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Plymouth School Corp. will hire safety consultant

January 14, 2013

By
Carol Anders, Correspondent

PLYMOUTH — Plymouth Schools Superintendent Daniel Tyree was given a green light by the School Board members on January 8 to seek a contract with a safety consultant. Tyree explained at the regularly scheduled Board meeting that he is aware of three agencies and one individual consultant that specialize in safety consulting. Tyree said he would like a consultant to do on-site tours of all of the facilities in the corporation and then write an assessment. Tyree said, “We want to approach this logically.”

Daniels says goodbye to political life

January 11, 2013

By
Daniel Riordan

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels knows his life will change when he leaves Indianapolis and heads north about 65 miles up I-65.
Monday, he begins his tenure as president at Purdue University.
Thursday he took about 40 minutes to talk to a handful of reporters on a conference call. The Pilot News was one of the news organizations invited.
“Almost everything is going to be different,” said Daniels of his new gig. “I just hope some of the same principles I learned in office apply.”
Daniels felt that his work in building a consensus at the statehouse will work at Purdue.

Todd Samuelson elected Plymouth School Board president

January 10, 2013

By
Carol Anders, Correspondent

PLYMOUTH — During a meeting on Tuesday night, The Plymouth School Board elected officers for 2013. Officers elected by unanimous vote are as follows: President, Todd Samuelson, Vice-President, Larry Holloway, and Secretary, Melissa Christiansen.
Samuelson will also serve as the president of the Finance Board and Christiansen was elected Finance Board Secretary.
Regular meetings of the School Board will continue to be on the first Tuesday of each month.

New technology will prevent phone call theft at jail

January 9, 2013

By
Lydia Beers, Staff Writer
lbeers@thepilotnews.com

MARSHALL CO. — Soon, prisoners at the Marshall County Jail will be charged an extra 25 cents for each phone call they make.
The charge is to cover a voice verification technology that’s being added to the phone system at the jail.
“It’s a software where the inmates get their own personalized PIN number and there is a sentence they would say to verify their identity (when placing a call),” said Sheriff Tom Chamberlin.
Chamberlin said that the technology is being added to reduce theft inside the jail.

Public meeting tonight on handicap accessibilty

January 7, 2013

By
Lydia Beers, Staff Writer
lbeers@thepilotnews.com

MARSHALL CO. — Since signing a resolution to do so in 2011, members of county government have been making sure county buildings are handicap-accessible.
“In the last year or so, we have installed automatic doors at the Marshall County Building, and they will soon be installed at the museum and the courthouse, too,” said County Auditor Penny Lukenbill Thursday.

Annual fundraiser for St. Michael is Jan. 25

January 4, 2013

By
Lydia Beers

By Lydia Beers
Staff Writer

PLYMOUTH — This year, St. Michael Catholic School in Plymouth will again host “A Night in Italy” fundraising dinner.
“All proceeds (from the event) go to the school’s annual fund, which in the past has been used for items like the Olweus Bullying Program,” said Ryan Jessen, member of the school board.”The annual fund provides a way to bridge the gap between the tuition and the actual costs of education the children enrolled at Saint Michael.”

Marshall County utility seeking scrap thieves

January 4, 2013

By
Rusty Nixon

PLYMOUTH - For the past few months Marshall County REMC workers and customers have noticed an increase in a very specific crime.
“It stems back into early summer when we were changing out a lot of poles and equipment around the area,” said Dave Lewallen of Marshall County REMC. “Our lineman noticed that on a lot of poles the copper covered ground wire was missing off of the poles as far us as could be reached from the ground. In some cases we don’t know how long they had been like that.”

‘I now feel like I can do anything!’

January 3, 2013

When you think of a New Year’s start, many people think of a resolution regarding health or weight loss.

Police Beat 1-3-13

January 3, 2013

By
Pilot News Staff

Two busted for drug lab

PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Police Department arrested two people Wednesday night after they attempted to purchase precursors to make methamphetamine at a local grocery store.
According to a report from PPD, Earlana Jones and Henry M. Ruiz were located in the parking lot of Martin’s Supermarket and found to be in possession of an illegal drug lab.
Ruiz also had two active warrants through Marshall County.
Both Jones and Ruiz were booked into Marshall County Jail on $1,500 bond.

Driver jailed after hitting McDonalds, tree

Police Beat 1-2-13

January 2, 2013

By
Pilot News Staff

Man arrested for battery, confinement
PLYMOUTH — New Year’s Eve morning, a female came to the Plymouth Police Department to report a case of domestic battery.
Officer Ryan Richey spoke with the subject Monday morning.
He began an investigation at the police department and then it continued on to the residence at 520 N. Michigan St.
During the investigation Matthew C. Bowen of the Michigan Street address was arrested for Domestic Battery and Criminal Confinement.
His bond was set at $5,005.

Several arrested New Year’s Day

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