Local & State News

On Thursday evening, T-Mobile hosted a check presentation at the Gallery On West in Argos. Argos was one of T-Mobile’s latest 25 Hometown Grant recipients. The $50,000 grant will help launch the “4-H Poss-ABILITIES Program,” crafted ... Read more...

County Attorney Jim Clevenger discussed the Tamarack Solar Project with the County Commissioners on Monday. Clevenger said under either the existing County solar energy system regulations or the new Plan Commission large scale solar energy ... Read more...

Visitors to the Marshall County Memorial Forest and the Trails at Mill Pond will see new signs posted that restrict smoking and vaping in the parks.  In September 2023 the County Park Board enacted a No Smoking Policy at the request ... Read more...

United Way of Marshall County (UWMC) hosted “Housing Matters” meetings in February as a first step in conducting a Marshall County Housing Gap Analysis. Government leaders, nonprofit partners, and community leaders and volunteers ... Read more...

The political season is underway, and signs are popping up like spring flowers everywhere and before we know it, it will be yard and garage sale time.  Many times those signs are also placed in the right-of-way.  The Plymouth Zoning ... Read more...

The Plymouth Chamber is launching a Young Adult Professionals group on April 16th! Young Adult Professionals from 19 to 39 are invited to join the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce for an informal gathering of socializing and networking. This ... Read more...

The REES Theatre in downtown Plymouth shows movies, classic, animated, family films and even current releases and adult tickets are just $5 and kids 12 and under accompanied by an adult get in FREE. The Sunday, April 6th matinee at 2 p.m. ... Read more...

Since 1995, a nest box on top of Market Tower in downtown Indianapolis has helped peregrine falcon parents raise 88 chicks. As one of the oldest nest boxes in the state, it was falling apart. The DNR ornithology team recently ... Read more...

Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Secretary of Commerce David Rosenberg and Purdue University President Mung Chiang joined federal partners and executives of South Korea-based SK hynix Inc., the world’s leading producer of High-Bandwidth Memory ... Read more...

Connie A. Lawton, age 56, of Rochester, IN, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in her home. She was born to John and Patricia (Harfield) Hardesty on September 21, 1967 in Plymouth, IN. Connie graduated from Plymouth High School in 1986. ... Read more...

Marshall County Coroner John Grolich made a request during the public comment portion of the Commissioner’s meeting on Monday.  His request, to implement a Public Safety Local Income Tax. Grolich who serves as the Indiana Volunteer ... Read more...

Tuesday evening the Plymouth Plan Commission held their monthly meeting in the council chambers of City Hall.  City councilman Randy Longanecker was sworn into his position for another 4-year term on the commission.  Plan ... Read more...

The report of a domestic battery in the 700 block of Berkley Street Tuesday ended with two Plymouth men being arrested. At about 10 p.m. on March 2nd city officers responded to the trailer park at 700 Berkley Street for a scuffle between ... Read more...

The Marshall County Park and Recreation Board will meet tonight at 6 in the second-floor meeting room of the County Building.  The agenda for the meeting includes an update on the multi-use trails at Mill Pond, the trustee cabin in ... Read more...

On Tuesday, April 2nd, at approximately 11:40 at night, Officer Wozniak with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department initiated a traffic stop on a white 2008 Ford pickup truck in the parking lot of BP Gas Station in Argos. During the ... Read more...

A 911 call of an erratic driver sends a Rochester man to the Marshall County Jail.  On Saturday, March 30th just before 3 p.m., Deputy Truty initiated a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle. During his investigation the driver ... Read more...

America faces a growing threat from adversarial nations that are attempting to buy up American farmland and land near our critical infrastructure. This is why State Senator Mike Bohacek supported a new law that better protects ... Read more...

Much of Indiana will be in the zone of totality for the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, including 54 properties managed by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that will provide an excellent vantage point for viewing ... Read more...

Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, in collaboration with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Division of Aging, announced today that nominations are now being accepted for the 2024 Golden Hoosier Award. This is the 17th ... Read more...

Marshall County is looking at the possibility of purchasing the Bowen Center building on Dora Lane. During the County Commissioner’s meeting on Monday, Commissioner Stan Klotz said he, Health Department Administrator Sandy Dunfee, ... Read more...