Local & State News

Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center Named One of the Nation’s 15 Top Health Systems

  02/08/12  Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) was named one of the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems and awarded Top 5 for Small Health Systems (less than $750million in operating expenses) by Thomson Reuters, a leading ... Read more...

Argos Senior Project Trains Leader Dog for the Blind

02/08/12 Mileigh “Rospopo,” Leader Dog for the Blind-in-training is continuing her real life experiences at Argos High School this year.  Her trainer, Allysen Rospopo is completing her required senior project on all types of ... Read more...

Argos Dollars for Sholars Host Purdue Glee Club for Fundraiser

02/08/12 With integrity, passion, unparalleled showmanship and attention to every detail, the men of the Purdue Varsity Glee Club have proudly served as ambassadors of the university with honor and dignity for more than 115 years. This ... Read more...

Fishburn Named to Dean’s List

02/08/12 Crystal Fishburn, formerly of Argos, was named to the fall 2011 Dean’s List at Ivy Tech Community College, Warsaw, with a perfect 4.0 grade point average. She is a first year student pursuing a degree in Computer Information ... Read more...

Sheriff Chamberlin Releases 2011 Jail Report

02/07/12  The 2011 Jail Services Report was discussed during the County Commissioner’s meeting Monday morning.  Sheriff Tom Chamberlin said there were 2,085 new adult bookings averaging out to 5.7 per day.  The accumulative inmate ... Read more...

Police Arrest Two Argos People for Possession

02/07/12  On January 10th 2012, at 2:26pm, the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department obtained a 9-1-1emergency call in on Freemont Street in Argos.  The call was in reference to a female subject having difficulty breathing. Argos ... Read more...

The Center for Culver History Will Host Faces in the Crowd: Indiana and the Political Process

02/07/12 The Center for Culver History welcomes Faces in the Crowd: Indiana and the Political Process, a traveling exhibition of the Indiana Historical Society, from February 6 through March 6. This exhibition will be on display at the ... Read more...

Rebuilding Together Needs Groups for This Year’s Event

2/07/2012  Dean Byers, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together is on the search for groups interested in helping this year’s event. Rebuilding Together recently held its open house that gave sponsor groups an opportunity to select ... Read more...

Recycle Depot Annual Report

02/07/12 The Marshall County Solid Waste District and its facility, the Recycle Depot are funded through a combination of a local property tax, the sale of recycling commodities, come modest disposal fees, and grants.  CAGIT funds were ... Read more...

Bishop Issues Statement to be Read during Services this past Weekend

02/07/12 Catholics all over the United States are vowing to fight a ruling handed down on January 20 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) concerning what HHS terms “preventative heath services”. In ... Read more...

Jana’s Gymnasts 1st Place Finishers

02/07/12 Jana’s Gymnastics competed in the Quest for the Diamond Gymnastics Meet in Michigan City on Saturday, February 4th.  Jana’s Bronze and Silver Teams each earned 1st place finishes.   Pictured are: Bronze team members ... Read more...

Quilters Sew Little Dresses for Africa

   02/07/12 The Plymouth Friendship Quilt Guild held a Superbowl Super Sew Saturday on Feb. 4, 2012 at the Life Enrichment Center in Plymouth.  Ten ladies made 48 Little Dresses for African girls.  This is a project that has received a ... Read more...

Mayor Moves Forward with “Operation Bright Spot”

02/06/12 Mayor Mark Senter and the City of Plymouth have decided to turn up the heat on some of the dilapidated buildings and houses in the city.   With that Senter said, “I would like to introduce OPERATION BRIGHT SPOT.  We have too ... Read more...

Plymouth Police Reports

02/06/12  On Friday, January 27th around 7:48pm, K-9 Officer Weir of the Plymouth Police Department conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Liberty Street and Ferndale. It was found that driver, Seth Enders 39, of Plymouth was ... Read more...

Suspected Heroin Found in Vehicle Search

02/06/12 On Tuesday, January 31st at 8:47pm, Officer Jeremy Enyart of the Argos Police Department along with County Patrolman Les McFarland conducted a traffic stop in the area of US 31 north of 16th Road.   During the traffic stop it ... Read more...

Woman Tazed After Resisting

  02/06/12 A Plymouth woman was tazed after resisting arrest last week. On Wednesday, February 1st at 11:38pm, Patrolman Brandon Cooper of the Marshall County Police Department responded to a 9-1-1 call requesting an officer to the 14,000 ... Read more...

Commissioner’s Meeting Monday Morning

03/06/12 The Marshall County Commissioners will meet Monday morning beginning at 8:30 a.m. in their second floor meeting room of the County Building.  The proposed agenda includes the monthly report of EMA Director Clyde Avery, report by ... Read more...

Plymouth Schools Prepare for New Federal Nutrition Standards

02/06/12 Plymouth Schools Director of Food Service, Gloria Burnam, is busy reviewing the final ruling handed down on meal patterns and nutrition standards for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs that were aligned with ... Read more...

Wiers Receives ISO Certification

   02/06/12  A local company has successfully received an International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9001:2008) certification, accredited by Quality Systems Registrars (QSR), USA.  Wiers, based, in Plymouth, also has ... Read more...

Argos Choir Members have Strong Showing at ISSMA Contest

02/06/12 Congratulations to Argos Vocal students who participated in ISSMA Vocal Solo and Ensemble contest on Saturday, Jan. 28th. Argos qualified six events for state competition in Indianapolis on Feb. 18th.  Soloists advancing to state ... Read more...