It’s MAX 98.3 FM Night at Music in the Park at Young Ampitheater. Indy’s number one cover band, “Living Proof,” featuring Plymouth graduate Jeff Libby, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. Continue reading
The Bremen Police Department is investigating a pair of daytime break-ins. Officers were called to a home in the 100 block of Pleasant Court just after 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Continue reading
A Marshall County community is among the safest in Indiana, according to a new ranking. Bremen is ranked 15th on the 2015 Safest Cities list, released by Safewise. Continue reading
Plymouth Community Schools will be providing space for activities associated with the Marshall County Blueberry Festival.
During Tuesday night’s School Board meeting, a contract was considered to allow Blueberry Festival organizers to use space to host events during the early September gathering.
This Sunday, all members of the community are invited to join the First United Methodist Church of Plymouth in celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the congregation coming to their current church building located at 400 N Michigan St. Continue reading
If you would love to have a job where you work with people, educate others and make a difference for Indiana communities, families, farms and businesses then you should contact Purdue Extension immediately! They are now hiring and looking for interested individuals to take part in the Educator Development Program. Purdue Extension provides research based information and expertise to millions of Hoosiers inhabiting the 92 counties across the state. Positions are currently available in Porter, St. Joseph and Starke Counties as well as various other places around the state. Continue reading
A 25-year-old Plymouth man was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday in Marshall Superior Court on a meth manufacturing charge.
A flood watch is in effect for the MAX 98.3 FM listening area from this evening through tomorrow morning. Continue reading
The Indiana State Climate Office says June set a record for rainfall in the Hoosier State.
According to a press release from Purdue Extension, 9.03 inches of rainfall was received around the state. That’s higher than the previous rainfall record of 8.13 inches from June of 1958.
Students in Plymouth schools will notice a few changes to their technology use policy when they return to school in August.
During Tuesday night’s Plymouth School Board meeting, the Responsible Use Policy was reviewed. The policy is designed to protect the school corporation from liability in the instance their technology is used for harmful or illegal activities and was developed with the help of administrators and the technology department.
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The Marshall County Commissioners agreed to manage the spread of an invasive plant species in a local forest.
Bruce Wakeland works with the County through Arrowhead Resource Conservation and Development’s Forestry Committee. He advised the commissioners the time was nearing for a timber sale in the Mill Pond Demonstration Woods.
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A local woman recently reported to police that she received some suspicious text messages from a place claiming to be the federal court asking for money to keep her out of jail. After looking into the legitimacy of the claims she deciphered it was a scam. Other scams have also been reported, one being a claim that the recipient had won a monetary prize but needed to send cash in order to obtain the money. The other was someone claiming to be from the IRS threatening to put the person in jail due to back taxes owed in the amount of over $5,000. Do not respond to these or any thing similar, they are scams! Continue reading
The driver of the car involved in a serious crash at the intersection of Plymouth Goshen Trail and Michigan Street last night is in jail. Continue reading
Plymouth Community School Corporation Superintendent Dan Tyree is back in an Indianapolis Hospital for the second time nearly two weeks after having kidney transplant surgery. Continue reading
Marshall County now has representation on a board that hopes to attract and retain population in Northern Indiana.
A Regional Development Authority has been formed in Marshall County, along with St. Joseph and Elkhart counties to oversee potential grant funds of $42-million over two years. It’s part of the Regional Cities Initiative overseen by the state which has identified population loss as a threat to economic growth.
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When you consider the phrase “killer creatures” your mind most likely automatically turns to those creepy crawlers and vicious attackers of the animal kingdom such as snakes, sharks and other wild animals. You may be shocked to discover that the world’s deadliest creature is actually an insect. Mosquitoes kill more people world wild than sharks, wolves, lions, elephants, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, dogs, tape and round worms, freshwater snails, assassin bugs, Tsetse flies, snakes and humans combined! After adding together the reported number of fatalities from the animals listed above it came out to 586,220 deaths which is still 138,780 less than the astonishing 725,000 deaths from mosquitoes on a yearly basis. Continue reading
During the coming months, summer temperatures are expected to soar. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration likes to annually remind care-givers of small children to never leave a child unattended in a vehicle. They reported in this contact form that on a 60 degree day temperatures inside a locked car can get well above 100 degrees very quickly. On hotter days that get up into the 80s and 90s outside, temperatures in a car can be a dangerous 130 to 160 degrees within minutes. These conditions are obviously incredibly dangerous to young children who can potentially die when their bodies temperatures exceed 107 degrees. Heatstroke does not always lead to death but can also cause various other health problems such as permanent brain damage, deafness and the loss of sight. Continue reading
A vehicle stopped in Plymouth on Friday led to the discovery of methamphetamine.
42-year-old Roger Runyon of South Bend was driving on US 30 around 10:00 p.m. when officers stopped his vehicle for a traffic violation. Further investigation revealed that Runyon was wanted on a warrant out of Fulton County for Failure to Appear in court.
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Milling and resurfacing work is scheduled to start this week on several Plymouth streets. Continue reading
A deadline for candidates seeking office in Starke and Marshall County has finally arrived.
Candidates seeking a position in both Plymouth and Bremen are expected to submit the necessary paperwork to declare their candidacy by noon today. According to the Marshall County Clerk of the Court’s office, communities hosting a Town Convention, such as Argos, have a slightly different candidate filing deadline of August 3rd.
