Local & State News

A traffic stop Saturday night by County Police Officer Giordana landed a Rochester man in the Marshall County Jail.   About 9:20 July 2nd Officer Giordano stopped a vehicle on US 31 near 11th Road. The driver, 41 year old Andy ... Read more...

Have you visited the newest member of the Plymouth Park Department family? Price’s Memorial Park at 205 Plymouth Goshen Trail was donated to the City of Plymouth by the Price family this year and is now open to the public!  This ... Read more...

This past Saturday July 2, an officer with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department arrested 47 year old Anthony Trusty of Rochester just before midnight.   The traffic stop on US 31 near 12B Road and Trusty was lodged in the ... Read more...

Encore Performing Arts’ Summer Performance Series at the Young Amphitheater features Ultrafab Band this Friday, July 8. The group based in South Bend is a five-piece that boasts “anything that makes you dance!” band!! Ultrafab is the ... Read more...

  Miss Indiana State Fair 2016, Tate Fritchley will be a guest at the Marshall County 4-H Fair on July 20th.   Fritchley is the 58th Miss Indiana State Fair and was crowned in January. She is a native of Vanderburgh County. A 10 ... Read more...

Residents of Miller’s Assisted Living celebrated Independence Day in each others company on the screened in back porch. Activity Director, Cindy Flagg and volunteers Juanita Stapan and Kathy Ambrose served a delicious red, white and blue ... Read more...

  The Plymouth City Chambers were packed with concerned neighbors Tuesday night at Nicholas and Anneka Spaid from Bremen requested a variance of development standard to allow farming at 10714 Muckshaw Road.   The Spaids want ... Read more...

Plymouth will soon have a new Kroger Fuel Center after the City Board of Zoning Appeals approved four variances making it possible to locate the facility immediately south of Burger King in the Plymouth Plaza.   During Tuesday ... Read more...

  Tuesday night members of the Plymouth Park Board were updated on the Summer Sippin Craft Brew Fest that was held in River Park Square on Saturday, June 25th.   Promoter Tony Gamble told the park board they had 754 paid ... Read more...

  The Marshall County Commissioners were given an update on the Hickory Road Bridge replacement project over the Yellow River during Tuesday’s meeting.   Laurie Johnson from DLZ said three of the four parcels needed for the ... Read more...

  Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel released the June Jail Activity Report.   Operating While Intoxicated is at the top of the list of reasons while people were booked into the jail. Failure to Appear was number two followed by ... Read more...

A community visitation for former Plymouth Community School teacher, Bob Pickell will be held on Thursday, July 7th, 2016 from 3:30 p.m. unitl 7:00 p.m. in the Plymouth High School auditorium. Guest can enter through the north set of doors ... Read more...

With summer temperatures heating up, Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) is introducing a new program that enables customers to receive and personalize home energy use information in a dynamic, digital report called “My ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces the closure of State Road 331 between 18 B Road and 19th Road, just south of Tippecanoe in Marshall County on Monday, July 11 through Friday, July 15. Norfolk Southern Railroad ... Read more...

Members of the Triton Jr.-Sr. High School Art Club recently took a trip to Europe. They started off in Paris, seeing the Eiffel Tower, Cathedral of Notre Dame and the catacombs. They then took a night train to Venice where they enjoyed a ... Read more...

Diane Overmyer from Warsaw is known for her Plein Air Art and Heartland Artists Gallery is pleased to offer her results of this painting technique to the community. En plein air or plein air painting, is a phrase borrowed from the French ... Read more...

Elkhart resident Oscar M. Mendoza, 37, recently pled guilty in Marion County Criminal Court Three to unemployment insurance fraud, a Class C Felony. Through the use of agency records, an Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) ... Read more...

  Jesse Bohannon announced through Facebook Tuesday evening his intentions to apply this week for the open position on the Bremen School Board.   In his post he said, “The great public encouragement I received following this ... Read more...

  Monday the Marshall County Commissioners received the Road & Bridge Asset Management Plans during their meeting. Jason Peters, Supervisor of County Highways presented the plans that are required to be in place to be eligible for ... Read more...

State Representative Tim Harman (R-Bremen) said Hoosiers should be aware of several new laws and many were effective as of July 1. Indiana is the meth lab capital of the country. With more than 1,500 incidents in 2015, Indiana has led the ... Read more...