Category Archives: Local News
Lindsey and Wortz not happy with proposed State Board of Education curriculum changes
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's State Senator and State Representative are pushing back against newly proposed health standards by the State Board of Education that they say could include sexual ...
Oct 17, 2025
Branch County Fairgrounds hosts Halloween activities this weekend
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Even though the actual holiday isn't for two more weeks, Halloween related activities are starting to kick into high gear. Several trunk-or-treat events have already taken place...
Oct 17, 2025
Marshall and the region seeing a housing boom ahead of battery plant opening next year
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - When Ford's BlueOval Battery Park in Marshall was announced, economic development officials said the economic and housing impact would be felt as far away as Coldwater. Now, that...
Oct 17, 2025
MSP investigating stolen bulldozer in St Joseph County
MENDON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police (MSP) Marshall Post troopers are seeking the public's help identifying the suspect(s) who stole a yellow John Deere bulldozer in St Joseph County. Th...
Oct 16, 2025
Sunflower sculpture now displayed at Children's Museum of Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Even with very little rain, you may have noticed a giant sunflower has popped up on the front side of The Children's Museum of Branch County in downtown Coldwater. Actually, it'...
Oct 16, 2025
Registrations still being accepted for annual Coldwater Halloween Parade
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - It's that time of year, that ghouls, ghost and goblins along with an array of other characters take to the streets in Coldwater for the annual Halloween Parade next Saturday Oct...
Oct 16, 2025
Business Beat: Hillsdale Hospital partners with Premier Radiology for faster imaging results
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - Hillsdale Hospital has announced a new agreement with Premier Radiology to significantly improve its radiological services, with an official start date of October 21. The partne...
Oct 16, 2025
Rainey receives probation for hash oil lab
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Branch County man who was arrested back in March for operating a sophisticated hash oil lab will serve probation after being sentenced this week in Branch County Circuit Court...
Oct 16, 2025
CCS considering $64 million bond to renovate Coldwater High School
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The second of two community engagement meetings is scheduled for tonight at Coldwater High School. In the first meeting on Tuesday the steering committee laid out plans that cou...
Oct 16, 2025 Coldwater High School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Coldwater ZBA approves fence variance for home at Belle and Michigan Avenues
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Zoning Board of Appeals granted a height variance request Wednesday night for a new five-foot residential fence at Belle and Michigan Avenues. The front yard fence...
Oct 15, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater
