Local & State News

Oliver Ford Lincoln Earns 16th President’s Award

How fitting that, as March Madness fever builds, Oliver Ford Lincoln in Plymouth is experiencing their own “Sweet 16”!  Oliver Ford Lincoln received notice this week that they have earned their 16th President’s Award for customer ... Read more...

Wednesday City Officers Arrest 2 on Warrants

City Police officers served warrants on two individuals Wednesday. About 3 o’clock Officer Jeremy Enyart was contacted by a Federal ICE Agent who was at 420 South Walnut Street with a subject who had an active warrant through Marshall ... Read more...

Public Input Requested for Active Transportation Plan

In March and April, residents throughout Marshall, Elkhart, Kosciusko, and St. Joseph counties will have the opportunity to participate in an important Active Transportation Plan sponsored by the Michiana Area Council of Governments ... Read more...

Plymouth Rotary Hosts Indianapolis Motor Speedway Historian Donald Davidson in 100th Anniversary Year

The Plymouth Rotary Club is pleased to announce Donald Davidson, official Historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, as their luncheon speaker on March 21st, at Noon at Christo’s Banquet Center.  The public is invited to attend. ... Read more...

Rodriquez Arrested on Multiple Charges

On Thursday, March 17, at approximately 2:45 in the morning 25 year old Vincent J. Rodriguez of Kokomo was arrested by County Police.  During a traffic stop for on US 31 near 13th Road, County Police suspected that Rodriquez was ... Read more...

Jefferson Preschoolers Learn About Tractors

Jefferson Elementary preschoolers from Miss Lizzy and Miss Carolinas class had a hands-on learning opportunity when the local John Deere dealer brought a tractor to the school in Plymouth. Preschool students were shown the different parts ... Read more...

Senior Citizen Prom at PHS

It was a night of good music, food and fun at the senior citizen annual prom held Wednesday night at Plymouth High School. Local nursing homes bussed their residents to the front doors of PHS. Once inside PHS students escorted seniors to ... Read more...

FOP Supplies Baskets and Bikes for Easter Giveaway

Plymouth FOP 195 , WTCA and the downtown merchants have teamed up to offer one lucky boy and one lucky girl a chance to win an Easter Basket full of goodies and a brand new bike. The give-away is for kids ages 5 to 12 and there is NO ... Read more...

ERIC AND GARRETT SAUNDERS ANNOUNCED AS NEW DRIVERS TO THE TOPP MOTORSPORTS TEAM

TOPP Motorsports is proud to announce the addition of two talented drivers to the TOPP Motorsports team – brother racing duo Eric and Garrett Saunders. Both Eric and Garrett will be racing in the new DIRTcar Pro-Sprint Car Series at the ... Read more...

Feb. 2016 Marshall County Jail Report

Marshall County Sheriff Matt Hassel released the 2016 February Jail Report. The top ten offenses for being booked into the county jail are: #10 Public Intoxication, #9 Resisting Law Enforcement, #8 Dealing in Cocaine or Meth, #7 Possession ... Read more...

Deleon Arrested for DWS

Monday afternoon about four, Plymouth Police Officers Ben McIntyre observed a blue Nissan near Washington and Michigan Streets.  The driver, he recognized as having her driving privileges suspend.  Following a traffic stop, 40 year old ... Read more...

2015 Annual Report for County Health Department

Members of the Marshall County Health Board received copies of the 2015 Annual Report during their meeting Tuesday night. The County Health Department has one full-time environmentalist, Dean Schmidlapp, to oversee the approximate 230 ... Read more...

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Inducts New Members

DONALDSON – Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of two-year colleges, inducted 23 new members from Ancilla College for the spring semester in a formal ceremony Sunday, March 13 at Ancilla’s campus. Those inducted to ... Read more...

McFarland Named School Business Official of the Year

Indiana Association of School Business Officials (IASBO) recently announced that the District Two winner of the “School Business Official of the Year” Award is Mr. Tom McFarland. Mr. McFarland serves as the business official ... Read more...

Bremen Post to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint

St. Joseph County – The Indiana State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in St. Joseph County during the evening hours this Friday.  The checkpoint is in conjunction with the Operation Pull Over Period Blitz #85, “Aggressive ... Read more...

Pilgrims Close Season with Banquet and Awards

Tuesday night the Plymouth Pilgrims Basketball team held their award banquet at PHS.  Coach Ryan Bales announced the 2015-2016 Basketball Awards Winners:     LETTERWINNERS ( from left to right) are: Travis Owen, Jack Barron, Ty ... Read more...

Redevelopment Commission Discusses Variety of Topics

While the agenda for the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission had very little on it, members brought several subject to the table Tuesday evening. City Attorney Sean Surrisi said the Robert Henry Corporation will complete the downtown brick ... Read more...

County Council Approvals

It was a quick meeting for the Marshall County Council Monday/ Sheriff, Matt Hassel was granted approval to begin the hiring process for a Court Security Officer. A retirement that will be effective on May 31st is the reason for the ... Read more...

Bison-tennial Approved by City Board of Works

Bison are coming to Marshall County.  As part of the State’s Bison-tennial project, a 100 pound fiberglass bison will stand proudly in front of the Marshall County Museum after receiving approval from the Plymouth Board of Public Works ... Read more...

January Indiana Employment Repor

Indiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 4.6 percent in January. (Due to the yearly federal benchmarking process, December’s unemployment rate was revised upward to 4.6 percent.) The Hoosier labor force maintained a ... Read more...