Local & State News

Head: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Task Force Bills Pass Senate

State Senator Randy Head (R-Logansport) said three bills he authored that are a result of the work of the Task Force on Substance Abuse and Mental Health, which he co-chairs, passed the full Senate Thursday. The Task Force, which ... Read more...

Governor Holcomb Proclaims Jan. 21-27 “Indiana School Choice Week” and Joins Leaders Nationwide in Celebrating Opportunity in Education

Joining dozens of other governors and hundreds of and county leaders nationwide, Gov. Holcomb has issued a proclamation officially declaring Jan. 21-27 as Indiana School Choice Week. Indiana parents, teachers, and students will host more ... Read more...

Indiana Court of Appeals Upholds Judge Bowen’s Sentencing in the Maeson Coffin Case

Monday afternoon E. Nelson Chipman, Jr. the Prosecuting Attorney for Marshall County released the Indiana Court of Appeals decision on the Maeson Lee Coffin case. Coffin appealed his sentencing claiming the trial court judge, Judge Robert ... Read more...

County Suspects Vandalism with Trees Dropped on County Roadways

During Wednesday’s What’s Your Opinion Show on WTCA, Marshall County Commissioner Mike Delp mentioned a couple of possible vandalisms acts in the southern part of the county. Delp said on two separate occasions trees had been felled ... Read more...

New Executive Director Named for Catherine Kasper Life Center

The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ and Trinity Senior Service Management welcome Robin Scott as the new Executive Director of the Catherine Kasper Life Center as of January 2, 2018.  Robin comes with many years of experience in long-term ... Read more...

Walorski Supports Funding Bill with Medical Device Tax Relief, CHIP Reauthorization

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Thursday released the following statement after voting to suspend the job-killing medical device tax for two years, reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years, ... Read more...

State Senator Randy Head: Prioritizing Workforce Development

  Over the last few years, workforce development has been a top priority for Indiana. Both the Senate and House of Representatives have authored workforce-related bills and included them on legislative agendas, and Governor Eric Holcomb ... Read more...

Plymouth Elks – District Hoop Shoot

Plymouth Elks Lodge 2548 held its local Hoop Shoot contest on Sunday, Dec 3, 2017.  The winners in each age category advanced to the District Hoop Shoot Contest.  The winners from the Local Hoop Shoot are: 8-9 boys – Noah ... Read more...

Coordinated Warrant Sweep on 18B Road in Tippecanoe Results in 7 Arrests and Numerous Weapons and Narcotics

Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman announced an intricately coordinated operation was conducted on January 18 by law enforcement officers from the Indiana State Police, Marshall County Police Department, Marshall County Drug Task ... Read more...

Donnelly Helps Introduce Legislation to Protect Veterans from Predatory Home Lending

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly (D-IN) recently joined Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and a group of bipartisan Senators to introduce the Protecting Veterans from Predatory Lending Act of 2018, bipartisan legislation ... Read more...

ISP/CVED Working to Raise Awareness of Human Trafficking

On January 4, 2010 President Obama issued a proclamation naming January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. This followed a 2007 Senate resolution naming January 11th as Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Indiana ... Read more...

Prosecutors Urge Legislature to Expand INSPECT Program

Two Indiana prosecuting attorneys told a legislative committee this week medical practitioners should have the ability to check via the INSPECT data base whether a patient has been previously prescribed an opioid or benzodiazepine. Members ... Read more...

Statement from Indiana Republican Members of Congress on Funding Bill

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Jackie Walorski (IN-02), Jim Banks (IN-03), Todd Rokita (IN-04), Susan Brooks (IN-05), and Larry Bucshon, M.D., (IN-08) today released the following statement after the House passed legislation to ... Read more...

Warrant Sweep Nabs Suspected Drug Dealers In Marshall County

In the morning hours of January 18, Indiana State Troopers with the Bremen post, along with the Indiana State Police ERT and Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section conducted a warrant sweep in Tippecanoe.  This was the result of ... Read more...

Pair Arrested in LaPaz by County Police on Drug and Gun Charges

Officer Wozniak with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department stopped a vehicle Thursday night, January 18th about 11:30 on Vandalia Street in LaPaz.  The black 2004 Chevrolet Impala failed to signal a turn and had false and fictitious ... Read more...

David Hostetler Files for Marshall County Commissioner in District 1

62 year old Dave Hostetler of Walkerton/Polk Township filed his intentions to run for Marshall County Commissioner in District 1 on Tuesday morning. Hostetler is a lifetime resident of Polk Township and has worked most of his career in the ... Read more...

Rees Theatre Project Seeks Public Funding for Regional Cities Grant

Tuesday evening Randy Danielson gave the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission an update on the Rees Theatre project.  He said Phase I is complete and in two weeks they will have reached the first anniversary of the building being moved to a ... Read more...

County’s Interest Income Increases 10%

Members of the Marshall County Board of Finance, Commissioners Kurt Garner and Kevin Overmyer and County Treasurer Angie Birchmeier meet Tuesday morning, January 16th for reorganization. The board voted to retain the same officers; Kurt ... Read more...

Adam Overmyer and Brian Slone sentenced

Adam Overmyer, 39, of Pierceton, Indiana, and Brian Slone, 40, of Silver Lake, Indiana, were both sentenced pursuant to plea agreements in Judge Robert O. Bowen’s Marshall County Superior Court No. 1.  Overmyer and Slone were ... Read more...

City Police Arrest 2 for Domestic Battery on 2 Separate Situations

Plymouth Police investigated two separate complaints of domestic battery over the weekend.  Two people were arrested.  On Friday, January 12th at approximately 10:20 P.M. a woman came to the Plymouth Police Department to report a ... Read more...