Local & State News

  08/02/13 Indiana Governor Mike Pence held his first town hall meeting since taking office on Wednesday.  Pence was already in Ft. Wayne where he welcomed Frontier on Tuesday night. After making a few introductory comments, Pence took ... Read more...

  08/02/13 Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (IN-02) released the following statement after the House passed the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013 (originally passed by the House as the Smarter Solutions for Students Act): “As a ... Read more...

  08/01/13  On Tuesday afternoon at approximately 4:30 Plymouth Police Officer Jeremy Enyart responded to the residence at 110 North Walnut Street in reference to a tip of a possible meth manufacturing operation at the residence.   ... Read more...

  08/01/13 Plymouth police and fire responded to the intersection of North Michigan Street and Hoham Drive Wednesday morning about 10:45 for a two vehicle accident.   Officer Ray West investigated the accident and learned that 33 year ... Read more...

  08/01/13  On Wednesday, July 17th at approximately 8:23 PM Marshall County Sheriff’s Deputy Jonathan Bryant conducted a traffic stop in the parking lot of Game Stop.  The driver of the Oldsmobile, 18 year old Zachery Marek of ... Read more...

  08/01/13 Mark Neidig Jr. confirmed that ITAMCO has purchased the Plymouth Rock Golf Course.  He said, “At this point, we are not making any changes to the operations or course.”  Neidig explained that since it is mid season and ... Read more...

08/01/13 The 4th Annual Plymouth High School Football Radio Auction on WTCA is this Friday, August 2nd.  This relatively new fundraiser will begin at 9 a.m. and will end either at 3 or 3:30 depending on how many more items are received. ... Read more...

  08/01/13 Joy Pullmann of The Heartland Institute will speak about the Common Core education standards on Thursday, August 8 at 7:00 pm at the Plymouth Public Library.  Common Core is a set of requirements for what elementary and ... Read more...

  08/01/13 Heartland Artists is proud to show the following artists work from Aug. 1st – Aug. 24th.  The Gallery will host an Open House the second Friday in August, August 9th from 5:30-8:30 where guests can meet the artist and ... Read more...

  08/01/13 Only one day after the Associated Press released information pointing the finger at how the IDOE (Indiana Department of Education) under former Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Bennett, allegedly manipulated scores ... Read more...

  08/01/13 Senator Joe Donnelly yesterday joined Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Claire McCaskill (D-OH) in introducing t Federal Permitting Improvement Act of 2013.  The bill, also supported by Senators John Barrasso (R-WY) and Mike ... Read more...

  07/31/13 The Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office has taken advantage of a new tool in the fight against methamphetamine.  A new provision of the Indiana Code, which became effective July 1, prohibits those convicted of various ... Read more...

  07/31/13 On Monday, July 29th at approximately 3:00 PM Plymouth Police Officer Derek Workman observed 40 year old Todd Kring of Plymouth walking near the intersection of Walnut and Jefferson Street.  Officer Workman, having knowledge ... Read more...

  07/31/13 Plymouth Police and Fire responded to the railroad crossing on US 30 just west of Oak Drive Monday afternoon at 1 p.m. for a two vehicle crash.   Officer John Weir investigated the crash that involved two semis.  The accident ... Read more...

  07/31/13 Habitat for Humanity’s “A Brush With Kindness” program recently completed its first critical home repair project on Alexander Street in Plymouth. A major surface water issue was allowing large amount of water to flood the ... Read more...

  07/31/13 The Plymouth campus of Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center hosted a ceremony honoring fallen fighters on Tuesday morning.   Loretta Schmidt, President and CNO of the hospital welcomed those gathered in the front lobby and ... Read more...

  07/31/13  The Plymouth School Corporation will soon be returning to school with the students first day being Wednesday, August 14th.  With children attending for their first time or transitioning into a new school the Plymouth Schools ... Read more...

  07/31/13 Melissa Newton, South Bend Medical Foundation Donor Recruitment Specialist sent a big thank you to Mayor Mark Senter and his administrative assistant, Laura Mann for hosting this past weekend’s blood drive. The blood drive at ... Read more...

  07/31/13 Miller’s Assisted Living Activity Director Cindy Flagg is always looking for a reason to celebrate.  This week she ran across an interesting tidbit stating that the ice cream cone was invented by Charles Menches of St. ... Read more...

  07/31/13  Monday afternoon at approximately 2:50 PM the Starke County Sheriff’s Department  9-1-1 call center received a report of a plane crash.  The caller advised the crash was near State Road 8 along the South end of the ... Read more...