Local & State News

05/16/11 A series of collections by the Ancilla College community allowed the Donaldson-based College to provide donations of non-perishable food items and cash to Marshall County’s Neighborhood Community Food Pantry and the Community ... Read more...

05/16/11  Plymouth High School and Lincoln Junior High students got out of school Thursday to experience a real-life learning event.   Out of only 75 schools across the country, Plymouth Broadcasting Students from Dave McKenzie’s ... Read more...

05/13/11 The Indiana State Police and the Marshall County Coroner’s Office are continuing the investigation of a two vehicle crash that killed a South Bend couple. Indiana State Police Master Trooper Michael Gruett say husband and wife, ... Read more...

05/13/11 Beginning July 1, it will be illegal for any Hoosier driver to text while behind the wheel.  Yesterday Governor Mitch Daniels signed legislation that prohibits the use of any telecommunications device to type, transmit, or read ... Read more...

05/13/11  On Friday, May 6th at 10:42 AM Patrolman Nicholas Laffoon with the Marshall County Police Department responded to Michigan Road north of 4th Road for a two vehicle accident.  Upon arriving, the driver of 2007 Pontiac SUV, 57 ... Read more...

05/13/11  The Plymouth Farmers’ Market (PFM) activities will feature the music of Jefferson and Webster School students under the direction of Bob Pickell at 9. Master Gardeners will feature a display ‘Steps for a Healthy Perennial ... Read more...

05/13/11 A Young Ailing Plymouth girl will soon be able to realize her dream to finally have a bedroom of her own.  About a hal-dozen volunteers were at 11-year-old Destiny Cartwright’s home this past weekend priming and painting ... Read more...

05/13/11 Most television viewers have seen at least part of a CSI or Law and Order episode.  These shows seemed to have spurred a new interest in law enforcement and forensics.  Now the Indiana State Police is giving young people an up ... Read more...

05/13/11 The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) will close Pierce Road from U.S. 31 to just east of Kenilworth Road beginning Monday, May 16. Crews will begin work to upgrade the road as part of the New U.S. 31 Project. When the ... Read more...

05/13/11 Miller’s Senior Living Community Activity Director and her volunteers invited the ladies of the facility to a Ladies Friendship Tea to honor all women for Mother’s Day.  Flagg is a firm believer that while not all woman are ... Read more...

05/12/11  Riverside Intermediate Computer Applications teacher, Amy Gerard, received a notification last week from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Riverside’s sixth grade students scored the highest in the nation on the April ... Read more...

05/12/11  Marshall County Sheriff, Tom Chamberlin recently released the April Monthly Activity Report for his department.  The top 10 booking reasons into the jail last month were; 1st Failure to Appear, 2nd Operating while Intoxicated, ... Read more...

05/12/11 Members of the Plymouth Common Council approved a resolution Monday night accepting the transfer of tax certificates from the Marshall County Commissioners to the City of Plymouth.  City Attorney Nelson Chipman told Council ... Read more...

05/12/11 On Saturday, May 21st the Marshall County ReStore will be accepting donations in Bourbon.  The ReStore truck will be in the parking lot at the Bourbon First United Methodist Church from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Volunteers will be ... Read more...

05/12/11 Second Friday events are starting again in downtown Plymouth with the first one this weekend. This Friday, May 13th citizens are invited downtown to participate in the Second Friday event from 6 to 8 pm.  Activities will take ... Read more...

05/12/11 The Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce has invited members and the community to the 2011 Annual Dinner on Thursday, May 26th at the Blarney Stone Restaurant.  The event will include the Market place of Ideas that features of a ... Read more...

05/12/11 The Argos Partners for Educational Progress or PEP Club sponsored its annual Elementary School Carnival last Friday evening.  All profit from each activity was returned to classrooms for teacher/student use. Pictured are Joseph ... Read more...

05/12/11 Marianne Peters of Plymouth visited Miller’s Senior Living Community last week to discuss herbs and spices with the residents.  Peters, known for her weekly “living green” column for the newspaper and monthly radio program ... Read more...

05/12/11 Parents with students in the Lincoln Junior High School received a letter from Principal Dan Funston last week clarifying three instances of drugs and alcohol at the school. The letter states that there have been three incidents ... Read more...

May 5th at approximately 6:00PM, Corporal Taberski of the Plymouth Police Department noticed Jorden W. McCoige 26, of Plymouth entering the Kroger Supermarket located at 2001 North Michigan Street. McCoige had a prior trespassing order in ... Read more...