Local & State News

Honor Roll at Argos 4th Grading Period

          03/12/12   Argos Jr.-Sr. High School 2011-2012  4th Grading Period High Honor Roll Grade 7 Kyle Fishburn Zachery Trump Grade 8 Jessica Detwiler Mariah Lineberry Grade 9 Melissa Golden Kainen Morgan Taylor O’Dell ... Read more...

Marshall County Prosecutor Determines Shooting Justified

03/09/12 As the results of an extensive investigation by the Indiana State Police Marshall County Prosecuting Attorney David R. Holmes has determined that the police shooting of Mark Albright was “justified.” Consequently, no criminal ... Read more...

Spring Forward March 11: Daylight Saving Time 2012

   03/09/12 Daylight saving time starts at 2 a.m. Sunday March 11. Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead (from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m.) by one hour. Daylight saving time has started the second Sunday of March since 2007, in an effort to ... Read more...

Plymouth Schools Continue Re-districting Project

03/09/12 Dr. Jerome McKibben readily admits that he doesn’t have a crystal ball that allows him to see into the future, but his training an experience in the field of demographic forecasting has proven to be extremely accurate. McKibben ... Read more...

Pension Board Meeting for Fire Department

  03/09/12  Plymouth Fire Chief Rodney Miller announced Thursday a pension board meeting.  The Plymouth Fire Department will conduct a pension board meeting on Monday, March 12, 2012 at the Plymouth Fire Department, 111 North Center ... Read more...

Open House for Brendan Muller, Candidate for House of Representative 2nd District

  03/09/12 Marshall County Democrats will have the opportunity to meet candidate Brendan Muller this weekend. Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly, who has represented the 2nd district since 2007, will run for the U.S. Senate rather than for ... Read more...

Arts Council Meeting Saturday

  03/09/10 The Arts Council of Marshall County will conduct their March meeting this Saturday, March 10th at 10:00 A.M. at the Heartland Artists building located at 103 West LaPorte Street in Downtown Plymouth.  All interested parties ... Read more...

Top Junior College Teams in the Country Visit the LifePlex

03/09/12 The madness of March gets an early start in Plymouth with National Junior College Athletic Association District 12 basketball tournament this weekend at the LifePlex. Ancilla College was chosen as the host this year tournament ... Read more...

Disability survey seeks input on livable communities in Indiana

  03/09/12 How do people with disabilities in Indiana feel about the communities in which they live? Do communities strive to maximize independence, assure safety and security, promote inclusiveness and provide access? The Indiana ... Read more...

Miller’s Residents Create Greeting Cards

03/09/12 Mary Wraight of handcreatedcards@yahoo.com led a group of Miller’s residents in a card making project on Wednesday afternoon.  Wraight has been creating cards, specialty frames and other craft projects for several years and ... Read more...

Court Orders Todd Wagoner’s Dog Euthanized

  03/08/ Last week, Plymouth Police Officer Derek Workman arrested 46 year old Todd Wagoner on a warrant for harboring a non-immunized dog and cruelty to an animal with a prior charge.  At that same time Wagoner’s dog, Shyrtkee, a ... Read more...

County Commissioners Approve Creation of Safety Committee

   03/08/12 Mike Miley from Gibson Insurance discussed a proposal to create a Safety Committee for Marshall County Government during the Commissioner’s meeting Monday. Miley said, “The mission of the committee is to reduce and ... Read more...

High Winds Cause Tree to Fall on Power Lines, Starts Fire

   03/08/12  Plymouth Fire Department responded to the scene of a grass fire Wednesday afternoon near Ivory Court, a subdivision off of Michigan Street. High gusts of wind felled a large tree near the railroad tracks, causing the tree ... Read more...

PHS Jazz Ensembles Receive Gold Ratings

  03/08/12 On Friday, March 2nd, the Plymouth High School Jazz Ensemble competed in the annual Indiana State School Music Association’s (ISSMA) Jazz Contest.  At this event, the Plymouth Jazz Ensemble entered two groups in the ... Read more...

Bremen Post to Conduct Sobriety Checkpoint Friday in Marshall County

  03/08/12 Sergeant Chad Larsh from the Bremen State Police Post has announced that a sobriety checkpoint will be held in Marshall County.  The checkpoint will start during the evening hours of Friday, March 9, 2012. Motorists are asked ... Read more...

Joint Argos Bremen Choir Performance for Argos Senior Project

  03/08/12 The Argos and Bremen swing choirs will be performing at the Argos Auditorium on Friday, March 9 at 8 p.m.  Tickets will be $3 a person and available at the door the night of the show. The event is part of Argos High School ... Read more...

School Board Updated on Interior Design of School of Inquiry

  03/08/12 During a meeting on March 6, the Plymouth School Board got an update on the interior design of the School of Inquiry that is scheduled to open at the start of the 2012-2013 school year. Presenting a computer-based virtual trip ... Read more...

Argos Celebrates Dr. Seuss with Read-A-Thon

03/08/12 Argos Schools celebrated Dr. Seuss’ birthday on Friday by dressing up as Dr. Seuss characters, having birthday cake and ice cream on the lunch menu and “reading all day.”  Students read to each other, to younger ... Read more...

Plymouth Students Tackle ISTEP with Confidence

   03/08/12 Plymouth Schools’ students were given lots of encouragement and good advice as they began three days of ISTEP (Indiana State Testing for Educational Progress) testing starting on Tuesday.   Angie Mills, Jefferson ... Read more...

Miller’s Residents Learn About Funeral Costs

    03/08/12 Lori McAbee of Community Casket Company in South Bend spoke at Miller’s Senior Living Community in Plymouth on Monday afternoon, March 5 in a seminar titled “Taking Control of Funeral Costs”.  McAbee who is ... Read more...