Local & State News

On Thursday evening November 17, at approximately 8:35 an officer with the Marshall County Police Department stopped a vehicle on US 30 near King Road.  It was determined that the driver, 20 year old Tyler Peden of Fort Wayne was in ... Read more...

A traffic stop Friday (11/18/16) morning about 1 a.m. resulted in the arrest of a Gary woman. An officer with the Marshall County Police Department stopped a vehicle on US 30 near US 31 for speeding.  During the traffic stop it was ... Read more...

The Compassionate Care Coalition of Marshall County will host a Holiday Fundraiser to benefit the newly formed Cancer Survivorship Program at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Plymouth. INDULGE “Hope for Tomorrow” Holiday benefit ... Read more...

The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) recently awarded 17 grants through the Historic Renovation Grant Program.  SRKM Architecture of Warsaw, assisted the building owner and the Fulton County Economic Development Office ... Read more...

Marshall County GOP Chairman, David Holmes has scheduled a caucus to fill the vacancy for the position of City Council at Large for the City of Plymouth. The at-large seat is currently held by Michael Delp Sr.  Delp was elected to the ... Read more...

Thursday afternoon officers with the Plymouth Police Department were alerted to an aggressive dog running in the area of 725 Pearl Street.  The dog had been aggressive to city workers who were cleaning up the leaves.  The workers had to ... Read more...

A man is dead following a SWAT standoff near Lakeville. It happened at a home on the 21000 block of Osborne Road in St. Joseph County. According to St. Joseph County Sheriff Michael D. Grzegorek, police were called to do a welfare check on ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Education made the results of the 2016 ISTEP public on Thursday. This was the second year of the new state assessment for grades 3-8 that are based on more rigorous standards than in previous years. Included in a ... Read more...

The National Weather Service hazardous weather outlook for today is advising of a strong cold front which will move into the area, bringing rain showers and the potential for thunderstorms late this afternoon in to early evening. If ... Read more...

Plymouth High School students involved in Alpha Delta Rho, the PHS Literary Society, are raising funds in a creative way for a few days. Starting Thursday and lasting until Tuesday, November 22, students can purchase a feather at lunch ... Read more...

Members of the Plymouth Rotary Club partnered with the Plymouth High School Interact Club recently to rake leaves on South Michigan Street for unsuspecting homeowners. Pictured from left to right are:  Ralph Booker, Samantha Zechiel, ... Read more...

Mike Reese from the Troyer Group updated members of the Plymouth Park Board on the Tennis Court Project last week. Resse said, “The project is slowly progressing, not as fast as we’d hoped.”  He said a surfacing issue has come up ... Read more...

The Salvation Army in Plymouth is seeking volunteer Bell Ringers for the 2016 holiday season.  In fact, they have created a special challenge week from Saturday, November 26th through Wednesday, November 30th and will take place at the ... Read more...

Plymouth FOP Lodge 195 is excited to announce the two largest items for this year’s Shop With A Cop and Emergency Personnel Radio Auction on WTCA Friday, December 2nd. Oliver Ford Lincoln has offered up a 2010 BMW 5 Series 528i.  This ... Read more...

Members of the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission were updated on the Aqua Center and Field House project by Chad Barden this week. The project continues to move forward and soil borings are scheduled on both pieces of property. Barden said ... Read more...

Hoosiers will pay significantly less for their Thanksgiving meal this year, according to Indiana Farm Bureau’s annual Thanksgiving market basket survey. The average the cost for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner as recorded by INFB’s ... Read more...

Adam Minch, 41 of Plymouth was arrested by City officer Derek Workman Wednesday afternoon about 12:15 following an investigation. Plymouth Police were investigating vehicle break-ins during the overnight that led them to Minch.  He was ... Read more...

County Council members discussed the new Department of Labor federal requirements for overtime pay for salaried employees during their meeting this week. The new standards go into affect December 1st. Six Marshall County employees could be ... Read more...

Wednesday night about 10:30 Plymouth Police were dispatched to the Red Rock Inn on North Michigan Street for a strong chemical odor coming from room 229. Officer Jeremy Enyart arrived on the scene and smelled the chemical odor.  During ... Read more...

This Sunday the public is invited to Habitat for Humanity of Marshall County’s dedication of the eighteenth home they’ve built in Marshall County.  The new home is located at 304 North Maplewood Avenue in Bourbon. Aly Byrd is the home ... Read more...