Local & State News

ACMC Meetig Saturday Morning

11/11/11  The November meeting of The Arts Council of Marshall County is this Saturday, November 12th  at 10:00 a.m. at Heartland Artists on North Michigan Street in downtown Plymouth.   Important items on the agenda included a ... Read more...

National Cancer Institute Praises Kanzius Research

11/11/11  In a move that will advance the Kanzius Noninvasive Radiowave Cancer Treatment closer to the FDA approval and the human clinical trials phase, the Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation has awarded a grant totaling $182,725 to The ... Read more...

Coats Votes to Rein in EPA’s Overreach

11/11/11 Senator Dan Coats (R-Ind.)  Thursday voted for a resolution introduced by Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) to block implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which is set to ... Read more...

House Fire on Nutmeg Ridge

11/10/11 Members of the Plymouth Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched to 13010 Nutmeg Ridge Wednesday evening about 6:20 for a structure fire. The homeowners, Dave and Michelle Tanner were not at home when the fire started but arrived ... Read more...

Plymouth Redistricting Meeting November 16th at Menominee

11/10/11 Just five years ago the Plymouth School District was so out of balance that Washington Elementary did not have a Title 1 teacher or aides. As this school year continues there are concerns with an out of balance situation,  but ... Read more...

Power Outage Causes Early Dismissal for Plymouth Students

11/10/11 Power outages at Riverside Intermediate School and Lincoln Junior High on Wednesday prompted Plymouth School administrators to dismiss all students approximately 45 minutes early. According to Superintendent Dan Tyree, the ... Read more...

Authors will Discuss History of Girls’ Arrival at Culver Academies

11/10/11 As it continues its year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Culver Girls Academy (formerly Culver Academy for Girls), the Culver Academies Museum & Gift Shop, located at 102 South Main Street in downtown Culver, ... Read more...

Warm Up Marshall County Coat Distribution this Weekend

11/10/11 The 13th Annual Warm Up Marshall County Coat distribution will be this weekend at the National Guard Armory on Madison Street in Plymouth. Distribution of 600 to 800 laundered and mended coats with hats and gloves will be ... Read more...

City Police Investigate Thefts from Vehicles

11/10/11 On Tuesday, November 8th at approximately 5:20 a.m. the Plymouth Police Department received a call in reference to a vehicle alarm going off in the 300 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.   City officers searched the area finding at ... Read more...

There’s A New Cab in Town

11/10/11 The Marshall County Council on Aging announces its new service, “Plymouth Community Cab”.  The Marshall County Council on Aging brought public transportation to Marshall County in 2008, and expanded its fleet of vehicles to ... Read more...

Veterans Day Service at PHS

11/10/11 Plymouth High School will be holding their annual Veteran’s Day Assembly on November 11th in the Plymouth High School Varsity Gym from 2:05 pm-2:45.  The North doors of the high school will open at 1:30 for veterans their ... Read more...

Coats and Manchin Introduce Bipartisan “Fair Compliance Act” to Protect American Jobs, Prevent Spikes in Energy Costs for Consumers

11/10/11 Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Dan Coats (R-Ind.) introduced the bipartisan “Fair Compliance Act” today to create reasonable timelines and benchmarks for utilities to comply with two major Environmental Protection Agency ... Read more...

Republicans Sweep City Election

11/09/11 Tuesday’s Municipal Election included the City of Plymouth, Town of Argos and Town of Culver and for the most part it was the Republicans who came out on top. Only eight precincts were voting in the various elections thus the ... Read more...

Comments from Mayor Candidates

11/09/11 After all the votes were tallied, Mayor Mark Senter said, “I’m very happy with the results. I think it was important to stay positive the whole time (campaigning).” He added, “There are times when we wanted to rebut what ... Read more...

Municipal Election Results for Argos & Culver

11/09/11 Voters in Argos and Culver also went to the polls on Tuesday. In Argos there were four candidates to fill three seats on the Town Council.  The top three vote getters were Republican Casie Rowe with 131 votes, Republican Mark ... Read more...

Marshall County EMA Recognized as State’s Best

11/09/11 During Monday’s County Commissioner’s meeting Emergency Management Director Clyde Avery presented the commissioners with two awards that he recently accepted on behalf of the county. At the State EMA conference Marshall County ... Read more...

County Police Investigate Theft from Garages on 2A Road

11/09/11 On Friday, November 4th around 4:45 p.m. Officer Rob Hafke with the Marshall County Police Department responded to the 13,000 block of 2A Road in Plymouth in reference to a theft on the property. Sometime between Thursday, ... Read more...

Marshall County Rebuilding Together Accepting Applications

11/09/11 Dean Byers, Executive Director of the Marshall County Rebuilding Together recently announced the application process for the 2012 program. Rebuilding Together is accepting applications for the 2012 annual one-day repair, fix up ... Read more...

Weekend Arrests by City Police

11/09/11  On Sunday, November 6th at 1:07 a.m. Plymouth Police Officer Sergeant Joe Deisch conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of North Michigan Street and Plymouth Goshen Trail.  It was determined that the driver, Jennifer ... Read more...

Tickets for “A Festival of Carols” Selling Fast

11/09/11 Ticket sales for the Marshall County Church Orchestra annual concert and dessert are selling fast. This year’s concert & dessert is titled “A Festival of Carols”.  Members of the Lifeplex Dance Academy will be joining ... Read more...