Local & State News

Judges Appear before County Council

    06/12/13 Superior Court II Judge Dean Colvin appeared before the Marshall County Council this week seeking a waiver of the 90 day probationary period for the new Court Services Director, Ward Byers.  Byers has been the interim ... Read more...

Bids Opened for Baker Street Reconstruction

  06/12/13  Monday evening members of the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety opened bids for the Baker Street and Fairbanks Street improvement project.  This project is a continuation of a project from last summer that saw a ... Read more...

Local School Superintendents Comment on ISTEP Validating

    06/12/13 The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced Monday that they have hired a third party consultant to review the validity of scores accumulated from ISTEP testing in April. Approximately 80,000 students, out of ... Read more...

T-SHIRT DEADLINE FOR TA-TA TROT IS THIS FRIDAY

06/12/13 If you’re participating in the Ounce of Prevention Ta-Ta Trot on June 29th and want to be sporting this year’s t-shirt, you must register by Friday, June 14th to receive the t-shirt.    You can register online at ... Read more...

Community Invited to Father Schramm’s Retirement

  06/12/13  Father John Schramm has been the Rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Plymouth for 31 years and will be retiring this Sunday, June 16th. An Open House and Retirement Party will be held for Father John and Barbara on ... Read more...

Sheriff Reports May Activity

    06/12/13 Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin recently released the May Jail Stats. There were 151 bookings into the Marshall County Jail last month. 105 men and 44 women were book from the various departments around the county ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Report

    06/12/13  Last Wednesday, June 5th at 8:10 P.M. Plymouth Police Officer Derek Workman responded to the 200 block of West Adams Street for a complaint call.  Arriving, 20 year old Jordan R. Shepard was located and arrested for ... Read more...

TASTE INDIANA CRAFT BEERS AT SWAN LAKE’S BEER BLAST

  06/12/13 If you love finely crafted beer, come and find your new favorite at Swan Lake’s Beer Blast on Saturday, June 22. Breweries from all over Indiana will be there to offer tastings from 7 – 11 p.m. at the Pro Shop Deck. Imagine ... Read more...

Art on the Street for 2nd Friday

     06/12/13 Heartland Artists, MoonTree Studios and the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce have teamed up to present an Art Show for this month’s 2nd Friday event. The Artists will be in front of various businesses downtown and will ... Read more...

“Power to the People” Features Indiana Line Crews Volunteering in Guatemala

  06/12/13 PBS affiliate, WFYI Channel 20, will air a documentary on June 16, 2013 at 2:00 p.m., depicting the journey of 32 Indiana electric cooperative volunteers who traveled to a remote region of Guatemala in 2012. “Power to the ... Read more...

City Approves CF 1 for Whitley Products

  06/11/13 Plymouth City Attorney Sean Surissi received additional information on the Whitley Products Tax Abatement compliance form.  Two weeks ago the personal property CF 1 was presented for approval but it was unclear if the ... Read more...

Joint Council Commissioners Meeting on Affordable Care Act

  06/11/13 The Marshall County Council and County Commissioners held a joint meeting Monday to obtain information on the Affordable Care Act and the affects it could have on the County’s part-time employees. Tony Nyers from The Healy ... Read more...

Battery Leads to Arrest of 2

06/11/13  On Friday, June 7th at 9:43 A.M. the Plymouth Police Department received a report regarding a battery victim being treated at Saint Joseph Medical Center.  Officer’s responded to the hospital and located the victim that ... Read more...

Grandmother Arrested for Neglect and Battery to Granddaughter

    06/11/13 On May 21st of this year the Plymouth Police Department received a report from the Department of Child Services regarding a seven year old child that had received burns at a residence in the 400 block Alexander Street in ... Read more...

Car Stolen from Tippecanoe

  06/11/13  On Friday, June 7th 1st Sergeant Neal Wallace with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department took a report from Logan Kreft that his 2002, silver, 4-door Pontiac Bonneville had been stolen from his residence in the ... Read more...

FIST Benefit Ride for Courtney Demont

  06/11/13  A Courtney DeMont Benefit Ride sponsored by Friends In Service Together (FIST) will take place on Saturday, July 13th.  The FIST motorcycle ride is starting and finishing at the Young Amphitheater located in Centennial Park ... Read more...

PHS Recognized for Increase in Grads Passing AP Exam

    06/11/13 Plymouth High School is being recognized by the Indiana Department of Education for a 14.8 percent increase in the number of 2012 graduates passing at least one AP (Advanced Placement)exam.  The notice forwarded to ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Reports from Friday

    06/11/13  On Friday, June 7th Plymouth Police Officer Ted Brown received a complaint from Jaimes Catelan of Warsaw who is the owner of Jaimes Grocery at 116 East Garro Street in Plymouth.  Catelan said two unknown subjects had ... Read more...

Theft from Vehicles on City’s North Side

  06/11/13  On Thursday, June 6th at approximately 12:00 A.M. Plymouth Police  Officer Paul Stamper took a theft report from a female juvenile from the 1200 block of North Center Street.     The PHS student told him that unknown ... Read more...

Thursday Arrests by Plymouth Police Officers

  06/10/13   On Thursday, June 6that 9:23 P.M. Plymouth Police Officer Derek Workman responded to 305 North Street in reference to a medical call of a male subject unresponsive.  Arriving officers located drugs and paraphernalia in ... Read more...