Local & State News

01/15/14 Most modern dairy farm operators and managers spend just as much time managing people and their business as they do caring for their animals. The Purdue Ag and Natural Resource Extension Educators in north central Indiana are ... Read more...

  01/15/14 Congresswoman Jackie Walorski announced her support for the Electricity Security and Affordability Act (H.R. 3826), a bipartisan bill she co-sponsored to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set achievable ... Read more...

  01/15/14 Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Tuesday joined seven Senate Republicans in a press conference in the Capitol after Majority Leader Reid rejected their compromise proposal to reform and pay for unemployment insurance benefits. “If ... Read more...

  01/14/14 Monday night members of the Plymouth Park Department were updated on the tennis court project by Sarah Smith.  In January or February of 2011 the Tennis Committee was given permission to explore the possibility of creating an ... Read more...

    01/14/14 Area school officials undoubtedly spent some time pouring over school calendars when severe weather hit the county last week forcing school closings. County schools are using combinations of state waivers and other dates ... Read more...

  01/14/14 Construction will begin this spring on a 33-mile expansion of the St. Joe Valley Metronet’s high-speed, high-capacity, dark fiber broadband network into Marshall County. Monday morning the Marshall County Council approved the ... Read more...

  01/14/14 With increased numbers of the H1NI flu virus appearing in Michiana, as well as an anticipated surge in the number of Influenza cases expected over the next few weeks, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) is announcing ... Read more...

  01/14/14  On Sunday, January 12th at 1:00 A.M. Plymouth Police Officer Gary Cleveland was patrolling the area of Oakhill Avenue and Lincoln Street when he observed a vehicle traveling eastbound at a speed of 56 mph in a 35 mph posted ... Read more...

  01/14/14 Word was recently received regarding the application nominating the South Michigan Street corridor in Plymouth to the National Register of Historic Places.  The nominating process began in 2005 and was forwarded to the ... Read more...

  01/14/14 The Plymouth High School Business Professionals of America chapter will be holding their Bruce’s Big Grill BBQ fundraiser this Friday evening January 17th before the Concord vs. Plymouth Boys Basketball game. The tickets are ... Read more...

01/14/14  On Friday, January 10th at approximately 11:00 A.M. Marshall County Sheriff’s Police Officer Les McFarland responded to State Road 10, west of State Road 17 near Culver for a two vehicle accident. Arriving on the scene, ... Read more...

  01/14/14 Remarkably diverse in style and medium, artist George Vagis renders such images as lithe ballerinas, Native American character studies, and Southwest landscapes, along with a variety of recognizable sports heroes, architectural ... Read more...

  01/14/14 Identity theft is a problem that increases every year. More Americans’ identities were stolen in tax refund crimes in the first six months of 2013 than in all of 2012. In fact, about 1.6 million Americans were victims of ... Read more...

  01/14/14 Northern Indiana drivers are asked to be on alert for potholes on interstates, U.S. highways, and state routes. The rise and fall in temperatures following last week’s severe winter weather was a recipe for potholes to form ... Read more...

  01/14/14 The Plymouth High School Gymnastics Team competed in the Valpo Pairs Invitational Gymnastics Meet on Saturday, January 11th in Valparaiso.  A pairs competition combines 2 gymnasts to form a mini-team.  Each gymnast in the ... Read more...

    01/13/14 Additional local republican candidates are taking advantage of the current filing period which opened on Wednesday, January 8th and continues until Friday, February 7th at noon.  Additional candidates who filed on ... Read more...

    01/13/14The Marshall County Commissioners reorganized as a body for the coming year and voted to retain their current officers for 2014. Remaining as President of the Commissioners will be Kevin Overmyer. Jack Roose will again ... Read more...

    01/13/14 Members of the Marshall County Council will meet for the first meeting of 2014 Monday morning at 9 a.m. in the second floor meeting room of the County Building.  As the first meeting is the agenda includes ... Read more...

  01/13/14 Marshall County will enter into a pair of agreements with the city of Plymouth. Plymouth residents will now be able to have access to the same online permitting system available to the county for various activities including ... Read more...

    01/13/14 The City of Plymouth will hold their regular meetings Monday evening beginning at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall.  The Board of Public Works and Safety will hear Rick Davis, Director of the Indiana/Ohio ... Read more...