Author Archives: Jim Measel
Freeze Warning in effect, parts of Branch County expected to get 2-4 inches of snow
NORTH WEBSTER, IN (WTVB) - Earlier forecasts for three to seven inches of snow in Branch County have dropped but frigid temperatures over the next couple of nights could cause some problems for those ...
Apr 20, 2021 Staffan Enbom / CC
Coldwater girls softball sweeps Marshall in conference opening games
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater opened Interstate 8 girls softball conference play on Monday as they swept a doubleheader at Marshall by scores of 7-3 and 15-7. The second game was stopped because of ...
Apr 20, 2021
Coldwater baseball loses conference opener at Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Cardinals dropped their Interstate 8 opener on Monday as they were beaten by the Marshall Red Hawks 7-4 in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader at Marshall. T...
Apr 20, 2021 Rhys A. / CC
Prosecutor's Office issues statement on fatal hit/run investigation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Prosecutor Zach Stempien issued a statement Monday afternoon on the ongoing investigation into the April 5 hit and run crash in Sherwood Township which injured thr...
Apr 19, 2021 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
McCann given jail time on aggravated stalking and drug charges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A man arrested last November after he fired a rifle at a Matteson Township home during a domestic dispute was sentenced on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court. As part of a pl...
Apr 19, 2021 Patrick Feller / CC
Driver suffers minor injuries as deer crashes into driver's window
GIRARD, MI (WTVB) - A deer which ran into the side of a vehicle Monday morning in Girard Township caused the driver to suffer minor injuries. The Branch County Sheriff's Department says 61-year-old Ma...
Apr 19, 2021 brokinhrt2 / CC
Three Cardinals named to Interstate 8 Boys Basketball All-Conference Team
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Three members of the 2021 Coldwater boys basketball team have earned Interstate 8 All-Conference honors. Named All Conference first team were juniors Ethan Crabtree and Brandon ...
Apr 19, 2021 K.M. Klemencic / CC
Classic 1956 automobile destroyed in northern Branch County fire
GIRARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A fire which broke out during a chaotic Monday morning for police and fire agencies destroyed a structure just south of the Branch-Calhoun County line which stored a 1956 ...
Apr 19, 2021 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Teenager and nine month old baby injured as van and semi collide on I-69
GIRARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 17-year-old from Battle Creek and a nine month old child were injured Monday morning when a mini van they were in and a semi collided on northbound I-69 south of Herrick...
Apr 19, 2021
St. Joe County deputies investigate two Burr Oak women for drug possession
BURR OAK, MI (WTVB) - The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department will submit a report to the county prosecutor's office asking that drug charges be filed against two Burr Oak women. Sheriff Mark A. Li...
Apr 19, 2021 Scott Davidson / CC
