Category Archives: Local News
Pokagon State Park Beach closed due to elevated e. coli levels
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) -Pokagon State has temporarily closed its main swimming beach due to elevated levels of E. coli bacteria detected in recent water tests. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (...
Jul 23, 2025
Walsh recommending former Prosecutor Norris be named Chief Public Defender
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh is expected to recommend to the Board of Commissioners during their work session Thursday afternoon that former county prosecutor and cou...
Jul 23, 2025 Former Branch County Prosecutor and Commissioner Terri Norris
Process to find new Main Street and BCEGA Executive Director gets underway
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The process of searching for a new Executive Director of Coldwater Main Street and the Branch County Economic Growth Alliance has gotten underway. Previous Director Audrey Tappe...
Jul 23, 2025 Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker. Courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube channel
MSP ramping up I-69 patrols Wednesday afternoon
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - In an effort to reduce construction work-zone fatalities and injuries, Michigan State Police's (MSP) 5th District is launching a high-visibility traffic enforcement initiative in...
Jul 23, 2025
Little River Railroad to hold 20th anniversary celebration this weekend
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Little River Railroad is set to host their 20th anniversary celebration this weekend at their depot located at 29 West Park Avenue in Coldwater. The festivities will take pl...
Jul 23, 2025
Business Beat : Burnside Center to host Christmas in July event
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - H&C Burnside Center will be hosting a Christmas in July event on Wednesday, July 30. There will be special lunch and dinner menus prepared by the Burnside Center Culinary Te...
Jul 23, 2025
Michigan issues $34 million in back pay to qualified unemployed residents
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County residents are among the 48,000 Michiganders seeing an increase in their unemployment benefits this week, as the Michigan Department of Labor begins distributing $34 ...
Jul 23, 2025
Angola hospital rebrands and renames itself
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) - Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Angola has announced that it has rebranded and renamed itself. On Tuesday, the hospital announced that it will now be called Cameron Health, ...
Jul 23, 2025
Maple Lawn to receive $2,895,000 settlement from the IRS
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Officials with Maple Lawn Medical Care and Rehabilitation Facility in Coldwater say they have received welcome news from the Internal Revenue Service. After years of appeals, th...
Jul 22, 2025 Maple Lawn Medical Care and Rehabilitation Facility (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Three charged with murder in death of Marshall man on Easter Sunday
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Three men have been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a Marshall man killed Easter morning in Jackson. 21-year-old Bryan Michael Johnson, 35-year-old Jemel Earl Milton...
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