Local & State News

5/9/14 2:40 pm STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADED OUR WAY! ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL…WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH…AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE… ... Read more...

Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) is now offering a free valet parking service for its visitors and patients in Plymouth. The free service allows patients and visitors to drop off their vehicle at the front door of the hospital ... Read more...

Universal Bearings, LLC, a manufacturer of loose needles and needle bearings, announced plans today to expand its operations here, creating up to 78 new jobs by 2017. The company, a subsidiary of South Korea-based Hanwha Group, will invest ... Read more...

The Indiana Homeland Security Foundation has approved more than $400,000 in grants to aid public safety agencies statewide.   Awards were given to 112 recipients in 62 counties. Recipients include local fire departments, emergency medical ... Read more...

It’s that time again! The Plymouth Farmers’ Market (PFM) opens this Saturday, traditionally the day before Mother’s Day. This will be the kickoff for the 10th Anniversary in the new location at River Park Square. Check out the banner ... Read more...

  The Plymouth Knights of Columbus Council 1975 was out in force over the past weekend passing out Tootsie Rolls for a good cause.  34 members of the Knights were at the intersection of Jefferson and Michigan as well as in front of ... Read more...

Nonprofit organizations are faced with a world where doing more with less is an everyday occurrence. Planned giving is often an overlooked opportunity to connect loyal supporters with a way to build toward a brighter future. Just one ... Read more...

May marks a special time of the year to raise awareness about the needs of the more than 4,900 Indiana youth in non-relative foster homes. Caring foster parents open their homes to temporarily care for and embrace these children. They ... Read more...

Crystal Bloomfield, 38 of Plymouth, was sentenced on Thursday (May 8, 2014) in Marshall Superior Court No. 1 to 10 years imprisonment for manufacturing methamphetamine at a rural Argos location.  In open court, Bloomfield admitted that on ... Read more...

Pathfinder Community Supports Client Fund is having a Nelson’s Chicken Fundraiser this Friday, May 9th in the parking lot of their office at 1601 West Jefferson Street next to Dairy Queen in Plymouth from 11:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M.  All ... Read more...

WASHINGTON D.C. – Due to reports of continuing consult delay problems and patient deaths at numerous VA Medical Centers (VAMC) around the country, Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02), met with fellow members of the House Committee ... Read more...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), released the following statement after H.R. 4435, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015, passed ... Read more...

Wednesday evening Walsh and Kelly updated the City of Plymouth Street Paving Project.   Garro Street and LaPorte Street will have their finish paving done by noon Thursday.  South Michigan Street driving lanes should be paved by ... Read more...

05/08/14 One of the founders of the Heminger House Shelter for Women and Children, Laura Mann is making a plea for financial assistance to citizens of Marshall County.  The following is a letter submitted by Mann to everyone in the ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board heard the results of a facilities study that was commissioned in late 2013. Presenting the report to the Board was Dr. Ed Eiler and John Sayers of Administrator Assistance of West Lafayette, IN. Components of the ... Read more...

05/08/14 Operating While Intoxicated was the number one reason people were lodged in the Marshall County Jail in April.  Marshall County , Tom Chamberlin released his monthly report of the Top Ten Offenses.  Continuing down the list ... Read more...

Stamp Out Hunger is the country’s largest single-day food drive and it is once again taking place here in Plymouth. Created by the National Association of Letter Carriers 22 years ago in response to the need they saw every day on ... Read more...

Motorists who refuse to wear their seat belts – beware. Indiana State Police today announced that Indiana’s 2014 “Click It or Ticket” seat belt enforcement campaign will begin Friday, May 9th and continue until June 1st. This ... Read more...

05/08/14 On Monday, May 5th at approximately 4:35 P.M. an officer with the Bremen Police Department conducted a traffic stop on 31 year old Christopher B. Hurley of Bremen.  Hurley was stopped for operating an ATV on city streets which is ... Read more...

Bring your sack lunch to the May 9thSecond Friday Brown Bag Lunch event at the Marshall County Museum from noon – 1 PM featuring Portia Wampler, kindergarten teacher at Argos Elementary School, and Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship ... Read more...