Local & State News

The 2015 Indiana College Completion Report released earlier this month by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education showed the number of Hoosiers earning bachelor’s degrees in four years or less has increased by nearly seven ... Read more...

Governor Mike Pence has declared a period of mourning in the wake of last week’s shooting in Tennessee which took the lives of four U.S. Marines and one Navy Sailor and is directing flags at state facilities statewide to be flown at ... Read more...

Andy Hartley, Assistant Superintendent for the Plymouth Community School Corporation is reminding parents and students of registration dates and important information for this school year. If parents have not completed the online ... Read more...

The regulating of the water level at Lake of the Woods has been in dispute between the lake association and area farmers for years. On Monday Marvin Houin, a farmer close to the lake appeared before the Marshall County Drainage Board to ... Read more...

The State of Indiana has more than 4,000  Children In Need of Services (CHINS) around the state, Marshall County is not seeing anyone children on a waiting list.  In fact, on Monday CASA Director Haley Kittrell said, “Our caseload went ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is warning drivers of potential delays on the State Road 23 bridge over Yellow Bank Creek, between Shivley Road and Walnut Road, near Walkerton on Wednesday, July 22nd through Friday, July ... Read more...

Last week, Alicia Dennie, a Plymouth High School Junior, traveled to Beaumont, Texas to compete in the 57th USTA baton twirling championships.  Hundreds of twirlers from all over the country were in Beaumont to compete against the best in ... Read more...

Oliver Ford Lincoln and the Argos Community Schools Athletic Department will host a fundraising event this Saturday, July 25th. A Lincoln Driven to Give event is scheduled from 9 a.m. until noon with participants raising $20 for each test ... Read more...

Marshall County Police Officer Rob Hafke investigated a two vehicle accident Saturday that sent a Plymouth man to Memorial Hospital in South Bend via helicopter. Just after 2 p.m. 72 year old Dennis Elliot of Plymouth was traveling north ... Read more...

Developed by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, Indiana Grown is a new statewide program encouraging Hoosiers to support locally produced agricultural products. IN State Senator Randy Head said, “The initiative enriches and ... Read more...

Enrollment is now in progress for the next school year for Marshall Starke Head Start. Head Start is a free preschool that promotes school readiness for children three to five years of age.  The mission of the program is to enhance the ... Read more...

The Plymouth Public Library Summer Reading Program, EVERY HERO HAS A STORY,was very successful due to the generosity of the Friends of the Library, local businesses, organizations, and volunteers.  A sincere thank you goes to the Friends ... Read more...

The brand new P.E. uniforms that Lincoln Junior High Red Storm students will wear during P.E. this school year have arrived. The uniforms will be available for $15 during the iParent meetings at Lincoln Junior High on July 27, Open School ... Read more...

In honor of recognizing the achievement of the area’s alternative education students, Ancilla College is awarding their “Ancilla Alternative Achievement Award” to two students from the Crossing Educational Center who persevered to ... Read more...

The National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook issued at 6:42 am this morning, lists Marshall County as being at a marginal risk of seeing severe weather for today. Damaging winds may be the main threat, but once again locally ... Read more...

When Indiana’s part-time legislature is not in session, lawmakers are assigned to interim study committees that meet to review the state’s top issues, which are identified by the General Assembly during the prior legislative session. ... Read more...

Bremen’s Police Chief, Matt Hassel reported on his department’s activity for July 10th through the 16th.  The Bremen Police Department issued a total of45 traffic warnings and 4 traffic citations. On July 15th Bremen officers ... Read more...

The Marshall County Drainage Board and Commissioners will meet Monday morning beginning at 8:30 in the second floor meeting room of the County Building. Agenda for the drainage board meeting includes Marvin Houin talking about the U.S.G.S. ... Read more...

Indianapolis – Effective immediately, Governor Mike Pence has directed Indiana Adjutant General, Major General Courtney Carr in cooperation with the Indiana State Police, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and local law ... Read more...

Washington, D.C. — U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly Thursday helped the Senate pass the bipartisan Every Child Achieves Act, which would reauthorize and update the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The bill, which would ... Read more...