Local & State News

County Drainage Board and Commissioners Meeting on Monday

The Marshall County Drainage Board and County Commissioners will meet Monday morning beginning at 8:30 in the morning. The Drainage Board meets at 8:30 in the second floor meeting room of the County Building.  Their agenda includes ... Read more...

Donate to OQC Stocking Project for the Troops

While most of us are preparing for fall and Halloween, Operation Quiet Comfort is already thinking about Christmas. They are preparing to fill 1,000 stocking for the troops who are being treated in medical facilities and for the staff that ... Read more...

Ancilla Increased Enrollment

At a time when most small colleges are losing students and some closing doors, Ancilla College is happy to announce a 21 percent enrollment increase for the 2015-16 school year. With the addition of new academic and athletic programs and ... Read more...

Triton Students Package Meals for “Feed My Staring Children”

Triton Elementary 5th and 6th grade students teamed up with the Triton Varsity Boys Basketball team to pack over 40,000 meals that will feed 95 under-nourished children for an entire year as part of the “Feed My Starving ... Read more...

PHS Hosts 6th Annual Life Skills Halloween Dance!

From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, students PHS and area schools who are part of the Life Skills classes had a ghostly good time hosting the 6th annual Life Skills Halloween Dance in the multipurpose room at Plymouth High School! Close ... Read more...

Chip Sealing Preserves 1,200 Miles of Highway in 2015

As temperatures begin to drop, Indiana Department of Transportation maintenance crews have completed chip seal projects for 2015, preserving more than 1,200 lane miles of state roads with a surface treatment designed to protect and extend ... Read more...

Cold Weather is on its Way….Heating Safety Tips

With a Freeze Watch in effect, and temperatures that are expected to drop into the upper 20’s to lower 30’s from Saturday evening through Sunday morning, a lot of folks will be  looking for ways to stay warm.  For many, that may mean ... Read more...

Freeze Watch in Saturday Night

The National Weather Service in northern Indiana has issued a FREEZE WATCH which is in effect from Saturday evening though Sunday morning. Temperatures are expected to drop into the upper 20s to lower 30s for several hours Saturday night. ... Read more...

3rd Quarter City Building Permits

During the third quarter of 2015 the Plymouth Building Commissioner issued permits for projects valued at an estimated $5.4 million. For the same period in 2014 the estimated construction was $4.2 million. A total of 62 building permits ... Read more...

September Activity Report for Plymouth PD

Plymouth Police Chief, Dave Bacon released the September Activity Report during Monday’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting. City officers responded to 570 complaints last month and there were 566 calls for information.  ... Read more...

Plymouth Man Arrested by Starke County Police for Robbery & Aggravated Battery

On Wednesday, October 7th an officer with the Starke County Sheriff’s Department responded to IU Hospital in regards to a subject in the Emergency Room that appeared to have been assaulted. Officers spoke to several subjects who brought ... Read more...

High Speed Chase Ends with K9s Locating Driver in Ditch

On Thursday October 15, at approximately 2:30 in the morning an officer with the Marshall County Police Department attempted a traffic stop on a 2000 Dodge Neon for an equipment violation on US 30 in the area of King Road.  The vehicle ... Read more...

Plymouth Merchants to Register with Chamber to Participate in Trick-or-Treat

The Plymouth Chamber of Commerce will host their annual Downtown Trick or Treat on Saturday, October 31st from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. The event begins a 1 p.m. with a costume parade on Michigan Street. In an effort to provide the safest Trick ... Read more...

Saint Joseph Mobile Unit Offers Mammograms

Saint Joseph Health System’s Mobile Medical Unit will be at the Community Resource Center, 510 West Adams Street in Plymouth on Wednesday, October 28th from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Mammograms will be available and Women’s ... Read more...

Starke County Sheriff Arrests North Judson Man for Aggravated Battery

Last Friday about 3:40 in the morning Starke County Sheriff’s Officers responded to IU Starke Hospital in regards to a subject in the Emergency room with a stab wound. Detectives spoke to the victim, who said he was in an altercation and ... Read more...

Tickets Still Available for Ancilla’s Changing Lives Scholarship Dinner Nov. 6th

The third annual Changing Lives Scholarship Dinner will be held at Swan Lake Resort on Friday November 6, starting at 6:00 P.M. Guests will enjoy a social hour followed by a delicious meal prepared by the exceptional culinary staff at Swan ... Read more...

NILES HAUNTED HOUSE ENTERTAINS 1,000,000th VISITOR

The Niles Scream Park welcomed visitor number 1,000,000 on Sunday, October 11. The lucky individual is Lori Keller of LaPorte, Indiana. As a result of her good fortune, she received a special “ghost pack” from the Niles Scream Park. ... Read more...

Indiana Has Most Registrants Among 14 States in Earthquake Drill

Nearly 700,000 Hoosiers registered to participate in the 2015 Great Central U.S. ShakeOut earthquake drill – the most out of 14 states in the Central U.S. region. The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut is an opportunity for participants from ... Read more...

ICP Classes Visit Oliver Ford Lincoln for Practical Application of Knowledge

On Monday, six of the Lincoln Jr. High School’s ICP (Integrated Chemistry and Physics) classes visited Oliver Ford Lincoln in Plymouth as part of the project-based learning taught by Mr. Bob Garrity. The purpose of the off-site adventure ... Read more...

Plymouth LP Gas Donates to Ounce of Prevention

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Plymouth LP Gas presented a check during their customer appreciation day on Wednesday. For the second year in a row, on Fridays during the summer months Plymouth LP Gas allowed customers to fill ... Read more...