The absentee voting turnout in Marshall County continues to move along at a slow pace in this year’s City of Plymouth Primary Municipal Election.
Fifty-three mail-in, travel board and in-office ballots have been cast.
The opportunity to vote absentee in the clerk’s office is today and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. In-office absentee hours will continue Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Monday, May 4 from 8 a.m. to noon. The Primary Municipal Election is Tuesday, May 5.
Only a few opportunities remain to vote absentee in the City of Plymouth Primary Municipal Election.
Voters can cast an absentee ballot today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Marshall County Clerk’s Office in the courthouse. In-office absentee voting is also available on Monday, April 27 and Friday, May 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The last two opportunities to vote absentee in-office are Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Monday, May 4 from 8 a.m. to noon. The Primary Municipal Election is Tuesday, May 5.
The Mayoral candidates include Incumbent Republican Mark Senter, Democrat Rex A. Crump and Democrat Anthony P. (Tony) Gamble. Republican Jeanine M. Xaver is the lone candidate for Plymouth Clerk-Treasurer.
Seven candidates have filed for the three available Plymouth Common Council At-Large seats. They include Incumbent Republican Mike Delp, Republican Christopher R. Berdahl, Democrat Gary L. Cook, Democrat Jeffery R. Houin, Republican Burke L. Richeson, Democrat Joshua Walker, and Republican Bill Walters.
Incumbent Republican Duane L. Culp is seeking another term as the District 1 candidate on the Plymouth Common Council. In District 2, Incumbent Republican Don Ecker, Jr. is the lone candidate. Incumbent Republican Wayne A. Smith and Democrat Shiloh Fonseca are vying for the District 3 seat and Incumbent Republican Shawn Grobe is looking to represent District 4 for another term.
Officials in the Marshall County Recorder’s office will be scanning mortgage books that date back to the 1800s.
Recorder Marlene Mahler told the commissioners this week that 95 books need to be scanned and digitally archived.
Mahler said she found some mortgage books the basement of the courthouse. She counted them and learned that some books were missing. She contacted Marshall County Museum Director Linda Rippy, who found the books containing records from the early 1800s at the museum. Those books have never been archived, and it will cost $10,000 to scan all of the documents. Mahler said the money will come out of the perpetuation fund.
The Plymouth High School VEX Robotics teams represented the school in the recent world championship competition in Louisville, Kentucky.
The team finished 22nd in their division which featured tough opposition, according to Robotics Club Sponsor Rich Scheiber. The team was eliminated a round prior to the elimination tournament. Scheiber said the students in the second-year robotics program were up against 450 teams from around the world, and he was proud of their effort.
Two robotics teams also recently participated in the CREATE U.S. Open Robotics Championship. The teams finished 36th and 63rd in their divisions.
Students in Marshall County may have an opportunity to learn more about a career in law enforcement.
The camp, which will be held between June 23rd and 26th has been an annual occurrence for the last 36 years. Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin says the statewide camp is targeted toward 7th and 8th graders.
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Decisions you make now can have lifelong consequences. That’s one of the messages faculty and staff at Plymouth High School wanted to convey to students by staging a mock drunk driving fatality crash. Gene Skirvin sponsors the student group Leaders Eliminating Alcohol and Drugs. He hopes students will stop and think.
“If for some reason we save one person by doing it, then it was worth the time we took to do it,” Skirvin said. Continue reading
Proposals to transform the economy of Marshall and surrounding counties are being sought as part of a grant application. The Regional Cities of Northern Indiana Group is looking for projects that enhance the community and transform the economy of Marshall, St. Joseph, Elkhart and Kosciusko Counties. Ideas are due May 1st. Continue reading
The owner of an ice cream parlor involved in a sign placement violation dispute with the City of Plymouth has been given more time to remove the sign.
City attorney Sean Surrisi told members of the Board of Zoning Appeals that Mooney’s Ice Cream owner, John Webster, and the building owner applied for a variance in February to erect the sign at the business at 309 E. Jefferson Street. The sign had already been placed in a location on the property that is not in compliance with an ordinance, and without a permit. The group of businesses in the building, including Mooney’s Ice Cream, were encouraged to get together and create a sign to accommodate all of the businesses. That design was presented to the BZA on April 7. Webster was given until the end of the week to remove his sign, and the business owners were given 60 days from April 7 to install the new sign. Continue reading
Government leaders from Marshall County and Pulaski County, along with the City of Plymouth and town council representatives attended a joint meeting of the Marshall County Commissioners and Marshall County Council Wednesday night to learn how to generate funding for local roads and streets.
Pat Conner, Research Manager at the Indiana Local Technical Assistance Program through Purdue University, explained how counties can use the Local Option Highway User Tax (LOHUT) to generate funds for road projects. The combined bodies of government are concerned that the state will not be giving counties any more funding for roads in the proposed biennial state budget.
A LaPaz man police say struck a car in downtown Rochester yesterday and fled on foot faces residential entry charges in Fulton County. Continue reading
The Marshall County Council on Aging continues to cater to more and more patrons with transportation needs.
Executive Director Jackie Wright gave the Marshall County Commissioners an annual report this week and said they have been turning down requests for transportation as they aren’t able to accommodate all of the requests. About 60 denials were given in each quarter in 2014. She explained driver and vehicle availability and hours in the operation day were the main reasons why those requests were denied. The agency has nine vehicles with 15 drivers.
Marshall County and most of its neighbors are enjoying lower unemployment rates than the state average, according to March numbers released by the Department of Workforce Development. Continue reading
A born-again Christian who had two abortions during her teenage years is the featured speaker at this evening’s Marshall County Right to Life banquet. Angela Minter is the founder and executive director of Louisville-based Sisters for Life. Continue reading
A Grovertown man faces theft and drug charges in Marshall County following a weekend undercover investigation. A patrolman from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department was investigating the theft of truck rims and tires which the victim had located for sale on Craigslist. Continue reading
The Marshall County Sheriff’s Office will be constructing a training facility.
Deputy Ryan Hollopeter explained to the county commissioners on Monday that the officers are required to keep up firearms training, but no longer have a location to do so because of complaints of noise from neighbors.
The Marshall County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #130 has offered the use of their location at Hawthorne Road and State Road 10 for a firearms range and the construction of a 30’ x 60’ pole building on a concrete pad for classroom training. Deputy Hollopeter said there is enough property available for rifle and handgun distance training. He said other law enforcement agencies could also use the facility for similar training. It could be opened up to the public for officer-conducted firearms training.
A Plymouth business says they want a reasonable amount of time to replace their sign.
Mooney’s Ice Cream Parlor was assessed a fine of $150 by the City of Plymouth for failing to comply with the town’s signage ordinance. The company did not receive a permit for constructing their current sign in the 300 block of East Jefferson Street – something that has been described by the business as a miscommunication.
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The second round of the ISTEP test will be administered starting next week in area schools.
Students took the first portion of the test in March of this year – which covers English, Math, and for some students: Science and Social Studies. ISTEP is used to help measure student performance in a handful of subject areas.
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Area motorists may have noticed farm implements on the roadways.
That’s because planting season is in full swing. Farmers often use local roads to navigate between fields. According to the Indiana Department of Transportation, this means car drivers should be more alert.
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Last week’s grain elevator accident in LaCrosse has prompted the Indiana Department of Labor to urge employers and employees to review grain handling facility hazards and how to prevent occupational injuries and fatalities. For medical insurances and other legal information, people can get in touch with The Accident Network Law Group in Riverside for the best legal help.
Based on the a consultation from a car accident lawyer, four employees at Co-Alliance were injured in an explosion caused by an industrial accident on April 15.
According to the Department of Labor, the grain handling industry is a high hazard industry where workers can be exposed to serious and life threatening hazards including fires and explosions from grain dust accumulation. Other hazards include suffocation from engulfment and entrapment in grain bins, falls from heights and crushing injuries, and amputations from equipment.
A Villa Park, Ill. man who wrecked his all-terrain vehicle Saturday evening in Marshall County has died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash. Continue reading
