Local & State News

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly Monday met with organizations supporting his “Servicemember and Veteran Mental Health Care Package” (“Care Package”) to discuss the importance of improving mental health outcomes ... Read more...

Maria Center is hosting the presentation, The Story That Changed How We Think About Aging Gracefully May 21, 2015 from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. at The Center at Donaldson in the Hardesty Room in Ancilla College. This presentation is free and ... Read more...

Monday morning at 10:30, 20 year old Fabian Roman Rubio of Lake of the Woods was charged with Murder, Sexual Misconduct with a Minor and Abuse of a Corpse.  Rubio was read charges this morning as he sits in the Marshal County Jail on ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners will hold their first meeting of May today beginning at 8:30 a.m. in their second floor meeting room of the County Building. Agenda for the meeting includes an update of the 7th Road construction project ... Read more...

The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) reminds citiznes that BMV license branches located in counties that have May 2015 elections will extend hours of operation on Monday, May 4 and on Tuesday, May 5 to issue ID cards and ... Read more...

Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter attended a couple ribbon cuttings this weekend. Friday morning he was at Plymouth True Value at 1920 North Oak Road. Manager Gabe said they found the location in Plymouth to be a prime spot on the south side of ... Read more...

The annual Changing Lives Scholarship Dinner event for Ancilla College will be held on Friday, November 6, 2015 at the Swan Lake Resort.  Plan now to attend and join the college as they honor John Chandler with the Ancilla Award and Randy ... Read more...

Indiana schools administrators understand the need to function within a budget; however, changes in the funding formula by the state have made it difficult to know how much to expect. Although legislators unveiled a roughly $32 billion, ... Read more...

Indiana counties are a little richer today. In July 2014, Lilly Endowment Inc. announced a statewide challenge grant to community foundations, totaling $66 million, with incentives that include a $1-for-$1 dollar match. The Endowment ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board will meet on May 5 for both an executive session and a regularly scheduled meeting. The executive session will begin at 6:30 P.M., followed by the regular meeting at approximately 7:00 P.M.  The executive session ... Read more...

On Thursday, April 30th at 4:15 P.M. the Plymouth Police were called by the Holiday Inn Express of possible drug activity. The suspects were both inside and outside the hotel. Officer Bridget Hite responded and located 26 year old Crystal ... Read more...

Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney Nelson Chipman announced Friday the ranking of offices in their child support collection efforts throughout Indiana.  “I am very pleased to announce that Marshall County ranked number one throughout ... Read more...

Indiana Conservation Officer’s Sportsmen’s Benevolence Fund (SBF) program was used by Indiana deer hunters to donate a record 1,756 deer to feed hungry Hoosiers this past deer season. A total of 81,715 pounds of venison was used by ... Read more...

The Indiana General Assembly concluded the 2015 legislative session this week. State Senator Randy Head said, “Lawmakers advanced legislation that strengthens education, maintains our fiscal stability and supports Hoosiers across the ... Read more...

The Triton High School band and choir participated at district contest last week and each group earned a “gold” rating. The contest was held at Concord. Mr. Pete Foster is the conductor of both the band and the choir. He will ... Read more...

Throughout the country, Historic Preservation Month is observed each May. With that in mind, Culver-Union Township Public Library has invited Marshall County architectural expert Kurt Garner to help us celebrate our Centennial year. Kurt ... Read more...

Thursday evening the Marshall County office of the Indiana Department of Child Services held their third annual Pinwheels for Prevention.  This event is to raise the message of prevention. Local Director Michael Carroll presented Marshall ... Read more...

United Way of Marshall County celebrated another successful campaign, announced the allocations from the 2014 campaign and kicked off the 2015 campaign Thursday night a Christo’s Banquet Center in Plymouth. Francis Ellert, President of ... Read more...

Plymouth Fire Chief, Rod Miller presented members of the Board of Public Works and Safety with this department’s March activity report. There were a total of 157 alarm calls in March.  123 were for EMS while 11 times emergency ... Read more...

After learning that Argos Fire or EMS didn’t have the correct oxygen apparatus to assist small animals, a local citizen set out to find them the equipment they needed. Tracy Stockman found out that two kittens were in a structure fire on ... Read more...