Local & State News

On Saturday, September 18th at 10:06 a.m. Patrolman Matt Brown with the Marshall County Sheriffs Department responded to 492 Lilac Road in Lakeville after being advised that sometime during the overnight hours of Friday, September 17th to ... Read more...

Sickle cell is a lifelong disease. For many, blood transfusions offer hope. “Blood donors can play an important role in the treatment of sickle cell disease,” said Sharyn Whitman, CEO for the Indiana-Ohio Blood Services Region of the ... Read more...

The 15th annual JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) Walk to Cure Diabetes was held this past Sunday.  The walk is an effort to raise money and awareness for the disease.  About 2,000 people showed up to Beutter Park in Mishawaka ... Read more...

The Pride of Plymouth Marching Band attended the Concord High School marching band invitational on Saturday. For the second week in-a-row, the band placed first at the invitational.  Fairfield was 2nd, John Glenn was 3rd, Northwood, was ... Read more...

Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita announced today the start of a new media initiative funded by the Help America Vote Act geared toward reminding Hoosiers of the upcoming Oct. 4 voter registration deadline. The outreach campaign will ... Read more...

Fitness Forum Sports & Wellness at LifePlex will be hosting Dr. Josephine Randazzo, Board Certified in Cardiology as its Community Outreach guest speaker on Tuesday, September, 21st from 6:30 to 7:30 pm in the Pearl Conference ... Read more...

Friday afternoon a special dedication service was held for Tylor Borggren’s Eagle Scout Project. Borggren, a freshman at Plymouth High School decided his project would be cenerted around Chief Menominee. More than two dozen people ... Read more...

A second meeting has been planned for the Indiana MainStreet Project for downtown Plymouth.  The meeting will be held at Opie’s Deli in the City Center at 5:30 p.m.  on Wednesday, September 22nd. The public, downtown business and or ... Read more...

Ancilla College hosted its sixth annual Constitution Day, a forum designed for students to ask questions and learn more about the Constitution of the United States. Held in Room 231 of the Donaldson-based campus, students were able to ... Read more...

The Argos Town Council was informed of the condition of the Argos EMS Building during last Wednesday’s Council meeting.  Last spring Michiana Restoration & Construction was awarded the contract to remove the mold that was ... Read more...

Ike Huls would like to invite his family and friends to a 70th birthday party open house at his residence Miller’s Senior Living Community located at 625 W. Oakhill Ave. in Plymouth. The party will be held in the facility’s Oakhill ... Read more...

On Thursday, September 16th a resident of the Gatewood Estates Trailer Park at 2403 North Michigan Road called the Marshall County Police Department to report a theft from their vehicle. The unnamed victim told Officer Bruce Carter that ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners will meet Monday morning at 9:30 in their second floor meeting room of the County Building. Their first item of business is Ed Charleston of Goodwill Industries.  County Assessor Debbie Dunning will ... Read more...

Francis Ellert, a candidate for the district 17 seat in the Indiana House of Representatives, responded to incumbent Nancy Dembowski’s September 10 media release on tax increases. “I am pleased to see that Rep. Dembowski has finally ... Read more...

Plymouth Police were called to Plymouth High School earlier this week after an incident involving two female students. According to information received from the Police Department, one student was shoved by the other making her fall into a ... Read more...

Swan Lake Resort was the sight of the Golden Anniversary of United Way in Marshall County.  United Way has been helping Marshall County residents for 50 years. Mike Linter, Master of Ceremonies, open the celebration welcoming Co-Chairs ... Read more...

The Plymouth School Board adopted the 2011 Budget, the Capital Projects Plan and the Bus Replacement Plan during their regular meeting on September 16. The board had held a workshop on August 19 on the matter and then advertised the budget ... Read more...

It’s one of the first sign of Christmas, this Saturday’s annual Shop wWith a Cop Car Show at Centennial Park in Plymouth. The seventh annual event will have some of the best cars around and helps to raise money for the annual Plymouth ... Read more...

Marshall County residents are invited to a public conversation about a critical issue—building community and economic development strategies—on November 17 at Swan Lake Resort.  The one-day event is part of the Community Conversations ... Read more...

Fall 2010 enrollment for Ancilla College has increased over four percent compared to 2009 fall enrollment figures, the College announced on Wednesday. According to official figures, there are currently 578 students enrolled for the fall ... Read more...