Local & State News

Gressman picks up the GLSS win Saturday, Woodling wins two features

Great Lakes Super Sprints main event certainly didn’t disappoint and the undercard also provided close racing for the fans. It was a buckeye sweep for the GLSS with all three sprint drivers on the podium hailing from Ohio. Phil Gressman ... Read more...

June 18 Cemetery Crawl in Greene & Walnut Townships

The Marshall County Genealogical Society is hosting the 7th Annual Cemetery Driving Tour on Tuesday, June 18.  The trip will be travel through Green and Walnut Townships stopping at five cemeteries. At each cemetery, there will be a ... Read more...

County BZA Approves Variances of Development Standards for 4016 Liberty Street at Lake of the Woods

Tuesday evening members of the Marshall County Board of Zoning Appeals considered the request of Kim Hochstetler to build a 971 square foot addition on to the 1105 square foot home at 4016 Liberty Street at Lake of the Woods. Both the ... Read more...

Bourbon Town Board Sets Deadline with Property Owner of 803 N. Main Street

The Bourbon Town Council has set a deadline of June 24 for the owner of a property at 803 N. Main Street, commonly known as the Phillips property, to enter into an agreement or the town attorney will proceed with a court date to resolve ... Read more...

David Fear Arrested by County Police for OWI

On Saturday, June 8th, Marshall County Police were dispatched to a vehicle collision in the 14,000 block of State Road 10 about 6:45 in the evening.  Officer Gorny arrived on the scene and observed the driver who appeared to be ... Read more...

Tarilynn Favorite of Plymouth Arrested by County Police for OWI & Endangering

On Monday June 10th, at 7:46 P.M. Marshall County Police received a call of an erratic driver in the area of Oak Road and Markley Drive. It was reported that the vehicle had struck a curb along the roadway. The vehicle was located with a ... Read more...

Bourbon Town Council Amends Fireworks Ordinance

The Bourbon Town Council is revisiting the town’s ordinance on the use of fireworks. Police Chief Bill Martin had asked for clarification on enforcement and if the local ordinance mirrored state statutes. During the June 11 council ... Read more...

Two Arrested in County Investigation of Child Solicitation Investigation

The Marshall County Sheriff`s Department obtained a complaint of alleged improper communication through Snapchat, between an adult from Walkerton and a 14 year old child on May 10th. The Marshall County Sheriff`s Department started an ... Read more...

INDIANA STATE FAIR ANNOUNCES SECOND WAVE OF FREE CONCERTS AS PART OF THE 2019 INDIANA STATE FAIR

The Indiana State Fair announces five additional shows that will be part of the 17 total concerts that make up the 2019 Indiana State Fair Free Stage headline entertainment, which returns August 2-18. Each day of the State Fair features a ... Read more...

Blueberry Festival Pageant Candidates Visit at Miller’s

The lovely young ladies who are vying for the title of Miss Blueberry Festival Queen took time out of their busy schedules to visit with residents at Miller’s Assisted Living Facility this week.  The contestants range in age from ... Read more...

Jennifer Yeo from Bourbon Arrested for Theft at B & G Truck Conversions in Argos

The former office manger of B & G Truck Conversions in Argos was arrested on Tuesday, June 12th for Theft and lodged in the Marshall County Jail on a $50,000 cash bond.  On Tuesday April 9th, Marshall County Police were notified by ... Read more...

Plymouth Airport Continues to Expand

While Airport Manager Bill Sheley didn’t speak at Monday’s Board of Public Works and Safety meeting, he did present members with a report from the airport. At last month’s meeting he discussed the new High School Aviation program ... Read more...

County Council Addressing Funding Issues of Community Corrections Accounting Period Change

The Community Corrections department is funded in large part through a number of state and federal grants. In years past their accounting period was a fiscal year of July 1 through July 1. The state is changing this procedure and the ... Read more...

Local Retail Business to Benefit from USDA Rural Energy for America Program

Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley Tuesday announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is awarding 58 grants for projects in 17 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to reduce energy ... Read more...

Attention Farmers, Special Meeting Thursday Morning in Bourbon

There is a special meeting scheduled for Thursday morning, June 13th that could be very important to farmers in Marshall County.    The impromptu meeting is geared toward farmers that were unable to get their crops in the ground due to ... Read more...

Elkhart Woman Arrested by Bourbon Police for Stolen Vehicle & Possession of Meth

On Monday, June 10th, Bourbon Police Officer Matt Geiger was dispatched to a suspicious vehicle at Freedom Express.  The vehicle had left the area before he arrived but the officer located the yellow Jeep behind the Bourbon library. The ... Read more...

County Council Approves Funding for Preliminary Engineering Report for Sewer District

The Marshall County Council approved the funding of a report that is the first step in a county-wide sewer district as part of their regular monthly meeting Monday, June 10. The council has asked that the report be funded from the County ... Read more...

UNIQUE READING ADVENTURE DEBUTS IN PLYMOUTH’S CENTENNIAL PARK

Plymouth Public Library (PPL) and the Plymouth Parks Department unveiled the Plymouth StoryWalk in Centennial Park on June 6th.  This new addition to the park allows the public to combine a love of reading with a love of ... Read more...

Young Joins Bipartisan Bill to Boost Disclosure of Foreign Lobbying

Monday, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined a bipartisan coalition of senators to introduce legislation to shine a light on efforts by foreign interests to influence American policy and public opinion. The Foreign Agents Disclosure ... Read more...

IN Attorney General Continues Efforts to Prevent Opening of Unlicensed Abortion Clinic in South Bend

Attorney General Curtis Hill on Monday asked a U.S appellate court to stop the immediate opening of an unlicensed abortion clinic in South Bend. On May 31, a federal district court granted a preliminary injunction allowing the Texas-based ... Read more...