Inc., and Thor Industries....
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Residents of Miller’s Assisted Living Community are gearing up for their annual Pennies for Paws campaign.  The Pennies for Paws campaign begins in February when residents and staff begin collecting their loose change to donate to the Marshall County Humane Society.  The change adds up to dollars and the Humane Society uses the donation...
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The Plymouth High School Boys Bowling Team tied with Riley for the Michiana West Conference.  Other schools in the conference include Penn, Clay, New Prairie, Mishawaka, John Adams, Bremen, South Bend Saint Joseph, John Glenn, Argos and LaVille. The high scores for Plymouth were Brandon Smith with 297and Blake Smith with a 226 with...
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Students in Mrs. Cathy Strycker’s third grade classroom at Triton Elementary School have been learning about being healthy this semester. In class students had a chance to see just how effective hand washing can be in fighting germs that can make us sick.  Students were sprinkled with glitter to represent germs, and then asked to clean...
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WASHINGTON D.C. – Thursday, Representative Jackie Walorski (IN-02) a champion of pro-life issues, voted to support legislation that would prohibit taxpayer funding of elective abortions, no matter where in the federal system these may occur. H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2015 legislation will exclude federal funding from...
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