Plans are coming together for the new Argos Downtown Square. The project will bring a performance stage, restrooms, and other landscaping features to the former Speedway site at Michigan and Walnut. The town council Wednesday agreed to let the redevelopment commission proceed with buying the necessary property.
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Efforts to grow Marshall County’s park system could get a boost from Indiana’s new regional development initiative. The READI program lets regions of counties, cities, and towns apply for up to $50 million for quality of place and talent attraction.
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Those attending the Northern Indiana Power from the Past show next week will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The Indiana Department of Health mobile vaccination unit will be at the Winamac Town Park July 15 and 16 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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Plymouth students will soon have more opportunities to go swimming. An agreement giving the Plymouth Community School Corporation additional use of the Dr. Susan Bardwell Aquatic Center was approved by the school board Tuesday.
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Marshall, Starke, and Pulaski counties continue to see a low level of COVID-19 spread. All three counties remain in the blue on the Indiana Department of Health’s county metrics map.
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Menominee Elementary School has a new principal. Nicole Schubert was appointed to the position by the Plymouth School Board Tuesday.
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Indiana’s top social services official is stepping down. Dr. Jennifer Sullivan is leaving her position as the secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. The Governor’s Office says she’s taken a job in North Carolina as the senior vice president of strategic operations at Atrium Health. Governor Holcomb has appointed FSSA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Dan Rusyniak to take over as secretary on August 1.
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Those who steal catalytic converters, deal drugs, or engage in rioting face harsher penalties starting today. Starke County Prosecutor Leslie Baker says a number of new state laws impacting the criminal justice system take effect today.
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Indiana’s public health emergency has been extended through the end of July. Governor Eric Holcomb extended his emergency declaration for a 16th time in an executive order Wednesday. That will bring the public health emergency to almost 17 months.
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The local area is cleaning up after this weekend’s storms. The National Weather Service says 911 dispatchers got a number of reports of trees down in much of Marshall County Saturday evening, especially across the northern end along U.S. 6.
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A Flood Warning has been issued for the Yellow River at Plymouth. The National Weather Service expects the river to rise above flood stage just after midnight Monday morning, before falling below flood stage in the early afternoon. Minor flooding is forecast.
Continue readingA Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Marshall, Starke, and St. Joseph counties until 8:00 p.m. EDT / 7:00 p.m. CDT Saturday. The National Weather Service says 70 mile-per-hour wind gusts could damage trees, mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
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Flooded roads are proving to be a challenge in Marshall County. State Road 10 was closed between U.S. 31 and State Road 331, as of Saturday afternoon, according to INDOT. U.S. 6 was reportedly closed between Bremen and Nappanee as of Saturday morning. INDOT also reported areas of high water on State Road 331.
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A South Bend woman is dead, after a crash near Bremen Friday. It happened around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of U.S. 6 and Dogwood Road, according to Marshall County Coroner John Grolich.
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Drivers on U.S. 31 can expect lane closures south of Argos starting Monday. INDOT says a pipe replacement project will take place between 19th Road and 20 B Road.
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A Flood Advisory is in effect early Saturday morning for parts of the local area. Northeastern Pulaski County is under a Flood Advisory until 2:00 a.m. EDT Saturday, while southeastern Starke County, southern Marshall County, and north-central Fulton County is under a flood advisory until 3:00 a.m. EDT/2:00 a.m. CDT.
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A man on parole for manufacturing methamphetamine may be looking at more charges, after police say they found him with meth at a Marshall County storage facility. Sheriff’s deputies say they were called to A-Z Storage in the 13000 block of 3rd Road early Thursday morning for a report of a suspicious male subject.
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Another six COVID-19 cases have been reported in Marshall County, according to Friday’s update from the Indiana Department of Health.
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Marshall County residents continue heading back to work, even as the unemployment rate creeps back up. The county’s May unemployment rate was 3.2 percent, according to the latest report from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
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Marshall County’s mobile medical unit will be bringing COVID-19 vaccines to a Plymouth industrial park tomorrow (Thursday). A vaccination clinic will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Hoosier Tire at 2307 Pidco Drive.
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