Local & State News

Mishler Appointed to Senate Majority Whip

   05/01/12 Indiana Senate President Pro Tem David Long the Republican from Ft. Wayne, Monday announced his selection of Senator Ryan Mishler the Republican from Bremen to serve as Senate Majority Whip. Mishler will take over the ... Read more...

March 2012 Indiana Employment Report

  05/01/12 Indiana’s private sector employment continues to grow, with 5,300 jobs added in March. The state’s unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent to 8.2 percent, matching the national rate, which declined 0.1 percent from February. ... Read more...

Hostetler Recognized at Top Ten User of ACS Program

      05/01/12 Kathy Hostetler, Claims Representative with Morrow Insurance Agency in Plymouth was recognized by Westfield Insurance Company as being a Top Ten User of the Agency Claims Service (ACS) Program for 2011, with zero percent ... Read more...

Mitzell receives Morehead-Cain Scholarship

  05/01/12 Culver Academies senior Channing “Jack” Mitzell has been awarded a Morehead-Cain Scholarship to attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill this fall. Mitzell is Culver’s 46th recipient and the first since ... Read more...

Cub Scout Pinewood Derby Results

   05/01/12 Rain dampened the Car Show that was to proceed this year’s Pinewood Derby at Menominee Elementary School in Plymouth.   Several of those who had planned to bring their classic cars to the show still showed up for the ... Read more...

Creative Bookmarks at Miller’s

   05/01/12 Although her business is might be named Hand Created Cards; cards are not the only craft items Mary Wraight can make.  Last week at Miller’s Senior Living Community she led the residents in making a handmade bookmark. ... Read more...

STATE’S CANCER FACTS AND FIGURES RELEASED FRIDAY

  05/01/12 As National Cancer Control Awareness Month was winding down, Monday was an opportune moment for the Indiana State Department of Health, Indiana Cancer Consortium (ICC) and the American Cancer Society to release the Indiana ... Read more...

Opening night action at Plymouth Speedway

  05/01/12  The roar of engines, the smell of race fuel with a hint of popcorn, and a chill in the air filled the Plymouth Speedway on opening night Friday. It was an exciting night of racing that saw four drivers at the winner’s ... Read more...

TONIGHT PHS BASEBALL GAME vs NORTHRIDGE: CANCELLED!

  Tonight’s PHS Baseball game vs Northridge has been postponed & rescheduled for tomorrow afternoon. WTCA Pre-Game will begin around ... Read more...

Former Marshall County Commissioner Killed in Crash

04/30/12 A crash on US 30 at Cedar Road claimed the life of a Marshall County man and sent his wife to the hospital.   Marshall County Coroner Bill Cleavenger released the name of the driver killed Sunday afternoon in a car/semi accident ... Read more...

School Board Updated on Pool Renovations and Contracting Bus Maintenance with Local Company

  04/30/12  Plymouth School Board will meet on Tuesday, May 1 for a regularly scheduled meeting. The meeting will be held at the Administration Off ice Board Room at 7:00 p.m.    Agenda items include a report on the progress of the ... Read more...

DONNELLY ANNOUNCES GRANT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO KNOX INDUSTRIAL PARK

  04/30/12 Thursday, Congressman Joe Donnelly announced that the Board of Commissioners of Starke County received a $503,000 grant to improve access to Knox Industrial Park, an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial ... Read more...

$1,000 Built Ford Tough – FFA Scholarship Awarded to Local Youth

  04/30/12 Allysen Rospopo, a 2012 graduate of Argos HS FFA, has been awarded a $1,000 scholarship by Oliver Ford Lincoln and Ford Motor Company.  Rospopo’s parents are Richard Rospopo and Christine Rospopo of Argos.  Rospopo plans to ... Read more...

New Foundation to Support Plymouth Schools

   04/30/12 Providing a support base for the Plymouth Community Schools far into the future will be the task of a newly forming group. The Plymouth Education Foundation will be a not for profit fundraising organization committed to ... Read more...

Donna Veal Interim Director of Housing Authority

   04/30/12 When Dean Byers left a position at the end of 2011 with the Marshall County Housing Authority that he had held officially since 1995, he knew he was leaving the office in good hands.   Byers, who had been one of the ... Read more...

John Glenn Student Wins Congressional Art Competition

04/30/12 On Saturday, Congressman Joe Donnelly congratulated the winners of the 2012 Congressional Art Competition by video message at Crossroads Gallery in South Bend.  Over 120 local high school students participated in this year’s ... Read more...

Young Author Event at Argos School

04/30/12 The annual Young Authors’ Conference, sponsored by the Marshall County Reading Council, was held in a different format this year.  Over a two-week period, guest author Tim Smith, AKA Buck Wilder, shared his love of the ... Read more...

PHS Social Studies & Fine Arts Teams Place Third

   04/30/12 The Plymouth High School Social Studies & Fine Arts teams both placed third at the Indiana Academic Super Bowl Competition at Northridge High School on Tuesday, April 17.  They competed in Class Two and the theme for ... Read more...

Encore presents Lake Effect Winds at PCC

   04/30/12 Whether you want to welcome spring or give the mother in your life a special Mother’s Day gift, join Encore Performing Arts for their second in a series of ‘Dinner and Music’ concerts. Lake Effect Winds, a woodwind ... Read more...

Tax Payers Question Union North School Board on Substantial Increase

   04/30/12 The Union-North School Board voted to establish a new position of Director of Operations over custodial staffs, transportation, grounds and maintenance for the 2012-2013 school year. During a meeting on April 26, the vote on ... Read more...