The state recognition of the Stellar Communities Designation Program designees is set for today from 10 a.m. to noon ET in Indianapolis. Officials from the Town of Culver and the City of Madison will attend today’s festivities as a Stellarbration of becoming stellar communities.
Culver’s local Stellarbration will be held Wednesday, Nov. 8 at the Culver Beach Lodge. Town Manager Jonathan Leist told the Culver Town Council Tuesday night that Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch will attend the local event that begins at 3 p.m. with an open house from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET. The public is invited to attend.
Plymouth Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt asked the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety members Monday night to ratify a bid presented to them at the prior meeting for street and sidewalk work.
Officials are actively seeking industries to fill the void of outgoing companies in the Plymouth area.
Discussions will continue concerning mechanics within a proposed lease between the Plymouth Board of Public Works and Safety and Van Vactor Farms.
The U.S. 31 construction project should wrap up on time. That’s according to INDOT Northwest District Director of Media Relations Doug Moats who mentioned that the weather this week and the addition of the railroad crossing reconstruction should only delay the project a little. The project is set to wrap up the first week of November.
The Culver Town Council will meet tonight where an update will be given on where to go now that the town was named a Stellar Community that will be followed by Jonathan Leist’s report on town activities.
A Plymouth man was arrested Saturday for suspicion of dealing drugs.
Culver Town officials and those who are a part of the Stellar Committee will be joining Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch for a Stellarbration on Wednesday, Oct. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon ET at the Indiana Statehouse North Atrium in Indianapolis.
The Culver-Union Township EMS staff will host an open house Tuesday, Oct. 24 prior to the Culver Town Council meeting.
The Marshall County Commissioners will be reviewing two speed limit ordinances at their upcoming November meeting.
Firefighters from the area fire departments recently visited the Walkerton Elementary School to discuss fire safety with students.
The Marshall County Highway Department has completed several miles of paving this year along with berming, pug mill operations, pothole repairs, chip and sealing operations and double chip and sealing operations. With all of that activity, Highway Administrator Laurie Baker says the highway department is seeing a bit of a revenue bump this year. 
Nine grant applications were recently approved to receive funds from the John Glenn Education Foundation.
Two years of hard work has paid off for the Town of Culver. Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch called the Culver Town Hall on Wednesday afternoon and told a crowd of anxious Stellar supporters that the town is officially designated as a stellar community through the Stellar Communities Designation Program.
A South Bend man who was found guilty of armed robbery in a two-day trial in June in Marshall County was sentenced by Marshall County Superior Court No. 1 Judge Robert O. Bowen on Wednesday to nine years in the Indiana Department of Corrections with no part of the sentence suspended.
The Marshall County Commissioners received a preliminary comprehensive bridge management plan Monday morning from Ben Beer, Business Development for USI Consultants.
The John Glenn School Board approved a resolution Tuesday night that would reduce an appropriation by $69,000 to carry over into next year’s budget.
The Plymouth Police Department and emergency responders were called to a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 30 west of Oak Drive in Plymouth around 6:14 p.m. Tuesday.
