Local & State News

Adam Overmyer and Brian Slone sentenced

Adam Overmyer, 39, of Pierceton, Indiana, and Brian Slone, 40, of Silver Lake, Indiana, were both sentenced pursuant to plea agreements in Judge Robert O. Bowen’s Marshall County Superior Court No. 1.  Overmyer and Slone were ... Read more...

City Police Arrest 2 for Domestic Battery on 2 Separate Situations

Plymouth Police investigated two separate complaints of domestic battery over the weekend.  Two people were arrested.  On Friday, January 12th at approximately 10:20 P.M. a woman came to the Plymouth Police Department to report a ... Read more...

Geraldine Whitfield Sentenced to 9 Years for Dealing in Methamphetamine

Geraldine Whitfield, 44, of Rochester, Indiana, was sentenced by agreement on January 17, in Marshall Superior Court No. 1 to a total of 9 years imprisonment with 7 of the years calling for incarceration at the Indiana Department of ... Read more...

Regaert Arrested for DWS

A Plymouth man was arrested on Sunday afternoon following a traffic stop by Plymouth Police Officer John Weir.  Just before 2 p.m. Officer Weir was on routine patrol when he stopped a vehicle at Adams and Walnut Streets after running the ... Read more...

Klotz Files for Commissioner in District 1 on Republican Ticket

Stan Klotz of Bremen was the second person to file for the District 1 County Commissioners seat.   On Tuesday, January 16th he made his intentions known by filing papers in the Marshall County Voter Registration office. In a very brief ... Read more...

South Bend International Airport Secures New Nonstop Flights for Hoosiers, Businesses

Governor Eric J. Holcomb joined executives of the St. Joseph County Airport Authority Thursday to announce that American Airlines will restart operations at South Bend International Airport (SBN), adding two new nonstop flights to ... Read more...

Walorski Questions Health Officials on Response to Opioid Crisis

U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) Wednesday questioned officials from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about efforts to identify and prevent fraudulent prescribing ... Read more...

Argos Geography Bee Winners

Argos Elementary held their Geography Bee on January 17, 2018. The winner was 6th grader Luke Shafer and runner-up was 5th grader Chad Conley. Photo: ​Chad Conley and Luke ... Read more...

Donnelly Releases 2017 Annual Report Highlighting Work on Behalf of Hoosiers

Wednesday, U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly released his annual report for 2017.  The report details Donnelly’s bipartisan legislative work, his travels around Indiana, and his efforts to help Hoosiers. The report also highlights the ... Read more...

Holcomb Statement on Indianapolis Making Amazon’s List of Finalists for Second Headquarters

Governor Eric J. Holcomb offered the following statement regarding Amazon’s announcement that Indianapolis is among a list of 20 finalist locations for the company’s second headquarters: We are thrilled to see Indianapolis on the list ... Read more...

Plymouth Man Arrested for Theft from his Employer, Love’s Travel Stop

On Tuesday, January 16, the Plymouth Police Department received a report from the manager of Love’s Travel Stop at US 30 and Pioneer Drive in Plymouth regarding thefts that had occurred there earlier. Detective Leo Mangus began an ... Read more...

How Much Water is Going Over the Dam at Lake of the Woods

Members of the Marshall County Drainage Board continued their discussion of the lake level at Lake of the Woods during their meeting on Tuesday. During their December meeting Marvin Houin and Charlie Houin asked to drainage board to take ... Read more...

County’s Insurance with Gibson Reduced by $32,000

The Marshall County Commissioners received some good news from Brian Kubicki from Gibson Insurance during their meeting this week. He said, “I get to deliver good news today,” referring to the insurance renewal.  The total program ... Read more...

Goebel Arrested for OWI & Leaving Scene of Accident

  Monday evening about 7:45 Plymouth Police Officers were dispatch to the area of Gilmore and Dickson Streets for a reported hit and run accident. Central Dispatch said the vehicle that was hit was following the suspect vehicle. City ... Read more...

County Police Arrest Seely from North Liberty for Possession of Marijuana

On Monday, January 17, Sergeant Les McFarland with the Marshall County Police Department was on routine patrol when he drove upon an accident in the area of 4B and Union Roads.  The driver involved in the accident was identified as ... Read more...

LaPorte Man Arrested by County Police for OWI

Sgt. Nicholas Laffoon of the Marshall County Police Department was working DUI Taskforce on U.S. 30 east of Plymouth on Thursday, January 11th at approximately 11:00 p.m. About this time Marshall County Dispatch advised of two intoxicated ... Read more...

Saturday Arrested by County Patrolman Bryant

On Saturday January 13, 2018 County Patrolman Jonathan Bryant conducted a traffic stop on U.S. 31 near 16th Road on a vehicle for multiple infractions. During the stop the driver, 52 year old William Brown of Otterbein was found to be ... Read more...

Commissioners Approve Intergovernmental Agreement with Town of Argos for Planning & Building

Marshall County Building Inspector Chuck DeWitt will assist the Town of Argos with building and planning after the County Commissioners approved an intergovernmental agreement during their meeting on Tuesday. Lisa Mulaney, Argos Town Clerk ... Read more...

PHS to Vote for this Year’s Basketball Homecoming King & Queen and Prince & Princess

This Thursday, Plymouth High School staff and students will have the opportunity to vote via a Google Drive ballot for this year’s 2018 PHS Basketball Homecoming King and Queen and this year’s Homecoming Prince and Princess. All ... Read more...

Tippecanoe Valley Superintendent Tenders Retirement Notice for End of School Year

After serving the Tippecanoe Valley Schools for 40 years, Superintendent Brett Boggs officially announced his retirement during the January 15 school board meeting. He will continue until the end of the current school year. He has held ... Read more...