Local & State News

On Friday, January 12th, at 12:18 in the morning, Marshall County Police Officer Wozniak initiated a traffic stop on West Jefferson Street at North Oak Drive on a white 2004 Ford Mini-van.  The driver, 32 year old Larry A. Pizer Jr. of ... Read more...

The new Lincoln Junior High School is being designed by Barton-Coe-Vilamaa with input from administrators, teachers and the community. During the January 9 school board meeting, Superintendent Andy Hartley said, “Things are progressing. ... Read more...

Governor Eric J. Holcomb Friday announced several new appointments and reappointments to various state boards and commissions. The governor made one reappointment to the State Ethics Commission.  James Clevenger of Plymouth, a partner ... Read more...

Bremen Public Library has issued a challenge to the community to take part in the Tackle Twelve Reading Challenge during 2018. To participate, a reader must complete at least 12 of the 16 reading challenges listed here by December 31, ... Read more...

Wednesday, President Trump signed into law U.S. Senators Joe Donnelly and Todd Young’s Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act. Donnelly and Young introduced the bill in the Senate in early April and it passed unanimously in ... Read more...

Friday morning about 8 a.m. emergency responders were dispatched to the southbound lanes of US 31 just south of 9A road for an accident. The accident happened when Conway J. Elder of Kingsbury failed to see a Reichert & Knepp roll-back ... Read more...

This Saturday Plymouth High School will be hosting the school’s third VEX Robotics Tournament. This year’s tournament has grown from 24 teams to 100 teams and will be the largest VEX Robotics event hosted by PHS ever! Hundreds of ... Read more...

Weather reports for the next several days are predicting the potential for a variety of weather conditions across the state, including freezing rain, snow and ice. State authorities are advising Hoosiers to keep a close eye on weather and ... Read more...

During the Plymouth Common Council meeting on Monday, January 8th the Clerk Treasurer Jeanine Xaver said, “For 2017 we were instructed by the state to expect just under $6.4 million in property taxes.  We only received $5.9 million so ... Read more...

The Marshall County Community Foundation and United Way of Marshall County are working with the local faith community, the Grace and Peace Alliance, Ministerial Association, nonprofit agencies, businesses and volunteers to conduct a survey ... Read more...

This week members of the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals had to consider a variance of setback standards request for Kent Freed at 7774 Fir Road in Bourbon. Freed needed to reduce the required 15 foot setback to 7 feet for a pole ... Read more...

Officers from the Marshall County Drug Task Force along with County Police Officer Jonathan Bryant and Plymouth Officer John Weir made several drug arrested on Monday, January 8th. Officers Bryant and Weir located 29 year old William Freck ... Read more...

Marshall County Extension Office offers an excellent Master Gardener Intern Class to help gardeners expand their knowledge and skills. This class provides the educational class hours needed for an individual to become a certified Purdue ... Read more...

A bill authored by State Senator Randy Head (R-Logansport) to require licensed health care practitioners to receive opioid prescription and abuse training passed the Senate Committee on Health and Provider Services today by a vote of 11 ... Read more...

All Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicle (BMV) branches will be closed on Saturday, January 13th through Monday, January 15th in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. All branches will resume regularly scheduled business on ... Read more...

National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory which will go into effect at 10pm this evening and last until 1pm Friday. Residents can expect mixed precipitation. The combination of snow and ice will result in difficult ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly Tuesday spoke on the floor of the Senate calling for bipartisan action to address a number of pressing health care issues, including repealing the Medical Device Tax, reauthorization for the Children’s Health ... Read more...

More than 100 people crowded into the second floor meeting room ofthe County Building to learn more about the possibility of a residential drug rehab facility leasing the building. Members of the Shady Rest Advisory Committee: ... Read more...

Brent Martin, architect and partner of SRKM Architecture of Warsaw appeared before the Bourbon Town Council to receive permission to meet with IHCEA on their behalf. Martin said he had read on the WTCA website that the town had declined ... Read more...

This is an election year for many county positions along with Township Trustees and board member, some Town Board seats and a few School board seats.  On Wednesday a number of Republican candidates took advantage of the first day to file ... Read more...