The Plymouth City Council still isn’t ready to approve the city’s annual transportation agreement with the Marshall County Council on Aging. The group provides public transportation services in Plymouth, in exchange for $8,000 a year in city funding.
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The Culver School Board has a new member. Amy Pugh was appointed to the At-Large B seat during Monday’s school board meeting, according to Superintendent Karen Shuman. Pugh replaces Ryan Sieber, who decided to step down just a few weeks after he was reelected. Pugh will fill the remainder of Sieber’s term, which runs until the end of 2022.
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An armed standoff in Plymouth ended with no injuries Wednesday morning. Plymouth Police say it happened around 9:45 a.m. in the area of Western Avenue and Hoham Drive. Officers say they pulled over a Honda due to a report of a possible intoxicated driver, and the driver displayed a handgun and threatened to harm himself.
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The Culver-Union Township Fire Department still needs another $100,000 for a new aerial truck. After finalizing specifications, Fire Chief Terry Wakefield says the department has settled on a 101-foot ladder truck with truck LED lights. “We thought we wanted a basket,” he told the town council during a work session Tuesday. “We kind of went away from getting a basket. What we did was we came up with a vehicle that fits in our station, that we won’t have to alter the height or width of the doors.”
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The City of Plymouth may be looking to make some changes to its animal control services. City Council Member Bill Walters brought up the issue during last week’s meeting, according to Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver.
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The City of Plymouth is hoping to extend the Greenways Trail with funding from the state’s new Next Level Trails grant.
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Culver officials will meet tonight to discuss plans for the purchase of an aerial fire truck. The Culver-Union Township Fire Department had hoped to raise $200,000 in donations, but only got about $169,000 by the end of the fundraiser in November. Money has continued coming in, though, and Fire Chief Terry Wakefield is expected to give an update to the town council tonight.
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A Bourbon man arrested for violating a protective order is now also accused of possession of meth and disorderly conduct. Marshall County Police say they were called to the 4400 block of State Road 10 shortly after 8:00 a.m. Saturday and arrested Charles Wade Steinman, 22, for the violation of the protective order. As they continued investigating, officers say they found narcotics and paraphernalia.
Continue readingThe City of Plymouth will be able to make some additional water and sewer upgrades with money leftover from recent projects. The city council passed a resolution last week allowing more than a million dollars in surplus bond revenues to be used for some additional work, according to Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver.
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The City of Plymouth stands to bring in more money by reducing the number of banks it uses, according to Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver.
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Bids for Plymouth’s Candy Lane storm sewer project came in higher than expected. Five bids were opened during Monday’s board of works meeting. Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver says they ranged from $1,047,000 up to $1,278,000, not including some optional work.
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Emergency railroad crossing repairs have a portion of 15th Road closed tonight. Marshall County Highway Superintendent Jason Peters says Norfolk Southern Railway is performing emergency repairs at the crossing between Thorn Road and Union Road. They hope to be done by 9:00 tonight.
Organizers of the Rees Theatre Project have identified another potential funding source. The Plymouth City Council Monday agreed to let the group move forward with a grant application to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, according to Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver.
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A bill to restructure the Kankakee River Basin Commission is advancing in the Indiana General Assembly. House Bill 1270 authored by State Representative Doug Gutwein of Francesville would cut the number of members from 24 down to nine.
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Nine vehicles were involved in a chain reaction crash on U.S. 30 in Plymouth Monday evening. Plymouth Police say around 5:10 p.m., a vehicle was heading east on the Michigan Street overpass, when ice caused it to slide into the guardrail and then come to a stop in the roadway. Another vehicle was slowing down, when it was rear-ended by another vehicle, according to officers, setting off a chain reaction.
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The Plymouth Board of Works has chosen a contractor for this year’s spring street and sidewalk projects.
Walsh & Kelly was awarded the bid during Monday’s meeting, according to Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver. The company submitted the lowest of five bids, at just under $636,000.
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The recent transition in the school funding structure was reviewed with Culver school officials Monday.
On January 1, each school corporation’s General Fund was replaced by an Education Fund, while the Capital Projects, Transportation, and Bus Replacement Funds were combined into an Operations Fund.
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A fight at the Marshall County Jail ended with an inmate being taken to the hospital Friday afternoon. Sheriff Matt Hassel says the fight apparently started between two inmates and then a third joined in. Hassel says three jail officers were called to the area to stop the fight.
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Tips for preventing frozen pipes are being shared by local water departments. With subzero temperatures in the forecast, freeze warnings remain in effect in many places, including Knox, North Judson, and Hamlet.
Continue readingThe Plymouth Board of Works is expected to award a bid for the spring street and sidewalk projects tonight. That will include work on portions of Randolph Drive, Stanley Drive, Walnut Street, Madison Street, Kingston Road, Lemler Lane, and Chester Street. The five bids opened earlier this month ranged from just under $636,000 to more than $858,000.
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