Local & State News

Howell Sentenced to 15 Years for Manufacturing Methamphetamine and One Year for Intimidation

12/16/13 Travis Howell, 27, of rural Argos, was sentenced on Thursday (December 12, 2013) in Marshall Superior Court No. 1 to 15 years imprisonment for manufacturing methamphetamine and one year imprisonment on a separate count of ... Read more...

All Sidewalks to be Clear of Snow and Ice within 24 Hours of Snow

  12/16/13 The City of Plymouth received over seven inches of snow beginning Friday night and ending Saturday afternoon.  According to Street Department Superintendent Jim Marquardt, “The plows were out for 12 hours on Saturday and ... Read more...

County Meetings Monday Morning

    12/16/13 The Marshall County Drainage Board will meet at 8:30 in the second floor meeting room of the County Building.  Agenda includes opening maintenance bids for the Hershberger Ditch, Alderfer Ditch, Gail-Unsicker Ditch and ... Read more...

United Way of Marshall County offers options for Year End Giving

  12/16/13 ‘Tis the season for year-end giving. Charitable donations not only provide you with a feeling of personal satisfaction, but are also a great way to benefit from tax savings. It’s the holiday gift that requires no shopping, ... Read more...

IN Christmas Tree Growers Deliver Trees to Statehouse

  12/16/13 The Indiana’s Christmas Tree Growers presented Statehouse officials with real Indiana grown Christmas trees on Thursday, December 12th.  The annual program sponsored by the Tree Growers Association brings fresh fragrant real ... Read more...

Mishawaka Man Arrested for Theft of Items Rented from Rent-A-Center

  12/16/13  On Wednesday, December 11th the Plymouth Police Department received a report of a theft from Rent-A-Center in Plymouth. Personnel at Rent-A-Center told officers that 36 year old Jeremy Spencer of Mishawaka and his wife had ... Read more...

Wanted: Student Pages at Statehouse

12/16/13 The Indiana Senate Page Program is currently accepting applications for the 2014 legislative session. The page program provides students in grades six through 12 with an up-close, behind-the-scenes look at the Indiana General ... Read more...

Webster Students Share an Act of Kindness at Miller’s

12/16/13 Maxon Rimel, age 7 and Justus Shotts, age 9 are best of friends.  They attend Webster Elementary School together.  Like most children this time of year they are looking forward to Christmas and what Santa might leave for them.  ... Read more...

Winter Storm Warning issued by National Weather Service from 7pm Friday until 7pm Saturday

  12/13/13/ National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning beginning tonight at 7pm which will be valid until 7pm on Saturday, December 14, 2013. Significant snow accumulations are expected over the area tonight and Saturday. ... Read more...

Plow Drivers Reporting Before Tonight’s Snowfall

  12/13/13 Plow truck drivers for the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) are rotating shifts today in preparation for the snow that’s predicted to fall in the Northwest Indiana District. Drivers will report to unit locations ... Read more...

Closings and Cancellations for Saturday, December 14th

  Lincoln Jr. High and Riverside Intermediate have cancelled all basketball games for ... Read more...

Glen Gridley Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Manufacturing Methamphetamine and Ten Years for Possession of a Firearm by a Serious Violent Felon

  12/13/13 Glenn Gridley, 53, of Plymouth, was sentenced Thursday in Marshall Superior Court Number I to ten years imprisonment for manufacturing methamphetamine and ten years imprisonment on a separate charge of possession of a firearm ... Read more...

Long Time Community Leader Passes at age 90

  12/13/13 A long time leader of the Plymouth community – Fred Morrow – has passed away at the age of 90. A lifelong resident of Plymouth Fred founded Morrow Insurance Agency but was best known as one of the shapers of the ... Read more...

“Riverside Pledges to End Bullying”

  12/13/13 Riverside students Fransheska Cantero, Addison Shireman, and Sophia Smith initiated a Bully Free Week at Riverside in order to unite students in the fight to end bullying.     The young ladies developed blue pledge sheets for ... Read more...

Indiana State Police Warn about Scammers Threatening Arrests

  12/13/13 The message on voicemail said a warrant would be issued for his arrest if he did not call back immediately. Unfortunately the caller, who claimed he was a deputy from the Indiana State Police warrant division, didn’t realize ... Read more...

Rochester Man Arrested for Hubitial Traffic Violator

  12/13/13 On Tuesday, December 10th at approximately 11:56 p.m. a Marshall County Deputy initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle at the intersection of Michigan and Church Streets in LaPaz.  The traffic stop was for a moving violation.  ... Read more...

Special Needs Shopping Cart Debuts in Plymouth

  12/13/13 Caroline’s Cart, the custom grocery cart invented by Drew Ann Long, the Alabama mother of a special needs daughter, has found a test market at a Plymouth grocery store.   The Martins Super Market 22 store at 865 East ... Read more...

165 Stops During Operation Pull Over

  12/13/13 The Plymouth Police Department participated in the “Operation Pull Over” program from Friday, November 8th through Sunday, December 1st. During the   During the nearly month long campaign over the Thanksgiving holiday ... Read more...

DNR Urges Public to Beware of ‘Thin Ice’

  12/13/13 Every winter, thousands of Hoosiers enjoy fishing, skating, hiking or just sliding around on frozen ponds and lakes. And every year, people drown after falling through ice. As ice begins to form on many waterways, Indiana ... Read more...

National Report: Indiana Ranks 31st in Protecting Kids from Tobacco

  12/13/13Indianapolis – Fifteen years after the 1998 state tobacco settlement, Indiana ranks 31st in the nation in funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit, according to a national report released today ... Read more...