Local & State News

Shine a light for Assistant Chief Jamie Middlebrock….anywhere, everywhere at sunset on Friday. New Carlisle Fire Department Assistant Chief Jamie Middlebrook was killed during a collapse at a large industrial fire at K-Fex Inc, just west ... Read more...

Triton School Corporation will host a free ice cream social this Saturday, August 9th at 8:00 P.M. in front of Triton Elementary School. This ice cream social will be followed by the Summerfest fireworks on the school ... Read more...

Four men dressed in drag, eight International Harvester Farmall tractors, blaring banjo do-si-do music, and a Grandstand full of people both perplexed and amazed. Lily Pearl’s Square Dancing Tractors of Rochester performed Wednesday, ... Read more...

Two Marshall County men were arrested Saturday afternoon and lodged in the Marshall County Jail with a charge of rape. The charges stem from an incident on July 9th of this year. About 3:45 in the afternoon the victim reported to Bourbon ... Read more...

Members of the Downtown Revitalization Committee met Wednesday evening. Mayor Mark Senter asked members for, “new downtown ideas.” Member Brent Martin sent out 16 to 18 ideas to board members but only Mark Gidley responded to any of ... Read more...

Marshall County Republican Chairman, David Holmes has announced a convention for the Town of Argos. The convention has been called to fill vacancies on the General Election Ballot for the Argos Town Council. The convention will be held at ... Read more...

Plymouth High School Senior John Stillson was honored by Plymouth’s Ounce of Prevention this week with a special pink bench that will be placed in the community. Stillson, a 2014 graduate of PHS had completed an application for the Ounce ... Read more...

Leonard Isban, founder of the Boys & Girls Club of Marshall County appeared before the Marshall County Commissioner Monday pleading for additional funding for the clubs in the county. Isban said, “We operate a club here in Plymouth. ... Read more...

The role of school nurses has changed dramatically over the last few years. Keeping up with the medical needs of students, complex record keeping, and developing health care plans makes the job of the nurse multifaceted. During a meeting ... Read more...

Tuesday’s election in Michigan ended with a Plymouth High School grad winning the Democratic primary for State Representative in District 37. Chris Jeffirs Greig from the PHS Class of 1981 beat out two other candidates to move on to the ... Read more...

Students attending Plymouth High School during the 2014-2015 school year need to pick up their MacBook Pro computers prior to the start of classes on Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Students may pick up their computers in the Library/Media ... Read more...

Donna Burroughs, Superintendent of the Triton Community School Corporation would like to welcome the following new teachers for the 2014-2015 school year. Pictured (l to r) front row: Samantha Willsey (math, science and Project Lead the ... Read more...

  Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) is now offering Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) at the Paqui and Brian Kelly Comprehensive Breast Center. MBI is a new breast imaging technology. Using highly specialized detectors that ... Read more...

The Plymouth Tennis Club and the City of Plymouth announce a pause in their development of a new tennis facility in Centennial Park. For the past several years the Plymouth Tennis Club’s Project Committee has worked to build new tennis ... Read more...

The American Red Cross in Indiana is excited to offer 35 AmeriCorps positions all across the state. AmeriCorps Indiana Response and Preparedness (RAP) members will provide Red Cross disaster services and build capacity to improve disaster ... Read more...

Plymouth High School will change from a 12.0-point grading scale to a 4.0 as they determine GPAs (grade point averages) beginning with the class of 2018. According to Jim Condon, PHS principal, most colleges and universities convert the ... Read more...

Officers with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department responded to State Road 17 and State Road 8 Saturday evening about 8:30 for a two vehicle accident. Officer Matt Brown learned that 48 year old John Halloway of Chattanooga, IN was ... Read more...

A Plymouth man was arrested over the weekend for strangulation. At 1:50 Saturday morning Argos Police Officer Davis responded to a physical domestic call at 505 West Marshall Street, the residence of Jessica DeMont. During the ... Read more...

Tuesday evening Marshall County EMA Director Clyde Avery was contacted by Starke County EMA advising of a report of funnel clouds in LaPorte County near Hanna. He contacted the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and advised them of ... Read more...

08/06/14 On Monday, August 5th at 11:41 A.M. Bremen Police were called to the 100 block of North Center Street on a report of a suspicious subject. As officers arrived they were informed that the suspect, 67 year old Lester Chupp of ... Read more...