Local & State News

Ancilla Co-Sponsors Business After-Hours Event

  09/26/13 Ancilla College in conjunction with Lindenwood Retreat and Conference Center hosted a Business After Hours event at the Lindenwood Retreat & Conference Center in Donaldson, IN Tuesday night. Approximately 50-55 people from ... Read more...

Marshall County Community Foundation Hosts Annual Meeting

  09/26/13 The Marshall County Community Foundation Board of Directors and staff will celebrate local philanthropy and opportunities to help great ideas take flight at an annual meeting on Thursday (9/26). The event will take place at ... Read more...

Seed Maps of Indiana

  09/26/13 Triton Elementary fourth grade teachers: Ms. Painton, Mrs., Reese, and Mrs. Shively found a creative way to teach their students about terrains. The students made seed maps to illustrate the various terrains in the State of ... Read more...

INDIANA PREPARES FOR OPEN ENROLLMENT BEGINNING OCT. 1

09/26/13 Hoosiers have less than a week until open enrollment begins for the Indiana Health Insurance Marketplace. The Indiana Hospital Association and the Indiana Primary Health Care Association, Inc. are preparing to help uninsured ... Read more...

Indiana State Police Seek Recruits for 74th Recruit Academy

    09/26/13 The Indiana State Police is now accepting applications for the 74th Recruit Academy. Individuals who are interested in beginning a rewarding career as an Indiana State Trooper may apply online at ... Read more...

Lifetime Suspended Driver Arrested for Driving

  09/25/13 On Monday, September 23rd at approximately 11:25 p.m. Marshall County Deputy Nicholas Laffoon conducted a traffic stop at US 31 south of Kenilworth Road.  Prior to the stop a verification of the license plate on the vehicle ... Read more...

Routine County Police Patrol Leads to Heroin Arrest

  09/24/13 On Sunday, September 22nd at 12:48 a.m. Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Nicholas Laffoon while on routine patrol on US 30 east of Oak Drive observed a vehicle speeding and driving erratically.   A traffic stop was ... Read more...

Bourbon Motorcycle Driver Arrested for OWI

  09/25/13  On Monday, September 23rd at 3:53 a.m. Bourbon Police Officer Matthew Geiger conducted a traffic stop on Old US 30 west of Beech Road on a speeding motorcycle.    The driver of the motorcycle, 53 year old Mark E. Young of ... Read more...

County Police Locate Stolen Vehicle

  09/25/13  On Monday, September 23rd at approximately 7:42 a.m. Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Les McFarland took a report from a resident in the 10,000 block of Gumwood Road in Bourbon in reference to theft.  It was advised ... Read more...

MARSHALL COUNTY BLAZIN’ BBQ & BLUEGRASS, Event Results

  09/25/13 The 1st Annual Marshall County Blazin’ BBQ & Bluegrass cook off competition was held this past weekend in beautiful Centennial Park in Plymouth.  Twenty-seven competitors entered from as far away as Wisconsin to compete ... Read more...

Martin Arrested for PI and Resisting

09/25/13  On Tuesday, September 24th at 12:41 in the morning Plymouth Police Officer Ryan Richey responded to the 1500 block of North Michigan Street to lot 240 in reference to an unwanted guests.   Officer Richey located 24 year old ... Read more...

Hay Trailer Stolen on 15B Road

09/25/13  On Monday, September 9th at approximately 8:30 a.m. Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Rob Hafke took a theft report from a  property owner  on 15 B Road.  The property owner stated that unknown subjects had stolen a hay ... Read more...

Ancilla Hosts Meeting to Discuss New Work Study Internships

  09/25/13 Local college administration and staff came to Ancilla Friday, September 20th to discuss Indiana’s Common Core Standards (INCC). INCC holds monthly meetings and this particular gathering included three guest speakers: ... Read more...

Donnelly, Isakson Lead Effort to Promote Suicide Awareness Month

    09/25/13 Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) Tuesday offered a resolution to promote Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, recognized each year in September.  The resolution was cosponsored by Senators Mazie ... Read more...

Nine Indiana Schools To Form Hoosier North Athletic Conference

  09/25/13 Nine schools from six adjoining counties in Northern Indiana have announced their intentions to form a new athletic conference beginning with the 2015-16 school year. The Hoosier North Athletic Conference (HNAC) will include ... Read more...

Cause of Fatal Fire Determined

  09/24/13 Plymouth Fire Chief Rod Miller released the cause of Sunday’s fatal house fire.   The Plymouth Fire Department was dispatched at 5:20 a.m. to 459 Alexander Street for a reported house fire.   Units from the fire department ... Read more...

Hensley Arrested on New Meth Law

  09/24/13  On Saturday, September 21st at approximately 12:50 a.m. a Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy initiated a traffic stop on  a vehicle on US 31 near the intersection of 12th Road.  During the investigation Officer ... Read more...

City Board Opens Bids & Awards Quote

  09/24/13 Monday evening members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety awarded the low quote of $20,140 from Hammer Enterprises for the police department roofing project.  The only other bidder was Millwood at $26,897.  The ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Arrest 3 at Fatal Fire for Illegal Consumption

  09/24/13 A 9-1-1 call Sunday morning sent Plymouth police and fire to 459 Alexander Street for a fully engulfed house fire.  That fire claimed the life of 21 year old Anthony Q. Johnson of Walkerton.  It also sent three young men to ... Read more...

Indiana Unemployment Report for August

  09/24/13 Indiana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped by 0.3 percent in August to 8.1 percent, the largest one month decrease in over two years (January 2011).  The Hoosier State also added 3,000 manufacturing jobs ... Read more...