Local & State News

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Thursday spoke on the House floor in support of the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 962), legislation that would prohibit infanticide and ensure babies born alive after ... Read more...

Thursday, February 7th a short vehicle pursuit led to the arrest of Randall Yeazel, 63, Warsaw. Yeazel was incarcerated in the Fulton County Jail to face criminal charges for possession of methamphetamine, possession of a narcotic drug, ... Read more...

Marshall County Highway Superintendent Jason Peters said NIPSCO has postponed repairs for the gas leak on Maple Road. On Wednesday NIPSCO contacted the County Highway and said they needed to close Maple Road between 11 B and Michigan Road ... Read more...

Local attorney Burke Richeson threw his hat into the political ring again on Thursday, filing on the Republican ticket for an at-large seat on the Plymouth City Council. In 2015 Richeson ran for an at-large seat on the Plymouth City ... Read more...

An Indiana State Police Trooper was involved in a two vehicle collision of US 31, south of the Michigan Road intersection just after 10 Thursday morning. Trooper David Caswell was travelling southbound on US 31 near 13th road when he was ... Read more...

The Plymouth High Riley School Dance Marathon is re-scheduled for this Friday, February 8, starting during the school day and kicking off at noon. Originally the Riley Dance Marathon was scheduled for Saturday, January 12, but was ... Read more...

A bill authored by State Senator Randy Head (R-Logansport) that would comprehensively address school bus safety issues in Indiana recently passed the Senate Committee on Judiciary unanimously. Senate Bill 2 would: ·       Increase ... Read more...

The Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office will release the recommendation of the Grand Jury that was convened on February 4th and 5th on possible criminal charges of the truck driver involved in the fatal school bus crash on U.S. 31 on ... Read more...

Plymouth High School congratulates the following students on their nomination to the 2019 Basketball Homecoming Court. This year’s prince and princess and king and queen will be crowned at this Friday’s homecoming boys basketball game ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) Thursday announced that the Senate has unanimously passed his legislation, the National FFA Organization’s Federal Charter Amendments Act. This bill will update and modernize the charter for the ... Read more...

U.S. Representatives Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), Ron Kind (D-Wis.), Terri Sewell (D-Ala.), and Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) Wednesday introduced the Trade Security Act, a bill that would reassert Congressional authority over trade and tariff ... Read more...

Brian Powers and Nick Gunty of Frances Luke Accord have promised to bring their harmonizing powers to life at The Wild Rose Moon on Friday, February 15th, at 8 p.m.  Brian and Nick, both originally from South Bend, Indiana, have been ... Read more...

Members of the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall Committee met Wednesday evening in a conference room of City Hall. The 260 foot wall, updated with at total of 58,307 engraved names will be in Marshall County and Plymouth from Thursday ... Read more...

Eriberto (Eric) Chavez Arriaga was granted a variance of use to operate an automotive body and paint shop in a C-3 commercial zoning district at 14487, Lincoln Highway west of Plymouth during Tuesday night’s Plymouth Board of Zoning ... Read more...

Marshall County Highway Superintendent Jason Peters said he will be closing down Maple Road from 11B to North Michigan on Friday, February 8th. The road closure is due to the fact that NIPSCO will be doing an emergency directional bore ... Read more...

Linda Rippy, Executive Director of the Marshall County Museum presented her quarterly report to the County Commissioners on Monday. She encouraged members to take a few minutes to check-out the museum’s new website and said it is 99 ... Read more...

Triton School Corporation Sophomore, Alexis Whitehurst was chosen as artist of the month for January. Her double portrait was awarded a silver key at the Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Her work will be on display at the South Bend Museum ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) encourages individual filers to skip the paper forms in 2019 and go digital. Not only are returns filed electronically often issued six times faster than paper returns, but opting for direct deposit ... Read more...

U.S. Representative Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Tuesday released the following statement on President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address: “President Trump spoke to the American people with clarity, a call for unity, and a renewed ... Read more...

U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) issued the following video statement Tuesday evening regarding the President’s State of the Union address: Video Transcript: “Tonight I was glad the President delivered a powerful message, a unifying ... Read more...