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County Health board member takes Argos to task over Fluoride

June 19, 2013

MARSHALL COUNTY — The Argos Town Council has withheld adding fluoride to the town water. The decision was made some time ago based on recommendations of the Argos Water Works Operator in Charge. The Marshall County Board of Health touched base last week on the topic as board member Dr. Thomas Pedavoli expressed his disappointment with the Argos council last week.

“We (council) decided the negatives outweighed the positives,” said Town Council President George Noll.

Traffic stop leads to arrest

June 18, 2013

Staff Reports

PLYMOUTH - A traffic stop by Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies led to a meth arrest.

On Friday at approximately 2:03 a.m. an officer initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle on US 30 near Elm Road for several moving violations.
During the course of the stop, it was determined that the driver, 20 year old Derek Hahn of Plymouth was believed to be under the influence of controlled substance.

Sheriff's budget stands to lose funds earned from Meals on Wheels

June 18, 2013

PLYMOUTH - Marshall County Sheriff Tom Chamberlin came before the Marshall County Commissioners seeking some answers on Monday.
Chamberlin had received a draft of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the county and Marshall County Council on Aging. The Sheriff’s Department contracts with the Council to provide the Meals on Wheels program.

Sentences handed down in meth manufacturing cases

June 17, 2013

PLYMOUTH — David Howe, 44, of Argos, was sentenced last week in Marshall Superior Court 1 to ten years imprisonment for manufacturing methamphetamine, a Class B felony.

As detailed in the press release issued Saturday by Assistant prosecutor Nelson Chipman, in open court, Howe admitted he manufactured methamphetamine in January and February 2013 in his home located on Hickory Road outside of Argos.