Local & State News

AUGUST PERSIED METEOR SHOWER AT POTAWATOMI PARK

The Persied meteor shower is generally considered the most enjoyable shower of the year and 2018 puts it near the new moon meaning the skies will be darker and the meteors more apparent to the naked eye. This year during the peak, people ... Read more...

Donnelly, Senators Express Concerns over China’s “Debt Trap” Diplomacy with Developing Countries

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly and a bipartisan group of 15 other senators expressed concern over potential bailout requests to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by countries who have accepted predatory Chinese infrastructure financing. In ... Read more...

Beware! Lake Max Triathlon this Saturday in Culver!

The Lake Max Triathlon will take place this Saturday, August 11th between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.    Lake Shore and Main Street in Culver will be closed to traffic for the portion of the race. Bike traffic from the Lake Max Triathlon ... Read more...

Alternative School Program Report to Plymouth School Board

The Plymouth School Board heard the annual report from the Director of the Alternative School during their August meeting. This year marks the 20th year that services have been offered through the alternative school that was put in place ... Read more...

Board of Directors Approves 2019 Budget for Solid Waste

The Board of Director for the Marshall County Solid Waste management District put their seal of approval on the 2019 budget proposed by Executive Director Marianne Peters during their monthly meeting on Monday, August 6th. The proposed ... Read more...

Shannon Leake Sentenced to 17 ½ Years for Dealing Methamphetamine

Shannon Leake, 37, of South Bend, was sentenced by agreement on August 8, in Marshall Superior Court Number One.  Leake’s sentence will be for three separate cases relating to the sale of methamphetamine.  It also reflects her ... Read more...

School Board Approves Contract for Nurses, Updated on LJH Building Project

Tuesday evening the Plymouth School Board voted unanimously to approve a contract with Saint Joseph Health System to continue to provide nurses for every school in the corporation. The contract calls for an annual increase of $1,700; ... Read more...

SJHS offers Free Tobacco Cessation Class

Saint Joseph Health System (SJHS)Community Health & Well-Being is hostinga free, seven-week Tobacco Cessation Class, Freedom from Smoking, at the Community Resource Center of Marshall County beginning Thursday, September 6. ... Read more...

Hamlet Man Arrested for Operating 2 Times over the legal Limit

On Wednesday, August 8th, Marshall County Police Officer Wozniak initiated a traffic stop on a gray 1999 Volkswagen in the area of Lincoln Highway and Pioneer Drive just after 9 in the evening. While speaking with the driver, 30 year old ... Read more...

Bremen Police Department Summer Impaired Driving Enforcement Program

The Summer Impaired Driving Enforcement Program is a project funded by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute and designed to decrease impaired driving crashes and fatalities in select counties. Impaired driving is one of our nation’s ... Read more...

HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORT FIRST HUMAN CASE OF WEST NILE VIRUS IN 2018

State health officials are urging Indiana residents to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites amid an increase in West Nile virus activity across the state. As of August 6, one human case of West Nile virus disease has been ... Read more...

The Plymouth Public Library will host the Heroes vs. Villains Scavenger Hunt on Saturday, August 25

The Plymouth Public Library was 1 of 50 libraries across the nation toreceive a grant from PBS and ALA to participate in The Great American Read an eight-part seriesthat explores and celebrates the power of reading. Told through ... Read more...

Red Cross urgently needs blood donations before summer ends

As summer winds down, the American Red Cross urges individuals to give blood now and help end an emergency summer blood shortage that began last month. A critical need remains as many regular donors delay giving to take final summer ... Read more...

LaPorte Man Arrested for Neglect of Dependent & Drug Possession

A LaPorte man is behind bars after Marshall County Police conduct a welfare check and find 9 children in a residence where drugs were in plain view. Just before 9 p.m. Tuesday, August 7th the Marshall County Sheriff Department was ... Read more...

4 Fire Departments Respond to Structure Fire on 5C Road

About 2:30 Wednesday afternoon, four fire departments responded to a structure fire on 5C Road. The initial call was for the LaPaz Fire Department and the 911 call was that the house was on fire.  LaPaz immediately called Polk Township ... Read more...

Daniel Nifong Arrested on Pennsylvania Ave. for Battery & Possession of Marijuana

Plymouth Police Officers were dispatched to 1121 Pennsylvania Avenue on Tuesday night about 11:30 for a reported battery. After short investigation at the scene by Officer Chris Miller, 35 year old Daniel Ryan Nifong of the Pennsylvania ... Read more...

LaPaz Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison For Firearms Violations

Peter Rink, 41 years old, of LaPaz, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Jon E. DeGuilio after entering a plea of guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and to possessing a shotgun having a barrel of less than 18 inches ... Read more...

AG Curtis Hill Warns of Credit Card Scam

Attorney General Curtis Hill is warning Hoosiers to beware of scams in which companies send consumers unsolicited credit cards, often touting high credit limits. Consumers should never activate cards they have not requested nor provide ... Read more...

3 Arrested Monday Night on Fairbanks Ave. for Domestic Battery

Three people were arrested Monday night by Plymouth Police after they were dispatched to 1104 Fairbanks Avenue for a domestic battery. About 11:30 Plymouth officers arrived on the scene and began an investigation.   Three subjects were ... Read more...

Plymouth School Board Updated on Emergency Plan by Director of Safety Ted Brown

The regular August Plymouth School Board meeting was in session for about 45 minutes on Tuesday, August 7. The board heard a short report on the Emergency Plan from Ted Brown, director of safety and security. Brown indicated that they were ... Read more...