Local & State News

A bill authored by State Senator Randy Head (R-Logansport) that would comprehensively address school bus safety issues in Indiana passed the Senate unanimously on Monday. Senate Bill 2 would: Increase the penalties for drivers who violate ... Read more...

Monday morning the Marshall County Commissioners conducted a public hearing on the request to rezone a property in Burr Oak.  The property sits behind Republic Services on State Road 13 and sits on the south side of the railroad tracks.  ... Read more...

The Marshall County Drainage Board awarded the bid for the Macomber/Hartman/Hayn/Houin Drains to the J Ballinger-Myers Ditch to Kolesiak Construction during their meeting Monday morning. The scope of the work includes cleaning to the ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) Tuesday released the second video in his Fair Shot Agenda series to highlight Indiana’s vital farming community. In the video, Senator Young discusses the Farm Bill, that was recently signed ... Read more...

Due to the Winter Weather Advisory and the confidences County Highway Superintendent Jason Peters has of the weather statement sent out by the Nation Weather Service, his employees will take to the roads early Wednesday morning. Peters ... Read more...

Craig Cultice, the Marshall County Surveyor presented members of the County Drainage Board with his recommendations on maintenance assessments for 2019. Cultice reviewed all the account balances for the maintenance assessments and ... Read more...

The Plymouth Pilgrims Boys Basketball team will participate in the Elkhart Central Sectional at Northside Gym next week. Tickets for the Boys Basketball sectional are now on sale in the PHS athletic office thru noon on Monday, February ... Read more...

Fifty students from Lincoln Junior High School and Riverside Intermediate School competed in the annual Indiana State School Music Association Solo & Ensemble Choir Contest held at Plymouth High School on February 2nd. Students had the ... Read more...

Time is running out to get your tickets for Potawatomi Wildlife Park’s Annual Banquet and Fundraiser on March 2nd. The annual banquet is their major fundraiser for the year and a great way for those in attendance to celebrate ... Read more...

Residents of Miller’s Assisted Living were pleasantly surprised on Sunday by the Shiloh Wesleyan Youth Group that dropped in to visit and hand out flowers.  They found the residents either playing euchre in the Rec Center or having a ... Read more...

Here is the latest update from the National Weather Service: Marshall County is now included in a Winter Weather Advisory which will go into effect at 4 AM till noon on Wednesday. We can expect mixed precipitation that will begin as snow ... Read more...

Marshall County Emergency Management Director, Clyde Avery is warning residents of the winter weather that will come in early Wednesday morning. Here is the latest forecast update from the National Weather Service: Snow will spread from ... Read more...

Sheriff Matt Hassel conducted an employee recognition during the commissioner’s meeting Monday morning. Hassle read the events as they unfolded, “On February 6th, 2019 at 11:13 A.M. Marshall County Central Dispatch received a call from ... Read more...

On Saturday, February 16th, at 6:12 PM, Marshall County Officer Wozniak initiated a traffic stop on a teal 1994 Oldsmobile in the area of Michigan and 7th Road. During the investigation Officer Wozniak utilized his canine partner Irok ... Read more...

During Monday’s Marshall County Commissioner meeting, President Kevin Overmyer said he had recently met with Roger Umbaugh who is the commissioner’s appointment to the Marshall County Economic Development Corporation Board of ... Read more...

Cindy Stockton, Publisher of the Pilot News announced Monday evening a major change in the way the newspaper is delivered.  The change will happen later this month. The Pilot News is partnering with the United States Postal Service for ... Read more...

Ancilla College will host its next Lampen Lecture discussion on Wednesday, February 20th at 12:45 p.m. (EST) in the Hardesty Room. This month’s lecture will present the ecological artistry of Anthony Schumann. The Lampen Lectures are ... Read more...

The Culver Academies Jazz Ensemble will host Senior Airman Mark Oates at its Sunday, Feb. 24 concert in Eppley Auditorium. The concert will begin at 2:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Oates will also work with the instrumental ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Monday released the following statement after the Commerce Department completed its investigation into whether auto imports threaten U.S. national security: “While I have not seen the results ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Congressman Pete Visclosky (D-Ind.-1) and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.-2), to announce that the 61st National Park in the United States and the first National Park for the state of Indiana ... Read more...