Local & State News

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has awarded 200 scholarships to the third class of Next Generation Hoosier Educators. The recipients, selected through a competitive process based on academic achievement and other factors, will ... Read more...

Saturday was the annual Cabin Fever show at Plymouth Speedway. Over 140 cars showed up to cure a case of Cabin Fever and race at the fabled dirt track. With that many entries several of the classes ran two B-main features making it a full ... Read more...

Michiana Behavioral Health Care in Plymouth received the Michiana Smoke Free Recognition Award from Anthem on Tuesday, May 7th. A representative from the Indiana State Department of Health and Tobacco Prevention and Cessation presented the ... Read more...

Wednesday, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) along with Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Pat Toomey ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Thursday introduced bipartisan legislation to help ensure Hoosier seniors and their families have access to hospice care in rural communities. The Rural Access to Hospice Act would fix a ... Read more...

The State of Indiana has received a $159,349 payment from Sephora USA Inc. to settle a fraud lawsuit against the international retail chain, Attorney General Curtis Hill announced today. The lawsuit alleged that Sephora, which specializes ... Read more...

Members of the Plymouth Plan Commission expected to consider the Planned Unit Development consisting of single and multi-family housing to be located north of Centennial Park on the north side of Plymouth/Goshen Trail.  The development, ... Read more...

  Updated release 5/8/19  10 P.M. Wednesday, Pretzels, Inc. announced plans for a major expansion of its manufacturing facility in Plymouth. As part of the project, Pretzels will add more than 120,000 square feet to its existing ... Read more...

PLYMOUTH – Friday a familiar sports face will be in Plymouth for a special banquet that kicks off a special sports weekend in the city. Former Plymouth basketball head coach Steve Yoder who was also head coach at Ball State ... Read more...

The Marshall County Highway Department will start the road reclaiming process over the next few weeks. Highway Superintendent Jason Peters said the roads that will be ground include: 1C Road from Union to Thorn Thorn Road from the County ... Read more...

The Plymouth Board of Zoning Appeals had a number of cases to consider during their meeting Monday evening.  Craig Cultice from Tripod Investments requested a Variance of Use to permit a single family home at 505 North Walnut Street, the ... Read more...

The Marshall County Commissioners conducted a public hearing during their meeting Monday on the request of the Marshall County Council on Aging to apply for a grant from the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT). Jackie Wright, ... Read more...

  State Senator Ryan Mishler (R-Bremen) welcomed the following Marshall County students to the Statehouse who served as Senate pages in March and April. Blake Grove, from Bremen, attends Bremen Elementary/Middle School Bradley Grove, from ... Read more...

Final preparations are underway for the 27th annual Letter Carriers’ Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive is this Saturday, May 11th. Letter carriers are keenly aware that too many of their customers live in challenging situations, uncertain ... Read more...

The South Bend Tribune Wednesday published an editorial supporting U.S. Senator Todd Young’s (R-Ind.) Tobacco to 21 Act – bipartisan legislation to prohibit the sale of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to anyone under the ... Read more...

Attorney General Curtis Hill Tuesday joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to take further action to stop the growing proliferation of illegal robocalls and caller ID spoofing. In ... Read more...

The votes have been tabulated and the results are in from the Municipal Primary Election in Marshall County. There were 2,098 votes cast on election wtih 144 paper absentee ballots and 725 machine absentee votes for a total of 2,967 votes ... Read more...

Plymouth Police were dispatched to 103 North 3rd Street Saturday, May 4th about 9:45 at night for the report of gun shots fired inside the residence. Officer Finn conducted an investigation and arrested 32 year old Ryan H. Bradley of ... Read more...

The final vote on proposed referendum for the Plymouth  Schools has put a halt to a tax increase that school administrators had earmarked for student safety initiatives, mental health support and programs and to attract and retain ... Read more...

Ancilla College graduated its 52nd class in school history on Saturday, May 4, at the Ancilla Domini Chapel. State Representative Jack Jordan addressed the audience that came to celebrate the 142 graduation candidates, of whom 83 walked in ... Read more...