Local & State News

Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter will host his first Blood Drive of the summer season at the Farmer’s Market this Saturday, May 23th. The South Bend Medical Foundation will bring an air-conditioned mobile lab for folks that want to donate.  ... Read more...

Three seniors in the Plymouth High School Acting Class presented their One-Act plays on May 16 to family and friends. According to teacher, Charlotte Tyree, those seniors in the 3rd trimester class who wanted to try their hands at ... Read more...

The Menominee Elementary third grade enrichment group put on a “Living Museum” Monday in the schools’ gymnasium.  In all, 18 students are involved in the enrichment group.   Each student had the opportunity to pick an ... Read more...

Washington, D.C. — Following U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly’s reintroduction of bipartisan legislation to combat heroin use and prescription drug abuse epidemics with Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), more than a half dozen Indiana ... Read more...

Captain Dan Butt with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department stepped in for Sheriff Chamberlin Monday during the Commissioner’s meeting to officially show the two plaques of appreciation for retiring Merit Board members that will be ... Read more...

Twelve outstanding graduating seniors of Plymouth High School were inducted into the Academic Hall of Fame on May 17, 2015. James Condon, principal of PHS, said, “One of the things we ask incoming freshman is “What will your legacy be ... Read more...

Plymouth High School held their annual Senior Awards Ceremony Friday morning in the Varsity Gymnasium. Athletic Awards were the first item of business.  Mrs. Gwen Calvert and Mr. Tony Gamble presented the Athletic Booster Club Scholar ... Read more...

Marshall County Police Officer Robert Hafke is investigating a single vehicle accident that occurred Sunday evening at 8:30 on 20th Road west of Birch Road. The adult male operator of a moped traveling eastbound on 20th Road west of Birch ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners approved change order number one for the wetland mitigation site for the 7th Road project during their meeting Monday.  The change order, in the amount of $7,963 was necessary to remove the buildup of ... Read more...

The National Honor Society Induction Ceremony was held on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. in the Plymouth High School auditorium. Thirty-five students were accepted into the PHS National Honor Society. NHS student president Jessica Stillson said, ... Read more...

If you’ve ever wanted to attend a High Tea at Downtown Abbey, be sure not to miss the Ladies’ Tea and Fashion Show on Sunday, May 24 at 2:00 PM in the Penske building at the Culver Woodcraft Camp. You’ve seen fashion week in New ... Read more...

Students in sixth grade at Triton Elementary School wind down the year learning about electricity. Students pictured were experimenting with an Electromagnetic lab. Pictured: (back) Abby Viers (front) Jessica Soriano .   Jolene Howard ... Read more...

Kent Abernathy, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), announced today that all BMV license branches will be closed Saturday, May 23 through Monday, May 25 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. All branches ... Read more...

Notice: The Culver-Union Township Public Library will be closed from 1 pm to 5 pm on Tuesday May 19 for in-staff training. The library hours that day will be: 9 am-1 pm open 1 pm-5 pm closed 5 pm-8 ... Read more...

Standard & Poor’s (S&P), one of the nation’s three leading bond-rating agencies, has upgraded the City of Plymouth’s bond rating from A to A+ based upon a “recent trend of strong financial performance.” The financial ... Read more...

On Friday the Marshall County Election Board certified the Municipal Primary Election results in a meeting which was continued from May 4th.  There were no provisional votes or emergency ballots and the numbers stayed the same from ... Read more...

The Indiana State Teachers’ Association and the 1F District Council offer the ISTA Foundation for the Improvement of Education (IFIE) scholarship every year to provide financial support to children, stepchildren, grandchildren and ... Read more...

Indiana Conservation Officers will be joining other states in observing National Safe Boating week May 16-22, 2015.  This public awareness campaign is just prior to Memorial Day weekend, which many people consider the kickoff to the ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners will meet Monday, May 18th beginning at 9:30 a.m. in their second floor meeting room of the County Building. Agenda for the meeting includes a change order request from Bart Trester from USI for the 7th ... Read more...

More than 80 community scholarships were awarded to top seniors in the 2015 graduating class of Plymouth High school.  All of the community scholarships were awarded by surprise as the event unfolded. Students were also recognized for ... Read more...