Local & State News

12/30/11 On December 22, WTCA/WZOC Commercial Hot Air Balloon pilot Brian Kunze was invited to compete in the FAI Junior World Championship Hot Air Balloon Event held May 22-27th in Lithuania.  The 2007 PHS Graduate and Information ... Read more...

12/30/11  On Thursday, December 29th at 12:02 a.m. Patrol Brandon Cooper of the Marshall County Police Department was on routine patrol in LaPaz when he witnessed a vehicle southbound on Michigan Street that was exceeding the posted speed ... Read more...

12/30/11 On Wednesday, December 29th at approximately 11:15pm, Patrolman Ryan Hollopeter with the Marshall County sheriff’s Department conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near the intersection of 14B and Beech Roads for unsafe lane ... Read more...

12/30/11 On Wednesday, December 28th around 9:30 a.m. a resident on Main Street in Tyner reported to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department that an unknown person had allegedly stolen several pieces of jewelry and collectible coin from ... Read more...

12/30/11 Wednesday was a day of “firsts” for Patt Houghton. Unbeknownst to her, Houghton’s sister-in-law Donna Kelly had nominated her for a Hello Gorgeous makeover at C.C. Hair Co. in Plymouth. Houghton was treated to her first ... Read more...

12/30/11 It’s that time of the year again. The income tax filing season has begun and important tax documents should be arriving in the mail throughout January of 2012. Even though your return is not due until April, getting an early ... Read more...

12/29/11 Wednesday evening members of the Plymouth Common Council approved the first step in the two step process to obtain a tax abatement for Hoosier Tire and Rubber Corp.  They declared a certain piece of real estate on PIDCO Drive to ... Read more...

12/29/11 People passing the intersection of Michigan and Jefferson Streets in downtown Plymouth Wednesday afternoon may have noticed a difference.  The Subway Sandwich Shop on the northeast corner of the intersection is gone.  Lock stock ... Read more...

12/29/11 On Monday, December 26th around 9:30 p.m. Marshall County Deputy Les McFarland was on routine patrol in the Tippecanoe area when he conducted a traffic stop on State Road 331 for an equipment violation.  The driver of the vehicle ... Read more...

12/29/11 The Union-North School Corporation made it official at a meeting on Wednesday night that Mitchell Mawhorter will begin his duties as the superintendent on January 2. Mawhorter comes from his current  job as principal at Jimtown ... Read more...

12/29/11 The Marshall County Commissioners and Council will conduct end of the year meetings on Friday, December 30th in the second floor meeting room of the County Building. The Commissioners will meet at 8:30 a.m. Their agenda includes ... Read more...

12/29/11  On Tuesday, December 27th around 4:00 p.m. Plymouth Police Officers Derek Workman and Jesse Pippenger responded to JC Penney in the Pilgrim Place Center in reference to a theft that had occurred.  During the investigation ... Read more...

12/29/11 Next week approximately 180 soldiers of the 381st MP Unit from Indiana will be deployed to Afghanistan.  About 90 of the soldiers are from northern Indiana, out of the Plymouth National Guard Armory.   Members of the Plymouth ... Read more...

12/29/11 On Friday, December 23rd at 6:25 p.m. Plymouth Police Officer Shanna Gilmer of the Plymouth Police department arrested Katie McDaniel at her residence on Broadway Street on a Marshall County warrant for failure to appear on costs ... Read more...

12/29/11 Miller’s Senior Living Community Marketing Director Anna Corbett recently announced the winners of the annual Festival of Trees.   Area businesses, organizations and individuals decorated trees in the assisted living ... Read more...

12/28/11 Tuesday afternoon Jerry Nikitas, Brent Martin and Ron Liechty invited the media and a few others to tour the construction site of the Community Resource Center.  The new facility will provide a central location for Marshall ... Read more...

12/28/11 The Plymouth Fire Department had another busy month according to the November Activity Report.  Fire Chief Andy Metsker recently presented his monthly report to the Board of Public Works and Safety. EMS responded to a total of ... Read more...

12/28/11 The Marshall County Commissioners will convene for an executive session Wednesday morning December 28th in their second floor meeting room.  The purpose of this executive session is to conduct performance evaluations of appointed ... Read more...

12/28/11 The One Book/One Town initiative is expanding.  The Friends of the Plymouth Public Library selected Shelby Foote’s novel Shiloh in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Shiloh that took place April 6-7, 1862.  This ... Read more...

12/28/11 Executive director of Marshall County United Way Linda Yoder said Wednesday that the organization is at about 50 percent of this year’s campaign goal of $475,000. “We are still asking everyone we know to help support United ... Read more...