Local & State News

    If you choose to purchase the Spay-Neuter Pet Friendly License Plate through the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles, you are not only showing your love of pets, but you’re also helping Indiana shelters become a zero-kill ... Read more...

At approximately 1:45 PM, emergency responders from multiple agencies were dispatched to the area of 5370 W 1350 N regarding two children possibly struck by a truck. The initial arriving units located the minors, ages three and five, ... Read more...

The Kankakee River Basin and Yellow River Basin Development Commission will host a public information meeting in Plymouth after its regularly scheduled meeting on November 21. The public information meeting will be at 1 p.m. in the ... Read more...

The 21st annual Warm Up Marshall County coat drive is currently underway and there’s still time to donate. In a typical year the organization will collect 400 to 500 good used coats to distribute to those who are in need.  This year the ... Read more...

Plymouth officers were dispatched to Ed Cook Blvd in reference to a domestic dispute on Friday, November 15th about 11:30 at night. Officers arrived and an investigation was completed.  Two individuals were arrested and lodged in the ... Read more...

Culver Town Clerk-Treasurer Karen Heim is letting citizens know of several town board and commission openings.   Heim said, “This is a great way to serve the community as well as be involved in decisions that can craft the future of ... Read more...

DUSTIN’S PLACE is a new center that is scheduled to open in Plymouth in January.  Dustin’s Place is a grief center named after Dustin Cullen who died in a tragic car crash in August of 2016.  Dustin left behind three small children ... Read more...

Monday evening, November 18th about 6:30 Officer Arnold with the Plymouth Police Department responded to the report of a wrong way driver on North Michigan Street. The driver, 57 year old James L. Fear of Plymouth had struck the median in ... Read more...

Jason Peters, Superintendent of the Marshall County Highway Department told the County Commissioners he discussed the idea of extending Veterans Parkway all the way to Pioneer Drive with the County Council at their meeting last week.  He ... Read more...

A Plymouth man was arrested on Sunday, November 16th on a charge of Battery. Just after 10 p.m. Plymouth Police were dispatched to 700 Thayer Street for a reported battery that had just occurred.  After a brief investigation by Officer ... Read more...

Miller’s Assisted Living Facility recently hosted Holidays for the Hounds and collected food and supplies for the Marshal County Humane Society. Marketing Director Anna Corbett and several others took time to deliver the collected items ... Read more...

Marshall County Veterans Service Officer,Pam Schweizer-Betz put out a warning of possible scams concerning veterans after receiving information of requests being made to help veterans the past few weekends. Schweizer-Betz said, “IF and ... Read more...

Jim Clevenger, Attorney for Marshall County, updated the Commissioners on the jail lawsuits during their meeting on Monday. Clevenger said, “I continue to work with Betty Knight on the ACLU case.”  He said they are meeting this week ... Read more...

The Marshall County 2020 Point In Time (PIT) Count, will be taking place on January 24, 2020. The PIT Count is extremely important as it provides data to Congress, the state of Indiana, and Marshall County nonprofits, service agencies, ... Read more...

On Sunday, November 17th, about 2:30 in the morning, Marshall County Police were dispatched to a domestic disturbance at 15061 Yorkshire Drive in Plymouth. Officer Wozniak arrived on the scene and located a male subject with a severe ... Read more...

Monday morning the Marshall County Commissioners motioned to make an offer of employment to Ann Anglin for the Human Resources Administrator position.  Next year the position will be moved under the auspices of the Commissioners where it ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) Monday hosted a ceremony with U.S. Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer announcing the Navy’s intent to name a guided-missile destroyer in honor of Senator Richard G. Lugar at the Indiana War Memorial in ... Read more...

Last Friday, County Police arrested a LaPaz woman for Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated with a BAC of 15% or more.  On November 15th, around 11:20 at night, Officer Ayala with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched ... Read more...

The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Monday launched a public awareness campaign to educate youths about the dangers of e-cigarettes, or “vaping.” The “Behind the Haze” campaign is part of a $2 million effort announced by ... Read more...

Indiana Treasurer of State Kelly Mitchell Monday announced assets in the state’s tax-advantaged CollegeChoice 529 education savings plans have exceeded $5 billion, an increase of more than $2.1 billion since her tenure began in November ... Read more...