Marshall County News

A new high school pre-engineering design program that will be offered next year along with four other new courses have Plymouth school board members excited.

By Rusty Nixon Correspondent PLYMOUTH - Downtown Plymouth will be rocking over the weekend if the downtown merchants have anything to say about it.

Sarah Hendrix, director of the Neighborhood Center, and Ken Brace, director of Care and Share, get ready to unload as Care and Share will now have offices in the Center at 402 Garro St.

Medicare program offered Friday Community Services of Starke County and Northwest Indiana Community Action Corp.

Because of funding cuts, the Plymouth Adult Basic Education program was reduced from eight classes to three and 40 people are currently on a waiting list.

Russell Keehn places the wreath honoring the fallen of World War II in front of the Veterans Memorial on the Marshall County Courthouse lawn during ceremonies for Veterans Day.

H1N1 vaccines are slowly but surely beginning to trickle into local counties, but not everyone on the priority lists is receiving them just yet.

Nurse Barb White administers a shot to a brave Jacob Deacon, who didna t flinch when accepting the H1N1 vaccine at Washington Elementary School Thursday.

Charlie talks with Grandpa Joe , Grandma Josephine and Grandma Georgina about the Wonka Golden Tickets.

The National Weather Service has declared Marshall County "StormReady." That means emergency planners in the area have jumped hoops and completed rigorous warning criteria needed to saves lives before and after a severe weather event.

The Marshall County Health Department will hold an H1N1 vaccination clinic for school-age children and their siblings from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Washington Elementary School.

Great food, dancing and a ton of helpful information was on the agenda Tuesday for hundreds of people in Plymouth.

Speichera s barn burned for several hours, due to the massive amount of hay bales inside.

BOURBON a * Firefighters were dispatched Sunday morning to a barn fire near the intersection of Gumwood and 12B roads.

Regina Fretz thought of the Red Cross pin and wept. She had bravely held back the tears as she spoke of her son's life and his death from an accidental shooting in January.

Breaking ground on the new LaPaz Garden Court location Thursday are, from left: Kevin Berger of Easterday Construction, Dean Byers of the Garden Court Development Committee, Brent Martin of the Development Committee, Charles Howard of the Garden Court Board of the Directors, Reverand Ron Liechty, president of the Garden Court Board of Directors, ...

Times are hard enough in Michiana these days without this. The last thing struggling people need to deal with is drug addiction, drug-related criminal offenses, family upheaval and the health problems associated with methamphetamine use.

Center-West Township is sporting a new brush fire truck that was just delivered Tuesday.

Marshall County Commissioner Jack Roose and Museum Director Linda Rippy cut a ribbon for a welcoming reception Sunday at the Marshall County Musem, while Ron Liechty and Brent Martin hold the ribbona s ends.

The St. Joseph County Health Department nearly out of the H1N1 vaccine. The county has just 60 doses left and expects to run out by Monday morning.