Local & State News

Plymouth Police Reports

   02/20/12 On Tuesday, February 14th about 4:00pm, the Marshall County 911 Center received a call in reference to subjects fighting in the CVS parking lot in Plymouth. Corporal Hite of the Plymouth Police Department arrived on scene and ... Read more...

Library Announces Candy Guessing Winners

   02/20/12 The Plymouth Public Library is pleased to announce the winners of the annual CANDY GUESSING CONTEST.  The Children’s Room ran the contest from February 1st through February 14th.  The exact number of candies in the jar ... Read more...

One Book, One Town – Marshall County Afternoon Tea

02/20/12 One Book, One Town-Marshall County will be holding an afternoon tea on Sunday, March 4 at 2:00 p.m. at the Marshall County Museum. Sample Civil War era teas, sandwiches and desserts and enjoy the special entertainment, ... Read more...

Nappanee Man Dies in Early Morning Crash, Preliminary Cause is Drowning

02/17/12 Shortly after 6:00 a.m. Thursday morning, Indiana State Police Troopers Rodd Schuh and Patrick O’Keefe responded to a vehicle crash on Beech Rd. north of Bourbon that claimed the life of one man.  The crash was reported by a ... Read more...

ISP Meth Suppression Section Serve Search Warrant in La Paz

  02/17/12 Early Thursday troopers with the Indiana State Police Meth Suppression Section (MSS), the Emergency Response Section (ERS) and the Plymouth Police Department, served a search warrant on a suspected meth house in LaPaz. The two ... Read more...

City Submitts Grant Application for $16.8 Million to Indiana Stellar Communities Program

  02/17/12 During Monday night’s Plymouth Common Council meeting Brent Martin spoke about the Stellar Community Grant opportunity. The Stellar Communities program is a multi-agency partnership designed to fund comprehensive community ... Read more...

Minor Injuries as SUV Slides into Train on 11th Road

   02/17/12 Slippery roads Tuesday morning are the cause of a car train accident on 11th Road south of Plymouth. At 9:50 a.m. the train conductor, Robert Fox called 9-1-1 to report the crash and Indiana State Police Trooper Corey Sauer ... Read more...

State Police K-9 Tracks Down Wanted Man

  02/17/12  Shortly before 9:00 a.m. Thursday troopers with the Indiana State Police Emergency Response Section (ERS) and a K-9 officer from the Bremen Post assisted the Starke County Sheriff’s Department in locating a wanted subject ... Read more...

DONNELLY SPEAKS ON HOUSE FLOOR TO HONOR LATE INDIANA NATIONAL GUARDSMAN, ROBERT J. TAUTERIS, JR.

02/17/12 Thursday, Congressman Joe Donnelly spoke on the House floor to honor late Indiana National Guardsman, Specialist Robert J. Tauteris, Jr., who died while serving in Afghanistan. Robert’s two sons, Robert J. III and Mathew, and ... Read more...

Plymouth Schools Steping Forward with Common Core States Standards

02/17/12 The Plymouth School administrators are wasting no time in making sure their students are meeting or exceeding the state standards set by the Indiana Department of Education and other states. Forty-five states and the District of ... Read more...

3 from Culver Arrested on Drug Charges

  02/17/12  On Monday, February 13th at 7:18 p.m. Officer John Weir with the Plymouth Police Department initiated a traffic stop of the intersection of Michigan Road and Diamond Drive on a vehicle with several equipment violations. ... Read more...

Culver Academies hosts Military School Band Festival Feb. 24-26

02/17/12 More than 120 selected musicians and choir members from eight military schools and colleges from across the country will be on the Culver Academies campus Feb. 24-26 as the Academies host the 36th annual Military School Band ... Read more...

Knox Woman Arrested for Theft, False Informing & Neglect of a Dependent

02/17/12  On Monday February 13th around 5:00 p.m. the Plymouth Police Department received a call from Wal-Mart on North Oak Drive stating that two female subjects had removed merchandise from the store without paying for the items. ... Read more...

Coats Calls for More Equity and Flexibility in Highway Bill

   02/17/12 Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Wednesday spoke on the Senate floor urging Majority Leader Harry Reid to allow Republicans the opportunity to offer amendments to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill, including one ... Read more...

Plymouth Community Youth Orchestra’s Field Trip to the Morris Center

  02/17/12 The Plymouth Community Youth Orchestra took another field trip to South Bend on Saturday, February 11th. They were back at the Morris Center to attend the South Bend Symphony Orchestra’s POPSII concert “Romance at the ... Read more...

M.C. Coroner Releases Preliminary Toxicology Report on Stetzel

  02/16/12 On Wednesday Marshall County Coroner Bill Cleavenger released the preliminary toxicology report related to the death of 25 year old Joel Stetzel of Bourbon in a rollover accident on Fir Road early Saturday morning. According to ... Read more...

Annual Report from Plymouth Park Department

2/16/12 This month the Plymouth Park Board approved the 2011 annual report. Superintendent Mike Hite noted the highlight of the year was the naming of the new downtown park to “River Park Square.”  He also talked about the working ... Read more...

City Police Arrests

  02/16/12 On Thursday, February 9th at 9:54p.m. Officer Jordan Rans of the Plymouth Police Department conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Michigan Street and Garro Street.  During the investigation it was discovered the ... Read more...

Ancilla Athletes Learn Of the Need to Help Others – Updated

02/16/12 The Ancilla College Men’s and Women’s basketball team uniforms will be going from blue and gold to pink on Saturday and now the players have a good idea why.   On Saturday, February 18th the Chargers will take on ... Read more...

Aviation Board Approves 2012 Fee Schedule

  02/16/12 By all appearances, the Plymouth Airport is holding strong. Airport Manager David Lattimer told the Aviation Board members on Tuesday night that there is still a waiting list of seven names of those requesting hanger spaces to ... Read more...