Local & State News

Sunday, July 3rd Officer Ben McIntyre with the Plymouth Police Department was advised by an off duty officer that Chris Scott had an active warrant and he had just seen him entering Walmart.   As Officer McIntyre arrived at Walmart ... Read more...

  Plymouth Police are investigating an accidental shooting early Sunday morning. City police were dispatched to the 100 block of South Center Street shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday for a 14 year old boy was shot in the stomach. Officer ... Read more...

Philip Gulley, the voice of small-town American life, is coming to the Bremen Public Library Thursday, July 28 at 6:30 in the evening. He will share inspirational and humorous anecdotes from his books, including his memoir, I Love You, ... Read more...

The Marshall County Museum has two events scheduled Friday, July 15, the next Brown Bag program and a book signing and sale of a publication that both showcase Indiana’s historic highways and byways.   First, local architect and ... Read more...

The American Red Cross has issued an emergency call for blood and platelets, urging all eligible donors to give now to replenish an extremely low summer blood supply.   Blood donations have fallen short of hospital needs for the past ... Read more...

The Plymouth Park Department and Miller’s Assisted Living Community are asking seniors to join the fun of the Senior Classic Games which will take place on July 17th through July 21st.   This event is held to promote a healthy and ... Read more...

  Bremen Police Chief, Keith Kile released his department’s activity report for June 24th through June 30th.   Bremen officers issued a total of 76 traffic warning during the reporting period and 24 citations.   Two ... Read more...

  Visitation for Bob Pickell will be held on Thursday, July 7th from 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. in the Plymouth High School Auditorium. Johnson Danielson Funeral Home asks that you enter only through the north set of doors labeled as ... Read more...

  The Marshall County Commissioners will meet on Tuesday due to the 4th of July holiday on Monday.   They have a short agenda for the meeting.   Laurie Baker and Jason Peters from the County Highway top the agenda followed ... Read more...

The Plymouth Rotary Club will host its Annual Rotary Pancake Days July 15th and 16th from 7AM till 1PM at the usual location: the tent on Garro Street, just west of Michigan Street in Downtown Plymouth. Rotary Pancake Days, which has been ... Read more...

  U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, visited Hoosier service members serving in Afghanistan the Fourth of July. Donnelly said, “It was an honor to spend Independence Day with Hoosiers who ... Read more...

  The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is alerting drivers to lane closures at the State Road 17, between State Road 8 and Olive Trail, near Plymouth, Tuesday, July 5 through the middle of August. Crews will repair and ... Read more...

INDIANAPOLIS—A lifesaving medication that can reverse opioid overdoses is easier to obtain in Indiana under a new statewide standing order issued by State Health Commissioner Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H. Dr. Adams Friday issued a standing ... Read more...

  Robert Pickell, a teacher who just retired last month from the Plymouth Community School passed away Friday evening unexpectedly.   Bob Pickell was in his attic and fell through the floor onto the cement garage floor. He was ... Read more...

The Indiana State Police, in partnership with the Governor’s Council on Impaired & Dangerous Driving and the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI), would like to remind all Indiana motorists to celebrate July Fourth responsibly ... Read more...

  The Bremen Police Department evacuated a four block radius around Woodie’s Supermarket at the corner of Plymouth and Bowen Streets for a major gas leak Thursday afternoon about 2:30. A contractor working for INDOT hit a gas line ... Read more...

After a year-long selection process, the Plymouth Church of the Brethren welcomes Pastor Tom Anders to fill the position as the full-time pastor.   Tom comes from Logansport, where he was born and reared.  He began his career as an ... Read more...

This week the Plymouth City Council unanimously approved appropriating the maximum amount of matching grant funds for Indiana’s Community Crossings grant program. The state program is allowing communities to apply for up to a million ... Read more...

The project team for the Reynolds Topeka Electric System Improvement Project is informing all the property owners, area residents and other stakeholders that have been following the project that transmission line construction is expected ... Read more...

The Marshall County Museum is currently reworking the children’s area on the main floor of the museum. A new theme for the area will feature the importance of agriculture with a farm to table design. Working with the Weidner School ... Read more...