Local & State News

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces the end of U.S. 31 Northbound closures, between Kern Road and the U.S. 20 Bypass. Around 9:30 a.m. today crews began setting 100,000 pound bridge beams over ... Read more...

Four staff members are retiring from Triton School Corporation after more than 75 years of service.    Mary Ann Broeker has been a Librarian with the school system for 26 years.  Pete Foster the band and choir teacher has served the ... Read more...

The second round of the Northern Indiana Pizza Wars came to a close Sunday night. Over 76,000 votes were cast through the first two rounds of the competition, blowing last year’s Burger Wars numbers out of the water.  Last year’s ... Read more...

Through the “What’s the Matter” Project, Riverside Innovation Academy 6th grade students researched the forms and or properties of matter by looking at the formation and creation of potholes on our communities roads. ... Read more...

Today, June 1, 2015, the Indiana State Police announced there were 2,973 tickets issued for seat belt law violations over the course of the seat belt enforcement program that ran from May 15th through May 31st.  This number only ... Read more...

While working Operation Pull Over on Saturday afternoon May 30th, Marshall County Police Officer Les McFarland stopped a vehicle traveling 77 mph in a 60 mph zone.  During the traffic stop, it was found that the driver, Carl Roberts, age ... Read more...

When Nick and Beth Parker exchanged their wedding vows in September, 2013, they had no idea how soon they would face for better or for worse due to almost unthinkable circumstances. By June of 2014, Nick began having symptoms of kidney ... Read more...

On Thursday, May 28, LaPaz police initiated a traffic stop in the parking lot of Burger King.  The vehicle was stopped for an unsafe start, after the officer observed the driver taking off at a high rate of speed, causing items to fall ... Read more...

Saturday, June 27th   a deputy with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department clocked a motorcycle in access of 100 mph on US 30.  The officer caught up with the vehicle and attempted to make a traffic stop.  The driver of the ... Read more...

On Wednesday, May 27th Plymouth Police Officer Ben McIntyre was dispatched to Wal-Mart for a possible theft. 21 year old Camden Dutton of Warsaw and 20 year old Storm Kinsey of Bourbon were seen concealing items on their persons and then ... Read more...

The weekly Bremen Police Department activity report for May 22nd through May 28th has 34 traffic warning being issued and 28 traffic citations being issued by Bremen officers. Bremen Police investigate two crashes last week, on the 22nd at ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners will meet Monday morning at 8:30 in their second floor meeting room of the County Building.  Agenda for the meeting includes an update on the 7th Road Project and the wetland mitigation project. Judy ... Read more...

When Mei Guan first came to the Plymouth Schools on October, 29. 2012 to start their first course in Chinese, she understood that she would probably have to return to China within three years. But after an extremely long and difficult ... Read more...

Emergency crews were dispatched to the intersection of US 31 and Michigan Road, south of Plymouth Friday morning about 11:45 for a three vehicle crash. 26 year old Sierra Winters of Argos was traveling northbound on US 31 near 12B Road in ... Read more...

The Director of Safety and Security, Jim Phillips, for the Plymouth Schools tendered his resignation effective June 1, but improvements made under his watch over the last two years will continue to provide a higher level of protection for ... Read more...

On Friday, May 29th Marshall County Dispatch advised of an accident on Lincoln Highway east of Hawthorn Road.  A white Cadillac ran over some mailboxes and the drive was seen leaving the scene on foot heading east. Officer Matt Geiger ... Read more...

On Tuesday, May 26th Starke County Chief Detective, Rob Olejniczak and K9, Terror conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that had no windshield on 500N/700E in Hamlet.  The driver was 34 year old Shannon Watts and the passenger in her ... Read more...

27 year old Anthony J. Wells of Elkhart was arrested on Thursday, May 28th at 4:50 for Driving While Suspended with a prior charge. Plymouth Officer Ben McIntyre conducted a traffic stop at Plymouth Goshen Trail and US 30.  The ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board will meet on Tuesday, June 2 at 6:00 P.M. for an Executive Session and at 7:00 P.M. for a regularly scheduled meeting. The regular session is open to the public; however, comments from the audience are limited to ... Read more...

SOUTH BEND – The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces two days of periodic 20 minute closures of U.S. 31, between the U.S. 20 Bypass interchange and the Kern Road interchange, on Monday and Tuesday, June 1-2. Only ... Read more...