Local & State News

On Friday, December 19th the body of 15 year old Desirae Ann Kathryn Jones from Bremen was found by a walker about 8 o’clock in the morning just off 5th Road between Hawthorn and Grape Roads, the area is commonly referred to a Little ... Read more...

A claim presented by the Marshall County Probation Department was denied by the County Commissioners during their final meeting of 2014. County Commissioner Jack Roose motioned to approve all of year-end claims presented with the exception ... Read more...

Gearing up for 2015, the Marshall County Commissioners made their department head appointments during their December 31st meeting. Reappointed was Doug Masterson as head of the Building and Grounds, Jason Peters as Highway Superintendent, ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners conducted their last meeting of the year on Wednesday, December 31st. The first order of business was consideration of a contract with Muskegon River Youth Center for juvenile detention services.  James ... Read more...

Residents, staff and volunteers rang in the New Year at Miller’s Assisted Living in Plymouth with a lovely prime rib luncheon on December 31st.  It has become tradition at Miller’s to celebrate the New Year earlier in the day so ... Read more...

It may be cold outside, but it certainly is not cold in third grade at Triton Elementary School.  Students have been learning about energy by working with light and heat.  Students tested out how different materials react with light ... Read more...

Riverside Project Based Learning student, Makayla Wilson shared her knowledge and love of LEGO’s with the residents at Miller’s Assisted Living, Tuesday afternoon December 30th.   Wilson enjoys creating different objects with her ... Read more...

The Indiana State Police officer that was involved in the Monday night shooting in Plymouth is Trooper William B. Ennis. Trooper Ennis is stationed out of the Bremen Post in Marshall County and was appointed to the department in December ... Read more...

Steve Neff, owner and operator of Freedom Hills Farm will be offering a new beekeeper class which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, January 7th and will run through February 11th. “So many folks asked me this past summer at the ... Read more...

The City of Plymouth, teamed with the Town of Bourbon and Marshall County (Plymouth  Coalition), have  been awarded a grant in the amount of $600,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s  (U.S. EPA) Brownfield Program.  ... Read more...

12/31/14  At 3:25 Saturday morning Plymouth Police Officer Paul Stamper initiated a traffic stop on 25 year old Jennifer J. Kaser of Plymouth.  The traffic stop was on North Oak Road just south of Pidco Street. During the traffic stop it ... Read more...

Just after 8 p.m. Tuesday the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and LaPaz Fire and EMS were dispatched to 14442 First Road west of LaPaz for an original call of a vehicle into a house. Emergency responders found a pick-up truck which ... Read more...

Closing 2014 was on the agenda for the Plymouth Common Council meeting Monday night. Mayor Mark Senter had a number of appointments to various boards and commissions.  Laura Mann was reappointed to the Plymouth Park Board.  Current park ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Transportation announced a road restriction on the southbound lanes of US 31 Wednesday, December 31st. US 31 between US 30 and West 9A Road, 8 miles south of LaPaz will have the driving lane blocked. Roadside ... Read more...

As fitting with the end of the year, Jerry Chavez, Executive Director of the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation recapped the activities of the city and towns in the county. Chavez said, “The communities in Marshall County ... Read more...

Before a room full of family, friends and co-workers the newly elected county office holders, township trustees and board members, town council members and school board members took the oath of office on Tuesday morning. Marshall County ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners will meet for a year-end meeting on Wednesday, December 31st at 8:30 a.m. in their second floor meeting room of the County Building. Agenda for the meeting includes the Probation Department’s request to ... Read more...

The man who was shot by police Monday night in the K-Mart Parking lot in Plymouth has been identified as Lane G. Dodson, 33, of Tomahawk Drive in Plymouth. The armed confrontation developed after a state trooper stopped Dodson for ... Read more...

Indiana’s varying seasonal weather can make it difficult for Hoosier employers to stay sharp about protecting their employees from weather-related hazards. As winter rolls back around, it brings with it obvious risks, such as icy driving ... Read more...

Marshall County – The Indiana State Police is investigating a shooting that involved two officers and an armed man Monday night in Plymouth.  One of the officers involved in the shooting works for the Plymouth Police Department and the ... Read more...