Local & State News

Three Weidner School of Inquiry seniors along with a 2017 graduate shared their experiences with the Plymouth School Board on April 17. WSOI Co-Directors, Michael Delp and Jennifer Felke, said the students are examples of those who are ... Read more...

Plymouth High School students who are part of the Future Teachers of America (FTA) club got to spend Thursday, April 12 job shadowing one of their favorite Plymouth Community School Corporation teachers. Close to four dozen students spent ... Read more...

Plymouth High School Health Careers students competed at the HOSA Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference competition in Indianapolis last week. There were 1,262 students in attendance from across Indiana.  There were five ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Tuesday questioned Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta about efforts to measure outcomes in workforce development initiatives and ensure these programs are effective in helping people move up the ... Read more...

U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) Tuesday announced that they have introduced two new bipartisan bills to help combat the opioid crisis in Indiana. The Advancing Innovation in Alternative Pain and Addiction ... Read more...

Marshall County Soil and Water Conservation District will host a public discussion with Nate Thomas, Indiana DNR Lakes Permitting Biologist.   The discussion on Shoreline Health will be held on Thursday.  Thomas will discuss the types ... Read more...

Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff to honor former First Lady Barbara Bush. Flags should be flown at half-staff from now until sunset on the day of her burial, Saturday, April 21. ... Read more...

Construction could begin on the new Lincoln Junior High School as soon this spring. The project has been in the planning stages for several years. The new facility will be built directly east of the current school building and scheduled to ... Read more...

Tuesday morning about 9:50 Plymouth Police Officer Ben McIntyre received information that 27 year old Christopher Bunch of Walkerton was currently at the Pak A Sak gas station at 510 West Jefferson Street. Officer McIntyre arrived at the ... Read more...

The Marshall County Highway Department began the road reclaiming process Tuesday on Beech Road north of 12B.  The reclaiming process help build the sub base of the roads up to make a stronger road base for the re-surface treatment. During ... Read more...

County Highway Supervisor Jason Peters says the road reclaiming process will continue on Wednesday. Cedar Road from 11th to 12th road will be ground along with 11th Road from Cedar to 331, Cedar Road from 11th to 10B roads, and 10B from ... Read more...

Plymouth Police are investigating the theft of a couple tool boxes from the 300 block of Brook Avenue. Sometime between April 13th and the 15th someone removed two tool boxes from the residence.  They were described as a large gray ... Read more...

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) today released the following statement on the passing of former First Lady Barbara Bush: “Dean and I join all Americans in celebrating the remarkable life of Barbara Bush. She served the American people ... Read more...

Sunday evening, about 8:15 Plymouth Police were dispatched to the Walmart on Oak Drive for a male subject that was stopped by the Asset Protection team for shoplifting. Officer Chad Beatty took 50 year old Brian Pike of Hamlet into custody ... Read more...

During the month of March, the Plymouth Police Department participated in the Operation Pullover Program. During the enforcement period three Plymouth Police Officers worked an additional 23 hours to specifically focus their efforts on ... Read more...

The doors at Ancilla College will need to open wider this fall in order to allow room for the record number of nursing students that have applied. With over 300 applicants, growth is a good problem to have for a college that has recently ... Read more...

On Saturday April 14, at approximately 4:00 PM Plymouth Police Officer Chad Beatty conducted a traffic stop at Michigan and 11B Roads.  The driver, 28 year old Sargon Bet-NimRod of Rochester was taken into custody and transported to the ... Read more...

The United Way of Marshall County (UWMC) 2018 Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 26, at 11:30 am in the lower level of the Auditorium on the PCC Campus (Plymouth Community Church, 11802 Lincoln Hwy) in Plymouth. The public is ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Officer John Weir arrested two people on Wednesday, April 11th for operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license. Shortly after 1 p.m. Officer Weir initiated a traffic stop on a red Chevy S10 pickup truck for having ... Read more...

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Tuesday released the following statement with regards to Tax Day, which this year fell on Tuesday, April 17th: “No one looks forward to Tax Day, but this year there’s some good news: it’s the last ... Read more...