Marshall County Council Approves Per Diem Increase for Coroner’s Office Deputies, Among other Requests

Marshall County Coroner John Grolich came before County Council members with a few different requests when they met last Tuesday. Grolich was seeking an additional appropriation of $1,000 and also noted a request to transfer $1,000 from the autopsy fund to the toxicology fund.

Auditor Julie Fox informed the council that since the transfer was from two funds within the same category, it would not require any official action but the additional appropriation did. Members unanimously approved the appropriation of $1,000.

Additionally, Council President Judy Stone brought up a salary ordinance amendment that would increase the per diem pay for deputies who work in the field for the coroner’s office. Continue reading

Marshall County Coroner Releases Name of Deceased Man Found Saturday Evening

The Marshall County Coroner has released the name of the man who was found deceased in a Plymouth home on Saturday, January 27th.

As previously reported, Plymouth Police, Paramedics and Firefighters were dispatched to a house on West LaPorte Street, Saturday evening. An unresponsive male subject, later identified as 50-year-old Joseph F. Dillard, was found in an upstairs bedroom. According to the news release, he was not breathing and had no pulse. Continue reading

Plymouth Police Department, Coroner Investigate Death

The Marshall County Coroner and the Plymouth Police Department are investigating an unattended death.

According to the Plymouth Police Department, officers were called to a home in the 300 block of W. LaPorte Street just before 7 p.m. Saturday night where they reportedly found a deceased man. A woman inside the home was not breathing. Police say CPR was performed on the woman and she was transported to the hospital by Plymouth EMS officials.

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Plymouth Teen Dies after Sustaining Head Injury

Officials with the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department and the Marshall and Allen County Coroner’s Offices are investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy who reportedly fell off his bicycle and sustained a head injury.

On Friday, June 9, just before 5 p.m., deputies from the Marshall County Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene at the Inwood Mobile Home Park on Hawthorn Road just south of U.S. 30 in Plymouth. Police say they received information that a 13-year-old boy fell from a bicycle and struck his head on the ground near part of the driveway of the park.

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Marshall County Authorities Investigating Toddler’s Death

Authorities in Marshall County are investigating the death of a two-year-old girl. The child’s mother brought her to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Plymouth around 2:30 p.m. Friday. Police were notified because the youngster was unconscious with a serious head injury. The police report indicates older injuries were also visible on the child’s body. She was flown to Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne due to the critical nature of her injuries. Continue reading