Local & State News

Busy Agenda for City Meetings

    05/29/12 The City of Plymouth will conduct their regular meetings today, May 29th beginning at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall. The agenda for the Board of Public Works and Safety include awarding the fuel supply bids ... Read more...

Blueberry Pageant Seeking Contestants

     05/29/12 The deadline for applications for this year’s Miss Blueberry Scholarship Pageant is quickly approaching.  The deadline is 4 p.m. this Thursday, May 31st.  Applications may be picked up and turned into the office on ... Read more...

Culver Kiwanis Honor Oliver Family

   05/29/12 Culver’s Kiwanis Club gathered Thursday evening  to honor an outstanding area business at Mystic Hills. Kiwanian Dick Swennumson introduced members of the Oliver family of Plymouth’s Oliver Ford Lincoln-Mercury, ... Read more...

Tony Stewart to visit the Newton Center on Wednesday

   05/ 29/12 2011 NASCAR SPRINT CUP CHAMPION TONY STEWART will visit The Newton Center tomorrow, May 30, 2012,from 7:00pm to 9:00 pm, in support of the “Little Hoosier 100” which will be held August 10th & 11th, 2012 at Newton ... Read more...

ANCILLA COLLEGE GOLF CLASSIC SLATED

  05/29/12 Summer is here and the divots are flying! It’s time once again for the Annual Ancilla College Golf Classic. The tournament is set to take place at the Plymouth Country Club, overlooking Pretty Lake in Plymouth, on Monday, ... Read more...

The Braun Corporation Announces New Ownership Structure

  05/29/12 Ralph Braun has announced a new ownership structure of the Braun Corporation, an Indiana-based manufacturer of automotive mobility products for individuals who use scooters or wheelchairs. Effective immediately, the new ... Read more...

Stone Creek Homes Stops Production at 3 Plants and Leaves Employees Without Paychecks

05/29/12 It wasn’t your normal workday at Stone Creek Homes on Thursday.  According to one employee, the temporary employees hired through ASI, a Nebraska business had received phone calls on Wednesday telling them that ASI had dropped ... Read more...

PLYMOUTH KIWANIS AWARD $5,000 IN LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS

    05/29/12 The Plymouth Chapter of Kiwanis has awarded to five $1,000 scholarships to Plymouth High School and Argos seniors. Mariah Adams plans on attending Ancilla College this fall and received the $1,000 Kiwanis Ancilla Memorial ... Read more...

Plymouth FFA

   05/25/12 The 2012/2013 Officer Team of the Plymouth FFA Chapter recently presented a check as a donation to the construction of a Dog Park in Plymouth.  Accepting the donation on behalf of the Dog Park Committee are Gwen Calvert and ... Read more...

Travel Safely This Memorial Day Weekend

  5/26/12 The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) announces a road work moratorium beginning around noon Friday, May 25th until the morning hours of Tuesday, May 29th to allow drivers a safer and more efficient holiday travel ... Read more...

Jefferson Street Closed for Memorial Day Cermony

  05/26/12 West Jefferson Street between Center and Walnut Streets will be closed from approximately 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Monday, May 28, 2012.  The brief closure will occur during the annual Plymouth Memorial Day Ceremony, which ... Read more...

Heart and Hands Will Close

   05/25/12 The Heart and Hands brochure has a quote from Cesar Chavez that reads “Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.  You cannot uneducated the person who has learned how to read…”  For the past 11 years that ... Read more...

Memorial Day Services

    05/25/12 Marshall County Veteran Service Officer Josh Wakeland released information for Monday’s Memorial Day Services.  At 10 a.m. there will be a short wreath ceremony on the Court House lawn.  At 10:30 Monday there will be a ... Read more...

Flags and Doggie Treats at Farmers’ Market this Saturday

  05/25/12 The community is urged to kick off Memorial Day weekend at the Plymouth Farmers’ Market where Mayor Mark Senter will be distributing U.S. flags. St. Joseph Regional Medical Center will be sponsoring a blood drive; donors are ... Read more...

Lorne Nifong Memorial Tree Planting

   05/25/12 Recently students, staff, and family of Loren Nifong planted a tree in his memory at Washington Elementary School.  Loren passed away unexpectedly this spring.  For more than 50 years, Loren drove a school bus for Plymouth ... Read more...

PHS Band Members to March in All-State Marching Band and Indy 500 Parade

05/25/12 Plymouth High School was notified that six members of the Pride of Plymouth Marching Band were selected to march in the Indiana All-State Marching Band at the Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade on Memorial Day. Students from high ... Read more...

Triton Superintendent Retiring

   05/25/12 Triton School Corporation Superintendent Carl Hilling will be stepping down within the next few weeks. Hilling first came to the Triton Schools in July of 2008.     Hilling previously served as superintendent in the ... Read more...

PAY ATTENTION TO FIREWORKS LAWS AND SAFETY THIS MEMORIAL DAY

   05/25/12 Many people associate fireworks with Independence Day, but Memorial Day is another holiday widely celebrated with fireworks. The Indiana Fire Marshal’s Office, a division the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS), ... Read more...

Call Out for 2012 Senior Classic Games

  05/25/12 Calling all senior citizens!!! Scott Michel of the Plymouth Park Department and Anna Corbett of Miller’s Senior Living Community are pleased to announce that it is time for the 2012 Senior Classic Games.  The games are open ... Read more...

Culver Academies Quizbowl Team finishes Sixth at Midwest Championship, defeats National #4 IMSA and #19 New Trier.

    05/25/12 The Culver Quizbowl team placed sixth at the Midwest Championship at Northwestern University this past weekend. The Eagles, ranked nationally at #49, defeated eventual Midwest Champions Illinois Math and Science Academy ... Read more...