Local & State News

CONGRESSMAN DONNELLY’S STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS

11/18/10 Wednesday, Congressman Joe Donnelly issued the following statement after voting in the Democratic leadership elections: “Today, I cast my vote for Representative Heath Shuler of North Carolina to be Minority Leader in the next ... Read more...

INDIANA TO MODERNIZE DEATH RECORDS

11/18/10 In January 2011, the Indiana State Department of Health will be taking the lead in improving the efficiency of the state’s death records by launching an electronic, Web-based system for recording death, the Indiana Death ... Read more...

County Highway Superintendent Seeks Favorable Recommendation to Replace 2 of 3 Employees

11/17/10 Marshall County Highway Superintendent Neal Haeck asked the County Commissioners to support his decision to replace two of the three employees he will lose by the end of the year. Haeck told the commissioners that he will be down ... Read more...

Plymouth School Board to Meet Thursday

11/17/10 The Plymouth Community School Board will meet Thursday, November 18th at 7 p.m. in the Administration Board Room.  The Agenda for the meeting includes the resignation of Joe Morris as PHS Girls Varsity Soccer coach effective ... Read more...

Rep. Friend: Create Good Policy By Means of Good Government

10/11/17  Tuesday marked Organization Day where all 100 members of the House, including 19 new State Representatives, were sworn in by Chief Justice Shepard.  In what has been described as one of the most difficult legislative sessions ... Read more...

Holiday Open House at Earthworks

11/17/10 This weekend Earthworks in Donaldson will celebrate the holiday seasons with a special Open House.  Each holiday-decorated room in the Earthworks House will be filled with items for sale.  Shoppers will find rummage sale goodies ... Read more...

‘GET SMART ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS’ SAYS HEALTH OFFICIALS

11/17/10 State and local health officials have news for parents this cold and flu season: antibiotics don’t work for a cold or the flu. “Antibiotics kill bacteria, not viruses,” said State Health Commissioner Gregory N. Larkin, ... Read more...

Thanksgiving Holiday Patrols

11/17/10 The Indiana State Police will be stepping up patrols for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday period.  Last year during the Thanksgiving holiday period, two people were killed in traffic crashes on Hoosier roadways.  In both cases, ... Read more...

Hoosier Tire & Rubber Donates AED to Fire Department

11/17/10  John DeSalle, Vice President of Manufacturing at Hoosier Tire & Rubber in Plymouth recently presented a Lifepak 500 AED (automated external defibrillator) to Plymouth Fire Department Chief Andy Metsker.  The donation is ... Read more...

Unique Show at inSPIRATIVE Art Gallery

11/17/10 Plymouth’s own inSPIRATIVE Art Gallery held a unique art exhibit on Friday night. Gallery Director Angela Leed invited young and old to paint, draw, color or write on artwork that will be displayed to the public. Although the ... Read more...

Commissioners Approve Health Insurance Renewal & Trucks for Sheriff’s Department

11/16/10  It was a busy meeting for the Marshall County Commissioners on Monday.  A representative from the Healy Group gave an update on the health insurance renewal with Advantage.  When the commissioners signed with the Healy Group ... Read more...

12 Paid Holidays for County Employees in 2011

11/16/10 The Marshall County Commissioners approve the 2011 Holiday Schedule during their meeting Monday morning.  Next year county employees will have twelve (12) paid holidays.  This is the same amount that they had for 2010. The ... Read more...

Scrap metal Stolen from Vermillion Well Drilling

11/16/10 On Monday, November 15 at approximately 9:40 a.m. Dennis Vermillion reported to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department that several items were stolen from his business at 20860 Lincoln Highway in Grovertown. Several of the ... Read more...

Ancilla College Hosts Culver High School Students

11/16/10 Over 70 freshmen from Culver Community High School were guests for the school’s annual visit to Ancilla College on Thursday. Students were officially welcomed by Ancilla College President Dr. Ron May before dividing into groups ... Read more...

TRIAD to Meet this Thursday

11/16/10  The next monthly meeting of the Marshall County TRIAD will be this Thursday, November 16th.  Due to the Thanksgiving holiday the TRIAD meeting has been moved one week earlier.  The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Life ... Read more...

Pregis takes “Protective Packaging” to a new level with “Warm Up Marshall County” Coat Drive

11/16/10 Pregis Corporation is a leading global provider of innovative protective packaging solutions, and they understand that “protective packaging” might take on a different shape in cold Michiana winters —  that of a warm ... Read more...

Jana’s Gymnastics Teams Bring Home Gold

11/16/10 Jana’s Gymnastics competed at the Holiday Invitational Gymnastics meet on Saturday in South Bend.  Jana’s Bronze team took first place and Jana’s Silver team also took first place.  The girls compete in Chesterton next ... Read more...

INDOT’s LaPorte District Prepared To Combat Winter Weather

11/16/10 As the cold and snow of winter prepares to move into Northern Indiana, the Indiana Department of Transportation’s (INDOT) top priority is snow and ice removal. INDOT uses all available resources to keep roads open, maximize the ... Read more...

Plymouth Redevelopment Commission Meeting Tonight (11/16/10)

11/16/10 Members of the Plymouth Redevelopment Commission will meet Tuesday evening at 5:30 in the Council Chambers of City Hall.  The agenda includes an update on the Oak Drive project in TIF #1, an update on the South Gateway project in ... Read more...

Plymouth Woman Dies from Injuries Sustained in Crash

11/15/10 A two vehicle crash Friday night claimed the life of a Plymouth woman and injured four. 85 year old Doris R. Emmons died Saturday morning at 1:30 from injuries she received in a crash at Plymouth Goshen Trail and US 30. County ... Read more...