Local & State News

City Council Tables Vote on Ordinance Moving Park Expansion to November Ballot

   06/26/12 Monday night members of the Plymouth Common Council motioned to table action on the ordinance that would move the idea of extending park and recreation services to residents in Center and West Townships to the ballot in ... Read more...

Redevelopment Commission Updated on TIF 2 Projects

  06/26/12 Members of the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission approved a couple of change orders for the South Gateway project in TIF District #2.  Change order #2 was for the removal of trees and stumps along the riverbank on the north ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Reports

  06/26/12 Last Wednesday afternoon Plymouth Officer Ray West was called to Wal-Mart for a shoplifter.  53 year old Mary Ann Badzmierowksi-Rocco of Knox was arrested for switching price tags on merchandise at the store.  She was booked ... Read more...

Commissioners Question State Requirement for GPS Date

   06/26/12 Last week the Marshall County Commissioners passed a resolution adopting Annex G to the Marshall County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan.  The annex pertains to mass casualties. EMA Director Clyde Avery brought to ... Read more...

SBDC Offers FREE Advise to Entreprenuers & Businesses

  06/26/12 Individual Small Business Development Center advisement services are offered monthly in Plymouth.  Entrepreneurs, potential entrepreneurs and business owners in Marshall County are encouraged to sign up for one on one business ... Read more...

State Police Launch Crash Reduction Enforcement Program;

06/26/12 Reducing traffic fatalities on Indiana’s urban and rural roads has been a consistent objective of the Indiana State Police and until this year success has been achieved with year after year reductions in deaths caused by traffic ... Read more...

Donnelly: Keep Student Loan Rates Low to Give Hoosiers Tools They Need to Compete

  06/26/12 Last week, Joe Donnelly, called for Congress to act immediately to keep student loan interest rates low to give Hoosier workers the tools they need to compete. “Congress needs to act quickly so the more than 260,000 students ... Read more...

“End of Life” Consider the Conversation at Miller’s

   06/26/12 People on the street are answering the question – “where do you want to be when you are facing the end of your life?”  That is how the DVD “Consider the Conversation” begins.  Next, a cancer stricken, 50-something ... Read more...

AVOID GAS LEAKS AND OTHER SAFETY ISSUES BY CALLING 811 BEFORE DIGGING

  06/26/12 Last Friday marked the beginning of summer, and outdoor digging and construction projects are in full swing.  To help you stay safe, NIPSCO encourages its customers, businesses and local communities to use the Indiana 811 ... Read more...

Another Plymouth home on the National Historic Register

  06/25/12 On the 15th of this month the Hoham-Klinghammer-Weckerle House became the second home in Plymouth to be recognized with the distinction of being listed in the National Park Service’s listing of Historic Places. Many ... Read more...

Plymouth Woman Airlifted from Crash on US 31 near Peru

   06/25/12 A Plymouth woman was critically injured in a two vehicle accident on US 31 near Peru on Friday afternoon. 22 year old Elizabeth Hoffer was traveling southbound on US 31, south of Business 31 in a 2001 Ford Escape when she ... Read more...

School Board Decision on Bus Maintenance Delayed

  06/25/12 Further discussions on the way bus maintenance for the Plymouth School Corporation will be handled in the future will likely not take place until the August meeting of the School Board. Over the last several meetings of the ... Read more...

Mayor Senter Elected Vice-President of ICOM

  06/25/12 Earlier this month Plymouth Mayor Mark Senter was elected a Vice-President of the Indiana Conference of Mayors. On June 8th at the ICOM conference in Lawrenceburg Mayor Mark accepted the position as vice-president.  He will be ... Read more...

Free 6-Inch for Subway Grand Opening Monday

  06/25/12 Subway lovers were very concerned when the sandwich shop at the corner of Michigan and Jefferson Street closed its doors the end of December.  The sign on the door explained that they were moving north to a larger store front ... Read more...

May Activity Report for Plymouth Police

   06/25/12 Plymouth Police Chief Jim Cox presented his May departmental activity report to the Board of Public Works and Safety last week. His staff handled 841 calls for information, conducted 464 traffic stops, investigated to 287 ... Read more...

City Council gives Redevelopment green-light for $1.7 Bond

  06/25/12 Last Monday, members of the Plymouth Common Council approved a resolution approving the issuance of bonds by the Redevelopment Commission for the construction of a local public improvement project. The project is the first ... Read more...

Coats Supports Bipartisan Farm Bill

  06/25/78 Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) today made the following statement after voting for the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012, a bipartisan farm policy bill: “Hoosier farmers and agricultural producers are among the best ... Read more...

State Road 4 Closure West of North Liberty

 06/25/12 The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces the closure of State Road 4 to thru traffic, between State Road 104 and State Road 23, on Monday, June 25th. In addition, S.R. 4 will be closed to all traffic .2 miles ... Read more...

Conservation Camp registrations still available

06/25/12  C.O. Mollenhour conservation camp sponsored by the DNR is still accepting registrations for boys and girls ages 9-14.  The camp for the boys runs from July 8th through the 13th and girls camp begins July 15th through the 20th. ... Read more...

$40,000 scholarship winner from Bremen

   06/22/12 Katrina Clevenger, a 2012 graduate of Bremen High School, won a $40,000 national scholarship, announced Monday, June 18, in the Art Institutes 2012 Storytellers Photography Competition. More than 500 contestants from all 50 ... Read more...