Local & State News

  U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Wednesday released the following statement after meeting with Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin to discuss issues regarding the care Hoosier veterans receive: “I met with ... Read more...

Last week Randy Longanecker was sworn in as newest member of the Plymouth City Council. Lonanecker will represent the District 4 City Council seat left vacant by Shawn Grobe’s resignation.  Grobe had to resign his position on the ... Read more...

The American Cancer Society estimates that nearly 3,200 Hoosiers will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer and an estimated 1,100 will die as a result of the disease this year. Screening and early detection can save lives, and screening ... Read more...

Attorney General Curtis Hill and 54 other state and territorial attorneys general Tuesday sent a letter calling upon congressional leaders to pass legislation supporting victims of child pornography. The bipartisan bill — the Amy, ... Read more...

Plymouth High School Principal Jim Condon sent an email to parents Wednesday evening to inform them of  two events that recently occurred at PHS. On Monday, two teenagers, from LaPorte, entered PHS prior to the beginning of first ... Read more...

It remains unclear whether Plymouth Schools will have to add a day of instruction on to the school year. The Plymouth School Board was scheduled to consider how to handle a make-up day, but it was pulled from the agenda at the beginning of ... Read more...

The Plymouth High School, Speech and Debate Team is hoping to find a few more sponsorships for competitors who qualified for the state tournament in Fishers on March 10. To qualify, students had to be in the top six in their event at the ... Read more...

Jim Irwin, 69 of Plymouth plead guilty to two counts in Marshall Superior Court I Wednesday morning and after nearly 30 minutes of discussion Judge Robert Bowen accepted the plea and sentencing. According to Marshall County Prosecutor ... Read more...

An apparent sleepy driver caused a two vehicle crash on US 6, west of Douglas Road Tuesday morning about 5:30.  According to Officer Travis O’Neal from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department, Maribel Sosa of Bremen was traveling ... Read more...

Six students from the Innovation Academy gave an overview to the Plymouth School Board on Tuesday night of a project they helped to formulate to bring a more positive atmosphere to the students attending the Academy and students attending ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday about the bipartisan regulatory relief package that is being debated in the Senate this week. The bipartisan Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, ... Read more...

On Sunday, March 4th Plymouth Police Officer Ben McIntyre was dispatched to Walmart for a very intoxicated female at the Customer Service desk. Arriving on scene the officer found 46 year old Jacquelyn Gilley of Plymouth to be in an ... Read more...

Triton DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) had one individual compete in the State Career Development Conference in Indianapolis this past weekend and two students served as voting delegates.  Tiffaney Hughes earned a ... Read more...

Ralph E Booker, Director of the Marshall County Plan Commission presented to the Plymouth Lions Club an explanation of what the Plan Commission does, and discussed its 2017 annual report at the last meeting of the Club.  Booker has been ... Read more...

This morning, March 7, 2018, around 6:30 a.m., the Indiana State Police Criminal Interdiction Team served a search warrant at 601 Randolph Drive in Plymouth with the assistance of the Indiana State Police ERT.  This warrant was part of ... Read more...

Gov. Eric J. Holcomb offered the following statement regarding the passage of SEA 257, which exempts all software as a service from state sales tax—making Indiana one of only four states to do so in state statute and SEA 139 which ... Read more...

The Northern Lakes Conference announces that Elkhart Memorial High School will cease to be a member of the conference at the conclusion of the 2019- 2020 school year.  Memorial has been a valued member of the NLC for the last 18 years. In ... Read more...

Senator Ryan Mishler from Bremen had the following statements on the passage of House Bill 1315. “House Bill 1315 is a forward-looking piece of legislation that would help prevent future takeovers by the state and create significant ... Read more...

On Friday March 2, the Indiana State Police Bremen Post All Crimes Policing Team conducted a criminal interdiction patrol on US 30 and US 31.  Indiana State Police K9 handlers from the Lowell Post and Peru Post, as well as deputies with ... Read more...

On March 5, Marshall County Health Department Administrator, Christine Stinson, briefed the Marshall County Commissioners on the status of preventive measures being offered following the flooding conditions that lead to a Declaration of ... Read more...