The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) received the official notice on August 28 that the United States Department of Education has extended a waiver on certain aspects of the Federal No Child Left Behind law. If the waiver had been ... Read more...
Residential trees have been taking a beating during the recent outbreak of summer storms across Indiana. Homeowners will need to determine if they can take care of the damage themselves or if they will need the help of a professional tree ... Read more...
Thursday evening two organizations were benefactors of the generosity of Plymouth American Legion Post 27. Julian Keiser presented a check in the amount of $12,000 to representatives of the Heminger House; executive board member Laura ... Read more...
The 48th Annual Marshall County Blueberry Festival officially opens at 5 p.m. today with a ceremony on the Jefferson School Stage. All craft and food vendors will be open until 9 while the carnival is open until 10. There’s lots of free ... Read more...
On Monday the Plymouth Common Council approved a memorandum of agreement between the City of Plymouth, the Town of Bourbon and Marshall County for the Brownfield Assessment Coalition. Earlier this year the City of Plymouth received ... Read more...
Riverside Intermediate School 5th grade math and science teacher, Crystal Dennie, knows first hand how ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) affects a family. Her mother died only four years ago of the disease. On Thursday, Dennie thanked ... Read more...
City Engineer Rick Gaul updated the members of the Board of Public Works and Safety on the Safe Routes to School Grant during their meeting Monday. The scoring team has reviewed the letters of interest and the results show the Troyer Group ... Read more...
What’s new for the 2014 Marshall County Blueberry Festival? Well there’s a corn-hole tournament this year on Sunday. The inaugural contest starts at noon on the basketball courts with registration and the competition commences at 1. ... Read more...
Plymouth Police Chief, David Bacon was granted approval to seek quotes for much needed maintenance work at the police department. Monday night the Chief appeared before the Board of Public Works and Safety and explained some remolding he ... Read more...
The Plymouth Optimist Club will have its annual Blueberry Pancake/Fly-In Breakfast on August 31st at the Plymouth Public Airport in Plymouth. Tickets are sold at the door or from any Optimist member. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for ... Read more...
What is CASA? That was the question answered at the monthly meeting of the Plymouth Lions Club. Executive Director, Haley Kittrell explained that CASA means Court Appointed Special Advocates. CASA of Marshall County is a non-profit ... Read more...
Governor Mike Pence came to Marshall County on Wednesday to help DuPont Pioneer celebrate the 25th anniversary of their production facility. The Pioneer seed corn production facility in Plymouth broke ground in 1988. Production location ... Read more...
An increase in the price of parking at the Plymouth High School during the Blueberry Festival that is held over the Labor Day weekend each year could bring in as much $15,000-$20,000 over last year’s total of $40,364. Those parking at ... Read more...
The Marshall County Police Department recently received a report of a possible Police Impersonator. Officer Jeff Snyder said, “There has been only one incident reported which occurred on Saturday, August 16th, 2014, around 5:30pm on ... Read more...
The Plymouth Board of Zoning Appeals will meet September 2nd at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall. Agenda for the meeting includes the request of John Banning to reduce the required minimum lot area per residential unit from 5 ... Read more...
The Plymouth Police Department is busy with information calls. The July Activity Report shows a total number of 900 calls for information. Officers made 329 traffic stops, handled 290 complaints, issued 281 citations, responded to 185 ... Read more...
Jud Rouch, representing the Rouch Living Trust appeared before the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety Monday evening to seek approval of a property exchange request. In January of 2013 Rouch purchased the property at 109 Baker ... Read more...
Sophomore students at the Weidner School of Inquire at Plymouth High School are hearing real life stories of WWII from local veterans. A history and English project in collaboration with the Marshall County Museum will end with videotaped ... Read more...
In the interest of improving safety for all athletes, the start time for Friday night’s varsity football game at Rochester has been set back to 7:30. The heat index temperature is predicted to be near 88 degrees but is expected to drop ... Read more...
Monday evening the Plymouth Common Council heard on first reading an amendment to the Code of Ordinances concerning the Aviation Rotary Fund. The intent of the amendment is to increase the amount of the initial transfer to the fund from ... Read more...
