Local & State News

Oliver Ford & Ford Motor Donate $15,820 to Plymouth Schools

06/29/12 Oliver Ford Lincoln in Plymouth and Ford Motor Company presented checks to their two recent Drive event recipients.   The first one was for the Plymouth High School New School of Inquiry.  They received a check for $5,300 from ... Read more...

MISS BLUEBERRY SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT THIS SATURDAY

  06/29/12 This year is the 45th Anniversary of the Marshall County Blueberry Festival. The theme is “A World of Possibilities”.  This Saturday, June 30th, the first official event of the festival will be the crowning of the new 2012 ... Read more...

City Council Hears 1st Reading of Urban Forestry Committee Ordinance

   06/29/12   In 2002 the City of Plymouth adopted it present Urban Forestry Committee ordinance.  The intended roll of the committee was to serve in an advisory capacity regarding the City’s tree population. Monday night Mayor Mark ... Read more...

Bremen Firemen’s Festival will have Fireworks/Plymouth Speedway Postpones Fireworks

  06/29/12 The Town of Bremen is going ahead with a public fireworks display on July 4 as a part of their annual Bremen Firemen’s Festival. Rich Martin, Bremen director of operations, indicated that they have a number of safety measures ... Read more...

PFM Celebrates 4th of July

  06/29/12 This Saturday the Plymouth Farmers’ Market will be celebrating the 4th of July with Mayor Senter handing out American flags (made in the USA). Art Heminger of Balloon Art will be fashioning balloon creations for young and old ... Read more...

SJRMC Statement on the Supreme Court Ruling Upholding the Affordable Care Act

  06/29/12 With a belief that access and coverage for all is both a moral and practical imperative, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) is pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision, based on an initial read of the ruling. While ... Read more...

Improperly Discarded Cigarettes are Leading Cause of Unintentional Grass Fires

  06/29/12 The Indiana Department of Homeland Security and Indiana State Police are reminding Hoosiers that proper disposal of cigarettes and safe handling of fireworks is critical to avoid accidentally starting a fire. “Two-thirds of ... Read more...

Sally & Friends at Miller’s last Tuesday of every Month

   06/29/12 Sally & Friends arrived at Miller’s Senior Living Community on Tuesday, June 26th wearing their red, white and blue.  They were prepared to play patriotic music while the audience sang along from the song sheets Ed ... Read more...

Help Operation Quiet Comfort during your 4th of July Holiday

  06/29/12 You may have heard by now that Marshall County has extended the burn ban indefinitely and included a ban on private and public fireworks.  That means that if it doesn’t rain substantially, and there isn’t any in ... Read more...

M.C. EMA Warns of Excessive Heat on Thursday

   06/28/12 The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning which will be in effect from 11am until 8:00pm on Thursday, June 28.  Air temperatures and heat index values will range from 103 to 107 degrees. This type of ... Read more...

Ancilla College Celebrated 75th Anniversary with Party

  06/28/12 Ancilla College celebrated its 75th anniversary with a party on campus June 22nd. Over 100 friends of the college, staff, and community members attended the event, which was broadcast live by WTCA.   Sister Virginia ... Read more...

Officer Hite Arrests 2 for Theft

  06/28/12 Monday evening Plymouth Police Officer Bridget Hite received information that 19 year old Alicia N. Lewis of 10B Road in Plymouth had been at a location on Pennsylvania Avenue and taken an X-Box from the residence.  Ms. Lewis ... Read more...

“Pedal for Petals” Benefit for America in Bloom of Plymouth

  06/28/12 America in Bloom of Plymouth is hosting its first bicycle cruise “Pedal for Petals” on Saturday, July 28, 2012.  It is a 3 mile cruise through Plymouth’s scenic “Greenway Trail” beginning and ending at Founders Park ... Read more...

Thursday Arrests by Plymouth Police

  06/28/12 On Thursday, June 21st around 1:27pm, Officer Shanna Gilmer of the Plymouth Police Department responded to Martin’s Supermarket on Jefferson Street after receiving a call that a female subject later identified as Sarah B. ... Read more...

BUSINESS TOOLKITS NOW AVAILABLE TO ASSIST WITH SMOKE FREE AIR LAW

   06/28/12 Effective July 1, all Hoosiers will be able to breathe easier. The Indiana Smoke Free Air Law will prohibit smoking in all businesses, except for private clubs, bars, casinos and retail tobacco shops. Indiana will join 39 ... Read more...

Local Hoosier Parents and Students Call on Congress to Extend Low Interest Rates for Student Loans

06/28/12 Indiana stud  ents, parents, and higher education advocates called today for immediate action to extend the student loan interest rate.  Without a new plan from Congress, on July 1st student loan interest rates will double from ... Read more...

Church Orchestra Provides Music & Sermon for Miller’s Residents

   06/28/12 The fourth Sunday of the month finds members of the Marshall County Church Orchestra providing music and a sermon for the residents of Miller’s Merry Manor in Plymouth.  Orchestra leader Don Harness leads the group in ... Read more...

“Greatest Musical of the 20th Century”, Carousel, on the Wagon Wheel Stage—

   06 /28/12  In 1999, Time Magazine called Carousel ‘the greatest musical of the 20th century.’  On July 4-14, the Wagon Wheel Theatre celebrates this timeless Rodgers and Hammerstein classic.  Richard Rodgers and Oscar ... Read more...

M.C. Burn Ban Extended, Includes ALL Fireworks

 06/27/12 The dangerous dry conditions that prompted the initial implementation of a county wide burn ban on June 13th and a renewal on June 20th continue to intensify.  According to the National Weather Service in Northern Indiana, no ... Read more...

Phend & Brown Awarded Bid for Baker Street Improvements

06/27/12 Monday the Board of Public Works and Safety awarded the bid for the 2012 Street and Sidewalk Projects which will include improvements to Baker Street.  The engineer’s estimate on the project was $252,000 to $290,000 using INDOT ... Read more...