Local & State News

Members of the Marshall County Council spend another day reviewing the individual budgets for 2011. Once again some department heads plead their cases.  Prosecutor David Holmes came prepared with graphs and comparisons show the County’s ... Read more...

The Biker Church of the Heartland is sponsoring its 3rd annual “Miracle Ride” on Saturday, August 28th, to raise funds for two families this year.  The two families selected to benefit are both worthy of financial ... Read more...

Former Hoosier — now Brooklyn-based, award-winning author — and part-time Lake Maxinkuckee resident Heather Swain has been making literary waves since her 1999 publication debut, but her most recent book is a shift from her ... Read more...

Ron Wiremen, Construction Manager from DLZ, the company hired to oversee the Pioneer Drive extension project has announced important road closure information.   Immediately following the Labor Day weekend, at approximately 6 a.m. on ... Read more...

Residents of Miller s Senior Living Community took a trip to tour South Bend Chocolate Company.  While there they saw the different areas of the factory where the chocolates are mixed, formed and sorted.  They also saw the packaging ... Read more...

The Plymouth Athletic Council’s yearly report (2009-2010 school year) to the Plymouth School Board on August 19 included a number of recommendations for renovations or repairs to the athletic facilities.   The goal of the council, ... Read more...

Members of the Marshall County Council spent 6 hours Monday review the 2011 budget with many of the department heads and or elected officials. All three Marshall County Commissioners; Kevin Overmyer, Jack Roose and Tom Chamberlin were ... Read more...

On Thursday afternoon August 19th Officer Ben McIntyre with the Bourbon Police Department conducted a traffic stop at 11th and Elm Roads.  The traffic stop was due to the vehicle driving left of center and expired license plates on the ... Read more...

Sunday evening about 5:30 the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was notified of a single vehicle accident in the 17,000 block of 6th Road. Officer Les McFarland from the Sheriff’s Department responded and located a 2001 Chevy Impala ... Read more...

08/25/10 Former Hoosier -- now Brooklyn-based, award-winning author -- and part-time Lake Maxinkuckee resident Heather Swain has been making literary waves since her 1999 publication debut, but her most recent book is a shift from her ... Read more...

08/25/10 Ron Wiremen, Construction Manager from DLZ, the company hired to oversee the Pioneer Drive extension project has announced important road closure information. Immediately following the Labor Day weekend, at approximately 6 a.m. ... Read more...

After much discussion the Plymouth Common Council passed the 2011 Salary Ordinances on third and final reading.  City attorney Nelson Chipman presented an amended ordinance that include the reduction of increase from the amended 2% salary ... Read more...

The next meeting of the Marshall County TRIAD is scheduled for Thursday August 26 at 9:00 am. at the Life Enrichment Center on West Harrison Street.   Clyde Avery from the Marshall County Emergency Management Department will be the guest ... Read more...

Indiana’s total private sector employment increased by 13,000 jobs in July with five of the eight major employment sectors showing significant gains. Indiana’s private sector has grown by 55,500 jobs (2.4 percent) in 2010, four ... Read more...

On Saturday, August 21st at approximately 3:40 PM the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a theft from a resident in the 6900 block of Oak Road.   The victim told Officer Rick Kanarr that a piece of their ... Read more...

Congressman Joe Donnelly will host a job fair featuring local businesses, educational facilities, and Work-One for those looking for work.  The job fair will be held in the Student Activities Center of Indiana University South Bend at ... Read more...

After 34 years, the classic Indiana-built motorcars – the Auburns, Cords, and Duesenbergs – will once again grace the Culver Academies campus as the Hoosier Tour visits the shores of Lake Maxinkuckee on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. As part of ... Read more...

The Marshall County Neighborhood Center is asking you to help us make Halloween a real “treat” for our communities’ children. The Marshall County Neighborhood Center will be holding a Halloween costume giveaway party on Friday ... Read more...

MaggieMoo’s Ice Cream and Treatery® & Great American Cookies® has announced that it will close for business following nearly 2 years of serving Plymouth and surrounding areas “America’s Best Ice Cream & Cookies”. The ... Read more...

The issue of cell phones for Argos employees is still being discussed.  During last week’s Argos Town Council meeting, Police Chief, Rod Rudd, questioned the $60 stipend for cell phones.  An IRS regulation on employee cell phones is ... Read more...