Local & State News

There are a number of items on the Marshall County Commissioners Meeting for Monday morning. Along with the Highway Department report, Sheriff Matt Hassel will request permission to apply for the DNR Marine Patrol Assistance Grant and Plan ... Read more...

The Marshall County Drainage Board meets Monday morning, November 19th at 8:30 in the second floor meeting room of the County Building. The agenda includes a maintenance contract for the Tile Arm to the J. Mattern Ditch.  The Drainage ... Read more...

The Culver Community School Corporation Board of School trustees’ regular school board meeting originally scheduled for Monday, November 19th has been cancelled. The next Culver school board meetings will be Monday, December 3rd in the ... Read more...

The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage and urgently needs blood donors to give now to avoid delays in lifesaving medical care for patients. Volunteer blood drive hosts are also critically needed to prevent the shortage ... Read more...

U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) along with U.S. Representatives Susan W. Brooks (R-Ind.-05) and André Carson (D-Ind.-07), and the entire Indiana congressional delegation, today introduced a Stomach Cancer ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) was honored to receive the Government Entity Award from Serve Indiana on Thursday, November 8, 2018, at their annual Awards for Excellence Ceremony at the Indiana Historical Society. This year marks ... Read more...

The Marshall County Police received a report of sexual misconduct that was said to have occurred between a Jail employee and two female inmates in custody at the time. It was found that on July 18th, 2017, Jeffery Price, a Marshall County ... Read more...

During Tuesday evening’s Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety meeting, City Engineer Rick Gaul presented a list of the 2019 Spring Street & Sidewalk projects for consideration. Gaul said that the city was recently awarded ... Read more...

The Indiana Department of Education (INDOE) released the 2017-18 School Accountability Grades on Wednesday.  Roughly 22% of schools improved one or more letter grades with nearly 9 percent improving their letter grade to an A.  Overall, ... Read more...

Governor Eric J. Holcomb issued a Proclamation Thursday declaring Friday, November 15th America Recycles Day. In partnership with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), the Proclamation recognizes the 21st America ... Read more...

The Warm Up Marshall County Coat Drive has been serving the needy in our county for 20 years now. Over the last several of weeks citizens have been dropping off coats that they no longer wear, use, need or fit into.  Those coats will be ... Read more...

The Etna Green Town Council members voted to purchase an empty building that used to house Interra Credit Union during their meeting on November 13 despite some community opposition. Council members Kevin Smith II and Keith Claassen ... Read more...

Attention deer hunters: The DNR will set up additional disease check stations in northeast and northwest Indiana this weekend to sample hunter-harvested deer for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The check stations will be open from 9 a.m. to ... Read more...

Attorney General Curtis Hill filed a lawsuit Wednesday against opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma Inc., Purdue Pharma, L.P., and The Purdue Frederick Company (collectively “Purdue Pharma”). Purdue Pharma’s opioid products include the ... Read more...

Wednesday morning the Senate Republican Conference elected its leadership team for the 116th Congress. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) was elected to serve as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.   “I’m grateful ... Read more...

Technology knows no stranger, as the residents of Miller’s Assisted Living discovered Wednesday morning during their first I-PAD Training class taught by Cindy Clough of the Plymouth Public Library.  Several residents of the facility ... Read more...

Months, even years, of project planning and preparation have gone into the presentation that representatives from six cities and towns in Marshall County are giving to state leaders right now in downtown Indianapolis. At stake is the ... Read more...

The Plymouth City Council took the first step in the Tax Abatement process Tuesday evening, declaring the property at 2526 Western Avenue to be within an Economic Revitalization area. Michael Isban said they currently have two projects ... Read more...

Members of the Marshall County Council approved a job description for the new part-time security officer during their meeting Tuesday morning.  While they also approved the salary range, it wasn’t what Sheriff Matt Hassel had asked for. ... Read more...

Wednesday morning just before 2 the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was dispatched to an overturned semi on US 30, just west of State Road 331. Phillip Tolbert of Plainfield, IL was driving a 2007 Mack Semi truck and told Officer ... Read more...