Emmitt B. Feldner

PLYMOUTH – Plymouth Utilities will be seeking approval from the state Public Service Commission for a 7.98 percent electric rate increase. The City Council Tuesday approved the rate increase application by a vote of 5-3, with council members Diane Gilson, David Herrmann and Greg Hildebrand voting no. “Our last rate increase was back in May 2015,” Plymouth Utilities Finance Director

WALDO – Village voters may have a chance to weigh in on the future of the Mill Pond Dam in November – if Village Board members can finalize the wording of an advisory referendum question. Trustees discussed the proposed referendum at their July 8 meeting but put off making a final determination to their August meeting. The village is under

PLYMOUTH – Following up on the closing of the city's most successful tax incremental finance district, the City Council Tuesday set in motion the creation of the city's seventh TIF district – and possibly an eighth as well. The council authorized Ehlers and Associates, the city's financial consultant, to conduct reviews of potential developers on the city's east side that

PLYMOUTH – The successful Vintage Neighborhood development on Pleasantview Drive could have a similar development across the road in the near future.

PLYMOUTH – Plymouth Utilities will be able to react quicker and more effectively when the lights go out in the future. The City Council approved additional funds for an upgraded outage management system (OMS) for the utilities at their July 30 meeting. “An OMS will help establish real-time connections between … internal systems to meet … goals of faster outage

County voters finalized the candidate slate for the fall general election in Tuesdays' primary election. County voters provided Lindee Brill her margin of victory in the Republican primary in the 27th Assembly District, which includes the city and town of Plymouth along with the villages of Elkhart Lake and Howards Grove. Brill got 4,670 votes to 4,421 for her opponent,

WALDO – If the Village Board vote on putting the referendum question on the November ballot is any predictor, repairing or removing the Mill Pond dam could be a close call for village residents. By a narrow 3-2 margin, the board voted at their Aug. 12 meeting to put this advisory question on the fall ballot: Which of the following

PLYMOUTH – With a potential growth spurt on the horizon, the City Council took a step to try and keep the momentum going in the future. The council approved the creation of a new assistant administrator/community development director position at their Aug. 14 meeting. “I see it as an investment in the city,” Council President John Nelson said of the

PLYMOUTH – Utility-terrain and all-terrain vehicles in the city – not if the City Council listens to their police department. Police Chief Kenneth Ruggles presented the results of his department’s examination of ATV/UTV use in the state and whether they should be allowed on city streets to the council’s Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday. “We’re recommending that the council […]

ELKHART LAKE – The village may look to financing for the cost of future police department squad cars. The Village Board’s Protection of Persons and Property Committee reviewed the department’s spending plan for next year Wednesday, which includes purchasing a new police car. Police Chief Michael Meeusen explained that the department replaces cars every four years, with one due for […]