Category Archives: Local News
Central Road closed during paving Monday and Tuesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) The Branch County Road Commission has announced that Central Road between Angola Rd and Centennial is closed to traffic for paving today (Monday). They say the road will be reopen...
Aug 25, 2025 sgoodwin4813 / Depositphotos.com
Gas prices surge ahead of the Labor Day holiday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Gas prices in Michigan have shot up by 18 cents a gallon on average in the past week. Triple-A Michigan says the average price is now $3.30 per gallon statewide. Gas prices in B...
Aug 25, 2025 stadtratte / Depositphotos.com
Coldwater school board to hear second reading of revised policy on personal communication devices
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - When the Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education meets in their regular session tonight they will be entertaining a second reading on a revised policy to ban cell phones ...
Aug 25, 2025 Coldwater Community Schools logo
Window air conditioner sparks Bronson apartment fire Friday morning
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - Bronson fire officials say a window air conditioner was to blame for a Friday morning fire. Bronson fire crews were dispatched to the Bronson Housing Commission apartment building...
Aug 22, 2025
Process underway to replace the closed Log Road Bridge
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Earlier this year, the Branch County Road Commission was forced by the state to close down the Log Road bridge due to the design. Manager Jay Miller says it's an old design that...
Aug 22, 2025 FER737NG / Depositphotos.com
Business Beat: Hillsdale Hospital achieves Level IV trauma designation
HILLSDLE, MI (WTVB) - Hillsdale Hospital recently achieved Level IV trauma designation from the State of Michigan. The official designation was granted after a comprehensive audit of the hospital's em...
Aug 22, 2025
Steuben County man arrested for failing to register as a sex or violent offender
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - The Steuben County Sheriff's Department says 34-year-old Milton Wayne Hope II of Ashley, Indiana was located and arrested without incident in the 200 block of West Garfield...
Aug 22, 2025
Walsh details plans for balanced 2026 budget to County Commissioners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh spelled out to County Commissioners during Thursday's work session that he wants a balance 2026 budget and that the general fund balance ...
Aug 21, 2025 GotCredit / CC
County prepares contract offers to unions representing police and court employees
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh told the Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday they will be making contract offers to four bargainin...
Aug 21, 2025 Courtesy of Branch County Government
Area unemployment number rose in July
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Not seasonally adjusted unemployment rates rose in 15 of Michigan's 18 labor market areas over the month, that's according to data released today by the Michigan Department of T...
Aug 21, 2025 Jernej Furman / CC
