Local & State News

Governor Eric Holcomb Directs Flags To Be Flown at Half-Staff

Governor Eric J. Holcomb is directing flags across the state to be flown at half-staff to honor former First Lady Barbara Bush. Flags should be flown at half-staff from now until sunset on the day of her burial, Saturday, April 21. ... Read more...

Bids Awarded for New Lincoln Junior High

Construction could begin on the new Lincoln Junior High School as soon this spring. The project has been in the planning stages for several years. The new facility will be built directly east of the current school building and scheduled to ... Read more...

Christopher Bunch Arrested at Pac-A-Sac on Warrant

Tuesday morning about 9:50 Plymouth Police Officer Ben McIntyre received information that 27 year old Christopher Bunch of Walkerton was currently at the Pak A Sak gas station at 510 West Jefferson Street. Officer McIntyre arrived at the ... Read more...

County Begins Reclaiming Roads

The Marshall County Highway Department began the road reclaiming process Tuesday on Beech Road north of 12B.  The reclaiming process help build the sub base of the roads up to make a stronger road base for the re-surface treatment. During ... Read more...

Highway Department Continues with Reclaiming Roads

County Highway Supervisor Jason Peters says the road reclaiming process will continue on Wednesday. Cedar Road from 11th to 12th road will be ground along with 11th Road from Cedar to 331, Cedar Road from 11th to 10B roads, and 10B from ... Read more...

Tool Boxes Stolen from 300 Block of Brook Ave.

Plymouth Police are investigating the theft of a couple tool boxes from the 300 block of Brook Avenue. Sometime between April 13th and the 15th someone removed two tool boxes from the residence.  They were described as a large gray ... Read more...

Walorski Statement on First Lady Barbara Bush

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) today released the following statement on the passing of former First Lady Barbara Bush: “Dean and I join all Americans in celebrating the remarkable life of Barbara Bush. She served the American people ... Read more...

Hamlet man Arrested Sunday at Walmart for Shoplifting

Sunday evening, about 8:15 Plymouth Police were dispatched to the Walmart on Oak Drive for a male subject that was stopped by the Asset Protection team for shoplifting. Officer Chad Beatty took 50 year old Brian Pike of Hamlet into custody ... Read more...

73 Traffic Violations During Plymouth’s Operation Pullover Program

During the month of March, the Plymouth Police Department participated in the Operation Pullover Program. During the enforcement period three Plymouth Police Officers worked an additional 23 hours to specifically focus their efforts on ... Read more...

Ancilla Nursing Program has Record Number of Applicants

The doors at Ancilla College will need to open wider this fall in order to allow room for the record number of nursing students that have applied. With over 300 applicants, growth is a good problem to have for a college that has recently ... Read more...

NimRod Arrested for Driving as a Habitual Traffic Violator

On Saturday April 14, at approximately 4:00 PM Plymouth Police Officer Chad Beatty conducted a traffic stop at Michigan and 11B Roads.  The driver, 28 year old Sargon Bet-NimRod of Rochester was taken into custody and transported to the ... Read more...

United Way of Marshall County Announces Annual Meeting at PCC

The United Way of Marshall County (UWMC) 2018 Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, April 26, at 11:30 am in the lower level of the Auditorium on the PCC Campus (Plymouth Community Church, 11802 Lincoln Hwy) in Plymouth. The public is ... Read more...

2 Arrested for Driving Without Licenses

Plymouth Police Officer John Weir arrested two people on Wednesday, April 11th for operating a vehicle without ever receiving a license. Shortly after 1 p.m. Officer Weir initiated a traffic stop on a red Chevy S10 pickup truck for having ... Read more...

Walorski Marks Final Tax Day Under Broken Tax Code

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Tuesday released the following statement with regards to Tax Day, which this year fell on Tuesday, April 17th: “No one looks forward to Tax Day, but this year there’s some good news: it’s the last ... Read more...

Remonstrance on Cum Bridge Rate Increase

The Marshall County Commissioners are taking the steps necessary to raise the rate of the Cumulative Bridge Fund.  As part of the process a public hearing was held for the proposed rate increase on March 19th. Following the publication of ... Read more...

Ancilla Beef & Grain Farm Stops Sales to the Public

Ancilla Beef and Grain Farm wishes to thank all its customers who have supported the farm by purchasing beef. For two years the farm has tried to make selling all natural beef a sustainable venture, but the sales have not been consistent. ... Read more...

County Drainage Board Denies Petition for Regulated Drain on 2B Road

Monday morning the Marshall County Drainage Board conducted a public hearing on the petition request to establish a regulated drain along Donnybrook on 2B Road in German Township. This issue has been on the drainage board for several ... Read more...

Warsaw Man Arrested for DWS with Priors

A Marshall County Police Officer on routine patrol stopped a vehicle on Saturday morning about 5:15 at King Road and Lincoln Highway.  The male driver was identified as 27 year old Timothy L. Bowen Jr. of Warsaw.   Bowen admitted to ... Read more...

Theater Returns to Historic Downtown Plymouth

Theater at The Moon! A Michiana Premier! Come hear David Hoppe’s remarkable dramatic poem, Sacred Sands, as performed by Wild Rose Moon’s own theater group, The Moonitics–under the direction of Cindy Davis. Vera Tiani-Shuppert, ... Read more...

South Bend Teen Arrested following Crash on US 31

On Sunday, April 15th, at approximately 9:40 in the evening, Marshall County Deputies were dispatched to the area of US 31 and 12th Road for a single vehicle accident with unknown injuries. When Officer Smith arrived on the scene he found ... Read more...