Local & State News

Pack-A-Backpack Passes Out to Nearly 700 Kids

  08/22/12 Plymouth FOP Lodge 195 networked with the Indiana State Police for the annual Pack-A-Backpack campaign.  The two organizations would like to thank everyone involved in the 2012 Pac-A-Backpack Drive. With the help of the ... Read more...

Endangered Aquatic Plant Threatened at Bass Lake by Vehicle Traffic

  08/22/12 Indiana Conservation Officers and the Indiana Division of Nature Preserves are asking the public to help protect a state endangered aquatic plant. At Bass Lake in Starke County, vehicle tracks have been observed along the shore ... Read more...

262 new students welcomed at Culver Academies

  08/22/12 Culver Academies welcomed 262 new students to campus at its annual matriculation ceremony on Monday, Aug. 20, marking the official start of the school’s 119th year. Classes started on Tuesday, Aug. 21, with 806 students, 462 ... Read more...

Donnelly Announces Main Street Tour with Senator Evan Bayh

  08/22/12 on Tuesday, Joe Donnelly’s campaign for U.S. Senate announced that former Senator Evan Bayh will join him on a “Main Street Tour” of five communities in Indiana this week. Donnelly said, “I am honored to be joined on ... Read more...

Drainage Board Moves Forward with Logan Drain Project

  08/21/12  More than a dozen people attend the Marshall County Drainage Board Meeting Monday morning to learn about and discuss their concerns on the proposed reconstruction of the Logan Drain. There are a total of 187 parcels in the ... Read more...

Mark Davis Airlifted after Crash Saturday on St. Rd. 17

  08/21/12 County Officer Matt Brown investigated a single vehicle crash Saturday evening at 5:15 on State Road 17 and 15th Road. 19 year old Mark Davis of Plymouth was traveling south on State Road 17 in a 2000 Lincoln LLS when he lost ... Read more...

Plymouth Man Arrested on Battery Charge Plus…

  08/21/12 Plymouth Police arrested a Plymouth man Saturday morning at 3:00 after a domestic battery incident. Officers were dispatched to the residence at 1114 Lincolnway East at 2:15 after receiving a call of a domestic disturbance.  ... Read more...

Rochester man injured in ORV accident

  08/21/12 Indiana Conservation Officers investigated an Over the Road Vehicle accident that occurred on Sunday around 3:45 pm. According to Conservation Officer Guido Tims, Sam Gagnon of Rochester was operating an ORV at 1133 Spatzen ... Read more...

Gleaning Day at the Plymouth Farmer’s Market

  08/21/12 Plymouth Farmer’s Market is holding a Gleaning day at the market on Saturday, August 25 to help raise donations to support the Neighborhood Center.  The Plymouth Farmer’s Market is held each Saturday through October 13th ... Read more...

FOP 195 Motorcycle Road Run this Saturday

 8/21/12  For the fifth year, motorcycle riders from several Indiana counties will be riding together to raise funds for the many programs of the Plymouth FOP Lodge 195.  Despite a downpour of rain last year, 63 undaunted riders raised ... Read more...

Planting Pride in Plymouth BulbFundraiser

 08/21/12 A great way to make your yard and flower garden more colorful next spring is to plant bulbs this fall! TheAmericain Bloom – Planting Pride inPlymouthcommittee is selling Flower Bulbs as a fund raiser for their ... Read more...

Miller’s Summer Picnic, Surprise for Gladys Umbaugh

  08/21/12 Miller’s Senior Living Community was full of fun and surprises on Friday afternoon, August 17th.  The fun started with the annual Lazy, Hazy Crazy Days of Summer picnic.  The dietary staff grilled hot dogs, hamburgers and ... Read more...

Council Gets First Look at 2013 Budget Requests

  08/20/12 Marshall County Auditor Penny Lukenbill presented copies of the General Fund and Special Funds budget for2011 and 2012 during the County Council meeting last week.  The reports indicate the expenditures for 2011, ... Read more...

Plymouth Council Aproves Acquisition Offers for Voluntary Flood Home Buyout Program

08/20/12 The City of Plymouth has been awarded up to $530,466 in grant funding administered through the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) for the voluntary Flood Home Buyout Program.  Funds are made available to eligible ... Read more...

Monthly Report for Plymouth Police, Fire & EMS

  08/20/12 City department heads presented their monthly reports during last week’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting. Plymouth Fire and EMS responded to a total of 213 calls in July.  There were 172 EMS incidents and 17 medical ... Read more...

Arrests by City Officers

  08/20/12 Plymouth Officer Derek Workman arrested 24 year old Courtney Owens of Plymouth Thursday evening about 6:30 at Wal-Mart.  Owens was arrested from stealing from her employer. Just after midnight Officer Workman arrested a pair ... Read more...

STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING AN OUTBREAK OF SALMONELLA IN CANTALOUPES

  08/20/12 State and federal health officials are advising all Hoosiers to discard cantaloupes purchased from July 7 to present, following an outbreak of salmonellosis which has sickened 14 Hoosiers and approximately 150 people ... Read more...

Triton School Raise $900 with “Pennies for Patients”

  08/20/12 Triton Jr.-Sr. High School hosts an annual campaign for the National Leukemia and Lymphoma Society entitled “Pennies for Patients”. Led by the Class of 2012, Triton students raised $930.97 to help find a cure for ... Read more...

Culver Academies Presents Plena Libre in Concert Aug. 27

  08/20/12 Tickets are on sale now for the August 27th Plena Libre concert at the Eppley Auditorium of Culver Academies. This group of four-time Grammy Award nominees brings to life the music of Puerto Rico with a swinging rhythm section, ... Read more...

Bremen and Toll Road Districts Participate in Impaired Driving Crackdown

  08/20/12 Indiana State Police Troopers at the Bremen District and Toll Road District joined more than 250 other Indiana law enforcement agencies across the Hoosier state in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” crackdown on impaired ... Read more...