Local & State News

Commissioners Approve Polling Sites for Elections

Julie Fox the Marshall County Clerk presented the County Commissioners with a finalized list of polling sites that will be used in future elections. Fox said there have been slight modifications but the proposed listing has been approved ... Read more...

Plymouth School Bus Struck by Pick-Up

About a dozen children were riding Plymouth School bus number 29 home after school on Tuesday when the bus was rear-ended by a pick-up truck. The crash occurred about 4 p.m. on State Road 17 just north of State Road 8. Marshall County ... Read more...

Schools Report Official Student Counts to IDOE

  The first of two official school count days for the 2014-2015 school year was held on Friday, September 12. The official count day is on the 2nd Friday after Labor Day each year. On that designated day each year, schools must submit ... Read more...

2 Arrested After Vehcile was Stuck in Mud

On Monday, September 15th at approximately 7:00 P.M. while on routine patrol, Marshall County Sheriff’s Officer, Les McFarland located a vehicle that had gone off the roadway and got stuck in the mud. Making contact with the driver, ... Read more...

Commissioners Approve Speed limit Reductions

The Marshall County Highway Department had a lot of business to take care of during Monday’s Commissioner meeting. Laurie Baker, Highway Administrative Manager said the first order of business was the requests for speed limit reductions ... Read more...

Baltes from Bremen Arrested for OWI & Marijuana

09/17/14 On Monday evening September 15th at 10:34 the Bremen Police Department received a complaint that a verbal dispute had occurred and the suspect had driven away. The suspect was identified as 40 year old Larry Baltes of Bremen. The ... Read more...

County Drainage Board to Consider Maintenance Assessment Increase on Metheny Ditch

This week members of the Marshall County Drainage Board listened as County Surveyor Larry Fisher said there was a need to increase the maintenance assessment on the Metheny Ditch located in Bourbon and Tippecanoe Townships. Fisher ... Read more...

Rep. Harman Earns #1 Ranking in the Indiana House for Economic Prosperity

Americans for Prosperity (AFP), one of nations the largest economic grassroots organization with 2.3 million activists, has ranked Representative Tim Harman a Republican from Bremen as a “Champion of Prosperity” based on a two-year ... Read more...

Indiana Sportsmen Feed Indiana’s Hungry

Indiana Conservation Officers are encouraging Hoosier sportsmen to donate part of their 2014-2015 deer harvest to help feed the hungry. The Sportsmen’s Benevolent Fund program, administered by the DNR Law Enforcement Division, provided ... Read more...

Pick-up Strike Plymouth School Bus with Children Still on it

About a dozen children riding a Plymouth School bus home tonight about 4 p.m. on State Road 17 were very lucky when a pick-up truck plowed into the back of their school bus. Details haven’t been released but none of the children were ... Read more...

5 Highlighted in Tri Kappa History Walk

History truly came alive this past Sunday in the Oak Hill Cemetery as Tri Kappa hosted their 6th Annual History Walk. Under beautiful sunny skies five citizens buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery and who helped build Plymouth and Marshall ... Read more...

Commissioners and Jail Holding Corp. Approves POS

The Marshall County Commissioners expected to be further along with the jail bond refinancing project. During their meeting Monday the County Attorney Jim Clevenger said the Preliminary Official Statement was to have been distributed the ... Read more...

Drainage Board Makes Approvals

Members of the Marshal County Drainage Board approved the variance request of Troy Mangus for the Falk property along the Elmer Seltenright Ditch Mangus said the landowner wants to apply to the CRP program to plant trees through the SAFE ... Read more...

Sheriff Updates Jail Holding Corporation during Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Marshall County Holding Corporation was held Monday morning in the Commissioner’s meeting room of the County Building. The first order of business was the election of officers. It was ... Read more...

Pill Drop in Bremen 9/27/14

The Bremen Police Department will be hosting the pill drop on Saturday, September 27th from 10 am to 2 pm at CVS 1150 West Plymouth Street. If anyone has expired drugs or medications they no longer use please drop them off at the Bremen ... Read more...

Minor Injuries in Crash on US 30 at Plymouth/Goshen

Saturday morning about 7:30 Marshall County Police Officer Les McFarland responded to a two vehicle crash at US 30 and Plymouth/Goshen Trail. The accident occurred when 86 year old Bobby Staner of Plymouth attempted to cross US 30 on ... Read more...

Gibson Announces Cultural Strategies For Managing Workforce Risk Event

Gibson is hosting Cultural Strategies For Managing Workforce Risk on October 3, 2014. A positive workplace culture is crucial for business success. There are numerous bottom line reasons for focusing on a positive culture: talent attractor ... Read more...

National Preparedness Month

Governor Mike Pence has declared September as Preparedness Month. Hoosiers are encouraged to become educated and empowered to prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies. A disaster or emergency – like a winter storm, ... Read more...

Argos Search Warrant end in Arrest of 4

On Friday, September 12th at approximately 7:47 p.m. officers with Marshall County Police, Plymouth Police and Argos Police executed a search warrant at Colonial Heights Apartments located in the 400 block of West Marshall Street in Argos. ... Read more...

Indiana Issues Workplace Fatality Report 2013 Marks the Third-Lowest Number of Fatalities on Record

Monday, the Indiana Department of Labor (IDOL) released its annual preliminary Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) report for 2013. The IDOL reported 123 worker deaths in 2013. “The Indiana Department of Labor remains committed ... Read more...