Local & State News

11/14/11 Members of the Marshall County Council will consider the request of Karen Richey from Purdue Cooperative Extension to increase the mileage pay from .41 cents a mile to .44 cents a mile when driving a personal vehicle to a meeting ... Read more...

11/14/11 Last week, member of the Plymouth Park Department saw the results of their Top 5 Features for the new downtown park.  Mike Reese from the Troyer Group presented two concepts and detailed the various features. Concept one includes ... Read more...

11/14/11 The Plymouth High School Spell Bowl team finished second at the state finals at Purdue University on Saturday.  In Class 2, John Glenn won with a score of 84, followed by Plymouth with 75, and Gibson Southern, 64. Pauline Dagaas, ... Read more...

11/14/11 The message for those attending the Veteran’s Day services held at the Marshall County Courthouse lawn was two-fold–remember those who passed and take care of those who survived. Speaking for the event was veteran Julian ... Read more...

11/14/11  On Tuesday, November 8th around 4:40 p.m. Officer Nicholas Laffoon from the Marshall County Police Department responded to the 11,000 block of Sunny Lane Drive in the Forest Hills Subdivision.  Arriving at the scene it was ... Read more...

11/14/11 Miller’s Senior Living Community of Plymouth hosted their annual Veteran’s Day Buffet and entertainment for area veterans on Thursday, Nov. 10 at noon.  Since there are so many activities going on in Marshall County on ... Read more...

11/14/11 On Friday, November 11th just after 2:00 a.m. Officer Jordan Rans of the Plymouth Police Department conducted a routine traffic stop at the intersection of US 30 and Oak Drive.  It was found that the driver, Evan R. Downey 23, of ... Read more...

11/14/11 The Union-North United School Board members all agreed on Thursday night that a limit to the amount that a superintendent should be allowed to spend without board approval should be set; however, what that limit should be set at ... Read more...

11/14/11 The Cancer Association of Marshall County began assisting cancer patients within the county in 1962.  Funding began with monies from the estates of Welcome R. Ebersole, Grace Moslander, and Roy Hawk.  The Zeta Zeta Chapter of ... Read more...

11/14/11 The Union North United School Board heard a report on the LaVille Athletic Department programs. Will Hostrawser, who serves as the Director of Athletics, explain that there are two main focus areas of future growth that they are ... Read more...

11/14/11 Amramp, a leading accessibility solutions provider, is helping improve access to homes this holiday season with Safe Path ramps, The Path to Sustainability! Safe Path ramps areADAcompliant allowing for access to raised surfaces ... Read more...

11/11/11 Today, Congressman Joe Donnelly released the following statement to commemorate Veterans Day: “I commend the veterans from Indiana and across the United States on this Veterans Day. We owe them a debt of gratitude for their ... Read more...

11/11/11 Plymouth Police are investigating several break-ins that occurred between 9 p.m. on Tuesday, November 8 and early Wednesday, November 9th. At 1:14 a.m. Wednesday, November 9th Plymouth Officer Paul Stamper found that the front ... Read more...

11/11/11 On Monday a Plymouth man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Robert Miller Jr.  also ordered Jack E. Smith Jr. to remain on supervised release ... Read more...

11/11/11 Marshall County Police announced that they will increase their efforts to detect motorists who drive impaired or fail to wear a seat belt. Officers will join nearly 250 other law enforcement agencies across the state to conduct ... Read more...

11/11/11 Tonight (Friday, November 11th), the Plymouth High School Boys Basketball Program will be hosting a few events that will be open to the public. The first event will take place from 3:45 – 5:30pm that day with the coaching staff ... Read more...

11/11/11 The Plymouth Kiwanis group answered the call to help Plymouth students to become a success.  The Kiwanians have made a donation of $500.00 to the Five Star program.   The Five Star program teaches five core values: respect, ... Read more...

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...

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...

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...