Local & State News

On Monday night the Plymouth City Council took the first step it the tax abatement process for the River Gate South residential housing development at South Michigan and Lake Streets. Developer for the project, Scott Sivan and Jerry ... Read more...

The City of Plymouth will be planting 24 trees this fall as part of their Tree City USA recognition.  Planting is scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving. Nine new trees will be planted on South Michigan Street while North Michigan will ... Read more...

This week the Board of Public Works and Safety approved change order number one for the Richter Road water main extension project. In October Utility Superintendent Donnie Davidson told the board the project was substantially complete with ... Read more...

Marshall County Promise, a cutting-edge program that helps youth in all Marshall County school systems dream about their future careers and save for education beyond high school, will participate in GivingTuesday for the first time this ... Read more...

Thursday morning Bremen Police Officer Matt Schnaible conducted a traffic stop at US 6 and State Road 106 West. 38 year old Andrea N. Smith of Salisbury, NC was arrested on a warrant and lodged in the Marshall County Jail.   Listeners ... Read more...

A break-in at Back Forty Sporting Clays at 1010 9B Road east of Bourbon is being investigated by the Marshall County Police Department. 1st Sergeant Neal Wallace was dispatched to the rural location about 10:30 Tuesday morning and was told ... Read more...

The Friends of the Plymouth Public Library will host a HUGE Book Sale Friday, November 17th through Tuesday, November 21st. Hundreds books, CDs and DVDs will be on sale.  Paperback books are $.25 and hardback books are $.50.  The library ... Read more...

Jefferson Elementary School will be hosting their annual Fun Fair this Friday, November 17, from 5 till 8:00 p.m. at Plymouth High School in the multipurpose gym and the north hallway near the gym. There will be a variety of activities, ... Read more...

Bourbon Town Council members voted unanimously this week to accept the quote from Thomas Excavating of $42,761 to extend the sewer line and development for the new Dollar General site. According to Steve Stacy, Waste Water Superintendent, ... Read more...

Since 1989, National Young Readers Week has been an annual event held during the second week of November to raise awareness around the importance of reading. National Young Reader’s Week is part of Pizza Hut’s Book It Program. ... Read more...

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) has launched a new mobile application aimed at improving infant and maternal health in Indiana. The free app, called Liv, was debuted during Wednesday’s Labor of Love infant mortality summit ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Wednesday spoke in support of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, on the House floor. The House on Thursday will vote on the tax reform bill. The full text of her remarks follow. “I can’t ... Read more...

Culver Military academy will bring ten airplanes to the Plymouth airport for the summer program.  Those airplanes will fly about 650 hours during the summer.  It is possible that the owner of the airplanes will leave two of them based at ... Read more...

Although the weather continues to get colder and many leaves have fallen……it’s surprising how many leaves are still on the trees. During this week’s Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety, Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt ... Read more...

Monday evening the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety continued their discussion on the request of Van Vactor Farms to renegotiate the Land Sales Agreement in the TechFarm. Van Vactors want the new agreement to prioritize the ... Read more...

The U.S. Senate Tuesday passed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), along with Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John Thune (R-S.D.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), and ... Read more...

The Bourbon Town Council continues their efforts to deal with unsafe and unsightly properties. During their November 14 meeting, they discussed the progress of their efforts. For many months, Town Attorney Mark Wagner has been meeting with ... Read more...

The call of a possible domestic situation with a man and woman walking in the area of Michigan Road south of 7th Road sent Marshall County Police to investigate. The caller told dispatch a red vehicle with a black front bumper had stopped ... Read more...

Purdue  Extension Marshall County Office is hosting a program on Tuesday evening, November 21, to discuss farm ground rent and arrangements of it.  The meeting will start at 6:30 pm.  The meeting will be held in room 304 of the Marshall ... Read more...

Plymouth Police were dispatched to the Economy Inn on Tuesday evening after a female called 911 saying she was being held against her will. Officers Beatty and Krynock responded about 8:30 to room 213 and heard screams and loud noises ... Read more...