Local & State News

Updated 3:45 Monday: Triton Football Homecoming Court

The Triton Jr.-Sr. High School Homecoming Court for this week’s Football Homecoming is: Front Row (L to R) Whytnie Miller, Abby Powell, Emily Chickering, Lexie Albright, Mariah Musilli, Jennifer Soriano, Tyana Spencer Back Row (L to ... Read more...

Sheriff’s Deputy Involved in Crash on Lincoln Highway

The State Police covered an accident involving a Sheriff’s patrol vehicle Thursday (9/15/16) afternoon.   About 4:03pm Officer Matt Brown of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Departed, radioed into the dispatch center that he ... Read more...

Argos Schools Beneficiary of Oliver Ford Lincoln Driven to Give Event Saturday

Support Argos School students by test driving a brand new Lincoln from Oliver Ford Lincoln at Argos High School.   Oliver Ford Lincoln in Plymouth is hosting a Lincoln Driven to Given event at the Argos Schools this Saturday from 9 ... Read more...

County Council Supportive of Build-out for Health Department in CRC

Members of the Marshall County Council put their support behind additional appropriation to fund the moving of the Health Department to the Community Resource Center.   On Monday Commissioner Kurt Garner said, “After working about a ... Read more...

Shane Weedling Surprised Prosecutor with Guilty Plea for Murder of Serenity Wilson

With less than two weeks before the murder trial of Shane Weedling was to start, Marshall County prosecutors were surprised when a plea deal was offered by Weedling and his attorney, Tom Black. Superior Court Judge Robert Bowen accepted ... Read more...

Mishler: Indiana Senate Republicans Offering Paid Internships

The Indiana Senate Republican Caucus is offering paid, spring-semester internships in its legislative, legal, policy, communications and information technology offices during the 2017 session of the General Assembly, said State Sen. Ryan ... Read more...

Donnelly Receives Guardian of Small Business Award

Washington, D.C. – Thursday, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) presented its Guardian of Small Business Award to U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly in recognition of his work on policies that support small businesses in ... Read more...

House Passes Bipartisan Walorski Bill to Stop Gitmo Transfers

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (IN-02) Thursday released the following statement after her bill to temporarily block all Guantanamo Bay detainee transfers passed the House by a bipartisan vote of 244 to 174: “After the latest report that two ... Read more...

Bourbon Town Board Pledges Additional $7,500 for Fiber-optic Project

Much of the discussion during Tuesday night’s Bourbon town meeting centered on securing additional funding for a proposed fiber optic project. Council President, Les McFarland, said many local businesses have pledged donations totaling ... Read more...

Potawatomi Wildlife Park Hosts 24th Annual Family Fishing Derby Saturday

Potawatomi Wildlife Park at 16998 State Road 331 in Tippecanoe will host their 24th annual Family Fishing Derby this Saturday (9/17/16). Families are invited to bring the whole family out to enjoy a morning of quality fall family time. The ... Read more...

NILES SCREAM PARK READY FOR 2016

The nationally renowned Niles Scream Park is ready to officially start autumn by scaring the “yell” out of you with six different haunted attractions. This year marks the 43rd consecutive year of their annual fright festival. The gates ... Read more...

Bourbon Police Chief Reports Department Activity to Town Board

Bourbon Chief of Police, Bill Martin , presented his August activity report to the Town Council this week. During the month his five officers logged a total of 4,061 miles covering patrols and other duties. Among other items, Bourbon ... Read more...

100th Anniversary Celebration for Plymouth Church of the Brethren this Sunday

The Plymouth Church of the Brethren will be celebrating their 100th Anniversary as a congregation in a special Homecoming Worship and Celebration Event this Sunday, September 18. Festivities begin at 9:30 a.m. with worship service which ... Read more...

12th Annual Hot Rod Drag Week Travels Through Plymouth

Hundreds of drag racing competitors traveled through Plymouth Wednesday, in the middle of the five day drag racing event that covers more than 1,000 miles in the same car, with the same engine in a race to determine who will earn the title ... Read more...

Yellow River Bank Stabilization Project at Footbridge Underway

The bank stabilization project on the Yellow River that Marshall County has been working on for more that 6 years is beginning to take shape.   In 2012 the stabilization project was bid with the cost a shocking $460,000 to $658,000. ... Read more...

Airport Board Updated on Multiple Projects

After Tuesday night’s aviation board meeting, a number of projects are proceeding.   The AWOS equipment has arrived ad the EPA approvals are complete. The project needs a final approval which is expected to be here in a week and ... Read more...

Bourbon Continues Work Cleaning Up Properties

The Town of Bourbon mirrors many other towns and cities throughout the state as they continue to deal with vacant houses. During the Town Council meeting on September 13, Bill Keyser of Zoning/Building spoke to the efforts to contact ... Read more...

Haddix Arrested for OWI

Officer Nick Laffoon with the Marshall County Police Department was investigating an incident Saturday (9/10/16) night about 11:30 near the intersection of Redwood Road and Lincoln Highway. While on this call he observed a vehicle driving ... Read more...

County Board of Finance Meets, Seeks Proposal for Cash Management Accounts

Earlier this month the Marshal County Board of Finance met to begin the process of bidding out the county’s cash management accounts for the next 2-year period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018.   Board of Finance ... Read more...

Hammond Man Arrested for Operator Never Licensed

Just after 10 Tuesday (9/13/16) night Officer Bragg conducted a traffic stop near U.S. 30 and S.R. 331.  During his investigation it was determined that 42 year old Manuel Alejandro Repasi  of Hammond didn’t have a driver’s license. ... Read more...