Local & State News

If you have questions about the body’s skeletal or circulatory systems, Washington Discovery Academy first graders could have the answers. Four first graders from the school shared some of the things they have been learning with the ... Read more...

  INDIANAPOLIS – The State of Indiana’s website, www.IN.gov, and the companion IN.gov app has been awarded as one of the top websites in the nation by e.Republic’s Center for Digital Government (CDG). Launched in May, the new ... Read more...

The Marshall County Museum staff is proud to announce that the Marshall County Historical Society has been chosen for the 2014 Outstanding Historical Organization Award. Executive Director Linda Rippy, Historical Society President Mike ... Read more...

Balancing the need for students to be in school, adhering to the state mandates for the number of days schools must be in session, and safeguarding students, parents and staff, while at the same time, trying to second guess the weather is ... Read more...

The Marshall County Board of Finance is seeking Requests for Proposals for an investment cash management system. This really means is the county will be accepting bids from local banking institution interested in handling deposits and ... Read more...

Marshall County Police are searching for a stolen vehicle. Shortly after 5 Wednesday afternoon the victim in the 500 block of Thorn Road called the 9-1-1 dispatch center to report her red, 1998, Chevrolet Suburban with an Indiana ... Read more...

Over the past couple of days Plymouth Fire and EMS responded to a number of vehicle crashes. Thursday afternoon about 4:20 they were dispatched to King Road between Lincoln Highway and 11th Road for a vehicle into a tree. Two young people ... Read more...

10/10/14 The Marshall County Museum in downtown Plymouth will be holding a FREE All Day Model Train Event entitled: “Loco-motion: Train Crazy” this Saturday. Train enthusiast of all types will have the opportunity to view various ... Read more...

Denise Dalton, 49, of rural Akron, and her son, Keith Dalton, 22, with no recorded address, were both sentenced Thursday, October 9 in Marshall Superior Court Number 1 to 10 years imprisonment for conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine. ... Read more...

Operating while intoxicated continues to top the list of reasons why people are booked into the Marshall County Jail. Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin released the September activity report which lists the top ten offenses for ... Read more...

A fun 5k is scheduled for Saturday, October 11, at 12 p.m. beginning at the Young Amphitheater. “Step-Up Saturdays,” is a program created by La Porte Mayor Blair Milo as an initiative to create and host 5K walks/runs in all 92 counties ... Read more...

Don Snemis, Commissioner of the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), announced that all BMV license branches will be closed Saturday, October 11th through Monday, October 13th in observance of the Columbus Day holiday. All license ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board handled a number of agenda items during their regular meeting on October 7. The Board members present voted unanimously to ratify the Master Contract with the teaching staff. The contract includes raises for ... Read more...

Only one bid was receive for the lighting project at the Bill Nixon Baseball Field. Monday night bids were open for the project to replace the original lights at Nixon Field. Michiana Contracting of Plymouth was the lone bidder for the ... Read more...

Great news for parents of Plymouth High School students! There will be a PHS Student Fan Bus to Goshen this Friday, October 10th! Come on kids, let’s fill the Goshen stands with ROCKIE FANS!!! Not only will you get a FREE ride on the ... Read more...

A local farmer wants to warn other farmers of the deadly White Snakeroot which he found in this woodland. The reason for the warning, the Union Township farmer has lost two cows to the plant with a third one extremely sick from eating the ... Read more...

The Marshall County Community Foundation has received a $500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. in the sixth phase of the Endowment’s Giving Indiana Funds for Tomorrow (GIFT) initiative for Indiana community foundations. “We are ... Read more...

Tuesday evening Plymouth Police Officer Matthew Emenhiser was at the Plymouth Police Department and 19 year old Billy Jack James Gross of Plymouth arrived at the PD. Gross was placed in custody and transported to the Marshall County Jail ... Read more...

On Wednesday October 8, at approximately 1:40 a.m. an officer with the Marshall County Police Department initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for an equipment violation at US 30 and US 31. It was determined that the driver, 30 year old ... Read more...

Julie Fox, Marshall County Clerk, wants to remind voters of the Voter ID law, which went into effect in 2006, requiring voters to present their photo ID before casting a ballot. If you are voting in person at the polls, or voting an ... Read more...