UPDATE from ISP PIO Sgt. Bohner: The passing lane is now open at the crash US31 NB at 13th Road. The right lane will be closed for an extended time due to offloading the semi.
A crash involving a semi truck led to the closure of the northbound lanes of U.S. 31 near Argos Monday afternoon. The Indiana Department of Transportation tweeted that it happened at the railroad crossing between 13th and 14th roads.
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A Plymouth woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to dealing in a narcotic drug. Jessica Jelinek, 31, admitted to supplying Roxicodone to Fabian Pioro last December, according to Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman. Chipman says a third person at that transaction, Brandon Wojcik, 27, ended up dying of an overdose, but Jelinek was not charged with delivering the drugs that caused his death.
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Plymouth Police say a boy was hit by a vehicle while crossing Michigan Street Wednesday morning. It happened just before 8:00 a.m. at the intersection of Michigan and Jefferson.
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Two people were arrested for drug possession Tuesday night, after Plymouth Police got a report of a motorist slumped over in a vehicle. Officers say they responded to the Hacienda parking lot near U.S. 30 and Pioneer Drive around 10:50 p.m.
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Marshall County employees will continue to have the primary and general election days off, at least for next year’s presidential election. The county commissioners approved the 2020 holiday schedule last week, but not without some debate.
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Marshall County will soon be getting ransomware insurance. Last week, the county commissioners officially voted to add ransomware coverage to the county’s general liability insurance policy, after IT Director Michael Marshall recommended the move last month. County officials didn’t have an exact cost figure, but they believed it could be between $6,500 and $7,500 a year for a million-dollar policy.
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Now that the Culver School Board has separated the athletic director position from the middle/high school assistant principal position, board members took action last week to update the wage and benefit schedules to reflect the change, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman.
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Marshall County residents have the chance to weigh in on the county’s 2020 budget proposal. The required budget hearing will be held during this morning’s county council meeting. It starts at 9:00 a.m. in the Marshall County Building in Plymouth.
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A Bremen High School teacher faces criminal charges, after he was accused of trying to seduce two of his students. WSBT-TV reports that Patrick Stroud, 28, allegedly sent messages to the girls on Instagram and had private meetings with them.
Continue readingThe Marshall County Recorder’s Office is digitizing another round of documents. The county commissioners Tuesday agreed to let Recorder Janet Howard enter into a contract with Fidlar Technologies, at a cost of just over $27,000.
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After pleading guilty to dealing meth and heroin, Jose Daniel Ortiz, 39, was given the maximum possible sentence of 30 years in the Indiana Department of Correction, according to Marshall County Prosecutor Nelson Chipman. He says the charges stem from a series of transactions that took place between July and October of last year.
Continue readingA Rochester man is accused of battery with a deadly weapon, following an alleged incident in Plymouth Tuesday night. Plymouth Police were called to the 500 block of East Adams Street shortly before 9:30.
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The Marshall County Crossroads team is asking the county government to chip in $400,000 over four years.
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An Elkhart man faces multiple charges, after police say he tricked a Marshall County woman into letting him into her home, robbed her, and raped her in front of her two-year-old child. The incident allegedly happened the morning of August 28 at a home on Tyler Road near Bremen, according to a probable cause affidavit shared by the Marshall County Prosecutor’s Office.
Continue readingMarshall County’s proposed jail expansion took another step forward Tuesday. The county commissioners approved a contract with architecture firm RQAW. RQAW President and CEO Troy Woodruff said the design will depend on input from local stakeholders.
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Low ILEARN scores are drawing concerns from state officials. The Indiana Department of Education says that across the state, the 2019 ILEARN showed a drop in achievement levels, compared to the old ISTEP test.
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New broadband infrastructure will now be exempt from property taxes in much of Marshall County.
The county commissioners agreed Tuesday to designate all unincorporated areas in the county an infrastructure development zone.
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A report of a possibly impaired driver allegedly landed a South Bend woman in jail Thursday. Marshall County Police say that around 5:40 a.m., they were notified of a red 2011 Toyota heading northbound on U.S. 31 from State Road 10.
Continue readingMarshall County residents will have a chance to weigh in this morning on a measure that would make certain broadband infrastructure exempt from property taxation.
A public hearing over a proposed infrastructure development zone will be held during this morning’s county commissioners meeting. The designation was requested by Marshall County REMC last month.
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A Knox woman is accused of disorderly conduct and resisting law enforcement, after police were called to a LaPaz home Wednesday. Marshall County Police say they responded to a complaint of an unwanted guest at a home in the 100 block of Troyer Street at around 4:20 p.m.
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