Local & State News

The Plymouth School Board is expected to vote on an extension of a contract for Superintendent Daniel Tyree at their December meeting. The Board held a public hearing on November 4 to take comments from community members on the matter. ... Read more...

Mother Nature may have a little taste of winter in store for us early next week. Temperatures are expected to be well below normal and we could see our first accumulating snow. Although winter does not officially arrive until December 21st ... Read more...

Plymouth City Attorney Sean Surrisi updated members of the City Plan Commission on issues he continues to address. 122 South Center Street, Keith’s Surplus has made slight improvements but not as fast of the Plan Commission would like. ... Read more...

The Plymouth Park Board wants to make sure they are being a good neighbor where their rental facilities are located in residential areas. Monday evening City Attorney Sean Surrisi suggested reviewing the current rental agreement for the ... Read more...

Jeffrey Lusch, 58, of the Fort Wayne area, was sentenced Thursday, November 6, in Marshall Superior Court Number I to 20 years imprisonment at the Indiana Department of Corrections for Burglary. In open court, Lusch admitted that on June ... Read more...

This week Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin asked the County Commissioners for approval begin the purchasing process for the 2015 vehicle purchases. In next year’s budget he has $100,000 to purchase three Ford Police Utility ... Read more...

On Monday, November 3rd at 12:35 P.M. Plymouth Police Officer Shelly Cleveland took a theft report from a hair stylist employed at Borics in the Pilgrim Place Shopping Mall. The hair stylists advised that while attending to her clien,t 45 ... Read more...

Don Snemis, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), announced today that all BMV license branches will be closed Tuesday, November 11 in observance of the Veterans Day holiday. All license branches will resume their ... Read more...

The Marshall County Purdue Extension Board will hold their annual meeting on Thursday, November 13th at the Pretty Lake Church beginning at 6:30 p.m. This year’s guest speaker is Otto Doering. Doering is Director of Purdue’s Climate ... Read more...

Access Ancilla Day is an open house for the public and anyone interested in taking classes, changing their future, and earning a degree at Ancilla College. Attendees will get a free lunch, campus tour, information sessions about degree ... Read more...

Indiana communities in the Great Lakes watershed can apply to receive portions of $100,000 in federal grant money to use for tree-planting projects to improve water quality. Planting trees will help mitigate the communities’ loss of ... Read more...

At 3:40 P.M. on Wednesday, November 5th a caller contacted the Plymouth Police Department and advised that a 16 year old female had been approached by 52 year old Diane L. Braasch of Berkley Street in Plymouth asking if she would want to ... Read more...

Members of the Plymouth Plan Commission discussed individual thoughts of revising the parking lot landscaping requirements during their meeting Wednesday night. Plan Consultant Ralph Booker wanted the parking lot review committee to hear ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Education released the grade cards for Indiana schools on Wednesday. The grades had been slated to be made public on October 15, but questions concerning five schools delayed the Indiana State Board of Education ... Read more...

The state of Indiana has permitted a slow-moving oversize, overweight load to traverse state highways with police escort during five nights beginning on or after 8 p.m. tomorrow, Nov. 6. The approximately 185-mile route will begin at S.R. ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board approved a bid for the lot purchase of outdated computers that have been replaced at Lincoln Junior High. After advertising for interested vendors, the schools received three bids. The high bid from Vintage Tech ... Read more...

The Marshall County Highway Department had a number of items to discuss with the Commissions during their meeting Monday. Three letters of interest were received for the Wetland and Stream mitigation project on the 7th Road project. Frost ... Read more...

Plymouth School Superintendent Dan Tyree used School Reach Wednesday afternoon to let parents know of an issued that happened at the rear property of Webster Elementary School. Wednesday morning the school’s security team located a ... Read more...

On Tuesday, November 4th about 5:00 p.m. the Bremen Police Department was called to a domestic fight in the 100 block of West Plymouth Street. After a brief investigation 42 year old Joel Trombley of West Plymouth Street address in Bremen ... Read more...

The Plymouth Baseball program is having its first Christmas Bazaar and Quarter Auction on Saturday, December 6th from 10:00am-4:00pm. The quarter auction starts at 3:00pm sharp. In case you are not familiar with the term “quarter ... Read more...