Local & State News

Special Drainage Board & Commissioners Meeting Monday

   07/16/12 The Marshall County Drainage Board will meet for a special meeting Monday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m. prior to the Commissioner’s meeting at 9 a.m.  Both meetings will be held in the second floor meeting room of the ... Read more...

Hite Certified by State as Medicolegal Death Investigator

  07/16/12 Marshall County Coroner Bill Cleavenger was notified late last week that Deputy Coroner, Bridget Hite has successfully completed all aspects of Indiana’s mandatory coroner training program and has been certified by the state ... Read more...

Arrests by Plymouth Police

  07/16/12 On Wednesday, July 11th at 2:44pm the Plymouth Police Department was contacted by an employee of the Mayflower Tavern located at 1111 West Jefferson Street.  The employee was concerned with two suspicious males sitting in a ... Read more...

Commissioner to Conduct Public Hearing on Golf Cart Ordinance

  07/16/12 Monday morning the Marshall County Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on an ordinance that would allow the use of golf carts on county roadways. Last month the commissioners discussed an ordinance that would allow golf ... Read more...

Three Marshall County Manufacturers Planning to Expand

  07/16/12 Culver Tool & Engineering, a leading national manufacturer of   spinal rod implants, plans to invest approximately $1 million in its operation and add employees by the end of the year.  A building expansion for ... Read more...

Triton’s DI Team Preforms for School Board

  07/16/12 The Triton School Board met on July 9th at 7:00 P.M.  Representatives of the Destination Imagination (DI) team were present to show the board the types of activities they perform at a DI competition. They preformed a ... Read more...

NIPSCO Cautions Customers to Energy Credit Scam

  O7/16/12  Spurred by customer reports, NIPSCO and utility companies nationwide are warning residents about a credit scam in which victims are asked to provide personal information in exchange for energy bill credits from the ... Read more...

Dance Your Way to a Healthy Lifestyle

  07/16/12 Fitness Forum at LifePlex will be hosting its Free Community Outreach Education on July 17th from 6:30 -7:30pm. Mewsette Cartwright Director of LifePlex Dance Academy will be the guest speaker. Cartwright will be sharing the ... Read more...

Trail of Broken Promises broken again but not beat

  7/16/12 On July 10 the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a new  highway can be built on the wetlands at Lawrence, Kansas. A panel of three judges unanimously ruled that government environmental studies were adequate to allow ... Read more...

Fundraising for Morgan Uceny’s Parents to Travel to Olympics in London

07/13/12 How much does it cost to attend the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?  It costs at least $10,000 for airfare, hotel and tickets to some of the Track & Field events. Brenda and Marty Uceny of Plymouth will be traveling to the ... Read more...

Donnelly Raises Over $900,000 in 2nd Quarter and Has Nearly $1.4 Million On Hand

   07/13/12 Thursday, Joe Donnelly’s campaign for U.S. Senate announced that he raised $924,814.57 in the second quarter of 2012 and has $1,382,323.60 cash on hand. “Joe is honored to receive such strong support in his effort to be ... Read more...

Visit the Greyhound, Listen to Dog Stories, and Non-Profits at Farmers’ Market Saturday

  07/13/12This Saturday, in addition to the freshest of the fresh produce and flowers, youngsters will have an opportunity to visit with Traveler, the greyhound, and listen to dog stories beginning at 9:30, He’s very excited. ... Read more...

Leadership Marshall County is Accepting Applications for Class XVIII

  07/13/12 Leadership Marshall County is accepting applications for Class XVIII.  Applications are due on July 30, 2012. Leadership Marshall County is a nine month program designed to inform and support current and future leaders of ... Read more...

Rita Lawson Memorial Science Fiction Collection Dedication

  07/13/12 Culver-Union Township Public Library is privileged to hold the dedication ceremony of the Rita Lawson Science Fiction/Fantasy Collection at 2 pm on Saturday July 21,  in the in the upstairs lobby of the Library. Rita was the ... Read more...

New Principal at LaVille Jr.-Sr. High

  07/12/12 New LaVille Jr.-Sr. High School Principal, Jeremy Tucker, isn’t wasting any time getting started on the goals he has set for himself and the school. Tucker replaces Chuck Phillips who was appointed Director of Operations for ... Read more...

School Board Aproves Bus Parking Lot at Webster School

  07/13/12 Traffic congestion at Webster Elementary School in Plymouth will likely be relieved with the completion of a bus parking lot at the school. During a school board meeting on July 10, architect Brent Martin presented drawings of ... Read more...

Miller’s Residents Hear Details of 1893 World’s Fair

  07/13/12 Resident and guests of Miller’s Senior Living Community listened intently as Jennifer Harness of Plymouth shared her power point presentation title “Remnants of the White City”.  Harness is a first grade teacher at Argos ... Read more...

DONNELLY BILL TO NOTIFY VETERANS OF VA DATA BREACH IN TIMELY MANNER PASSES HOUSE VETERANS’ COMMITTEE

  07/13/12 Wednesday, Congressman Joe Donnelly’s bill, The Veterans Data Breach Timely Notification Act, H.R. 3730, passed the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs as an amendment to H.R. 5948, The Veterans Fiduciary Reform Act. On ... Read more...

Update—-Plymouth Woman Missing has been found, Doing Fine!

  Plymouth police are seeking the assistance of the community in locating an elderly woman who walked away from her home last night. 79 year old Ruth Martin walked away from the Fifth Street home in Plymouth sometime last night. Martin is ... Read more...

Downtown Revitalization Meeting to Discuss River Park Square

  07/12/12 The Plymouth Downtown Revitalization Committee will meet Thursday evening at 5:30 in the conference room of the Plymouth Community School Corporation Administration Building.  The meeting is open to the public and the agenda ... Read more...