Category Archives: Local News
Blankenship recaps year of progress for Branch County Sheriff's Department
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff Blankenship's year-end review of his department is highlighting 2025 as a period of substantial operational advancement and improved public safety. Blanken...
Dec 29, 2025 Courtesy Fred Blankenship for Sheriff Facebook page
Michigan Lottery has had 51 million dollar winners in 2025, record prize still unclaimed
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - 51 people have won at least $1-million in 2025 in prizes from the Michigan Lottery. Officials say the largest prize was a record $32.91-million in the Lotto 47 game won December 1...
Dec 29, 2025
Former Township clerk bound over for trial in Hillsdale County
ADAMS TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott and attorney Stefanie Lambert have been bound over for trial in Hillsdale County's 1st Circuit Court. The two face charges relat...
Dec 29, 2025
National Weather Service says it's best to delay travel plans today
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A combination of snow and high winds across all of southern Michigan and Northern Indiana is causing some travel issues this morning and according to a special statement from th...
Dec 29, 2025
Battery storage facility under consideration in Quincy Township
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - EDF Power Solutions plans to build a new utility-scale battery energy storage system in Quincy Township , which would be the fifth such facility in Branch County. The project was r...
Dec 29, 2025
Michigan minimum wage and unemployment benefits set to increase January 1st
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Hundreds of thousands of Michigan workers are preparing for a significant boost in their paychecks as the state's minimum wage is set to rise January 1, 2026. The increase, part...
Dec 29, 2025 jjvallee / Depositphotos.com
Consumers Energy prepares for more potential power outages due to winter weather
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy is again preparing crews to be ready to restore power ahead of a second strong storm that will end 2025 with powerful winds and the potential for power outages. T...
Dec 28, 2025 Courtesy Consumers Energy
All of Michigan bracing for winter weather impacts to begin final days of 2025
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Winter weather is making a definitive return to Branch County and the rest of Michigan as a powerful storm system, dubbed Winter Storm Ezra, sweeps across the Great Lakes region...
Dec 28, 2025
Dropped firearm discharges and injures St Joseph County man
MENDON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The St Joseph County Sheriff's Office is investigating an accidental shooting that occurred Saturday. According to a news release, a 46-year-old man was placing a loaded p...
Dec 28, 2025 Courtesy St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department
Winter Weather Advisory issued, slippery road conditions expected early Friday
UPDATE: The National Weather Service canceled the Winter Weather Advisory as of 10:08 a.m. Friday COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Freezing rain overnight is expected to lead to difficult driving conditi...
Dec 25, 2025 jarino / Depositphotos.com
