A Texas man is charged with kidnapping after taking a Bremen teen out of state.
Family members of a 14-year-old juvenile contacted the Bremen Police Department to report the incident on Thursday, March 30. Police say it was believed that she left the area with an unknown Hispanic man.
A Plymouth man was booked into the Marshall County Jail after reportedly running into a pole at 1505 N. Michigan Street and fleeing the scene.
According to a report filed by the Plymouth Police Department, officers arrived at the scene shortly after 6:30 a.m. on Saturday where they found a damaged white Chevrolet Impala without a driver. The vehicle hit a NIPSCO pole at that location and snapped the pole in half. The broken pole fell on top of the car while power lines scattered across N. Michigan Street.
The Marshall County Commissioners have set aside time today to hear public comment on the proposed tax increase to help reestablish the Cumulative Capital Development Fund to the maximum point. A public hearing on the matter is set for 9 a.m.
The Culver Community School Board is moving ahead with finding another superintendent.
Interim Superintendent Chuck Kitchell is leaving the corporation and entering retirement on June 30. He has been with the Culver Community School Corporation for 28 years in various roles: teaching, coach, assistant principal, principal, and director of operations. Kitchell assumed the interim superintendent’s position at the end of December 2015 when then-superintendent Vicki McGuire resigned to fill a similar position at a different school corporation.
Plymouth Street Superintendent Jim Marquardt presented to the city council the proposed list of sidewalks the street crew will be working on this season.
Marquardt told the city council that the list will wrap up a major road in town
The cafeteria staff at the Culver Community School Corporation has been busy during this spring break to offer children healthy meals.
Carin Clifton, Food Services Director at the Culver schools, said about 10 children a day were served breakfast while up to 25 children took advantage of lunch during last week’s first week of spring break.
Summer is right around the corner which means activities around the Culver Park and the Culver Beach will be winding up for the season.
Park Superintendent Anna Campbell told the Culver Town Council members last week that she recently hired a new maintenance employee and she is currently taking applications for lifeguards. Five lifeguards are returning this year and one new lifeguard was recently hired. For more information, call (574) 842-3510.
Be aware of a phone scam in the Plymouth area.
According to Plymouth officials, the scam artist is using the city’s name and asking for credit card information. The caller ID shows the number originating from a city department. The recorded message said the person was from the City of Plymouth and needed the victim’s credit card information.
The Plymouth City Council approved the services of New Avenues to provide an employee assistance program.
City Attorney Sean Surrisi said the program is quite beneficial to employees.
Officers from the Bremen Police Department recently participated in a 24-day dangerous and impaired driving enforcement campaign.
During this enforcement period, officers had two felony arrests and 16 misdemeanor arrests. Four arrests included a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Forty-five tickets were written and 107 warnings were given to motorists.
The Town of Culver is the recipient of a Marshall County Community Foundation grant to help fund an opportunity for residents to participate in public fishing.
Town Manager Jonathan Leist told the Culver Town Council members this week that a platform will be installed at the end of a pier for public fishing.
Indiana anglers need to purchase new fishing licenses. State-issued fishing licenses are valid from April 1 through March 31 of the following year. A valid license is needed to fish in public lakes, streams, rivers or tributaries in Indiana or its boundary waters. Continue reading
Taxpayers who owe $64,000 or less can file their income taxes for free. IRS officials say their Free File partnership makes doing so an option for 70 percent of taxpayers. Continue reading
October may be six months away, but Oktoberfest organizers in Bremen are already in the midst of producing plans for the annual celebration.
Many of the annual favorites are coming back this year including the penny scramble, root beer float social, corn hole tournament, photo booth, Lotteria, longboard competition, children’s tent, bed race, and the soap box derby. A number of children’s activities will also be featured.
Students interested in attending a Military Service Academy can learn more about the application process later this month. Continue reading
The Bremen Police Department is working with another police agency in an investigation into a report of a runaway teen. No other information is available at this time.
Jeniffer Perez Felipe, 14, was reported as a runaway to the Bremen Police Department on Thursday. At the time of the report, police say she was last seen with a Hispanic man in a gray or dark colored SUV at about 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
If you have any information to aid investigators in this case, contact the Bremen Police Department at (574) 546-3456.
The Bremen Police Department is searching for a 14-year-old runaway.
Jeniffer Perez Felipe was last seen in Bremen on Wednesday, March 29 at approximately 8:30 p.m. She was wearing a dark blue Adidas hoodie with a red label and blue jeans. According to Bremen police, she is possibly traveling with a Hispanic man in a gray or dark colored SUV.
Felipe is 5’5” tall, 115 pounds with black hair and brown eyes.
If you have any information on her location, contact the Bremen Police Department at (574) 546-3456.
Rain in the area has precipitated a rather soggy start to the Spring season. Marshall County Emergency Management Agency Director Clyde Avery says low-lying area flooding is always a concern.
“People who live in areas who normally see flooding may see some flooding now,” said Avery. “Fortunately for us, the ground has thawed so the water is able to be absorbed. Most of the rivers are well below flood level right now but we’ll have to keep monitoring the river levels because we’re anticipating even more rain into early next week.”
Gas prices are heading up. GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan says Indiana and some other neighboring states have seen a notable jump in prices. Continue reading
The Plymouth City Council agreed to waive fees associated with a printer error when water bills were sent out this month.
Clerk-Treasurer Jeanine Xaver explained that the machine that feeds the water bills into the envelopes for mailing accidentally inserted more than one resident’s bill into a limited number of envelopes.
