Category Archives: Local News

Westland woman charged with smuggling drugs into Lakeland Correctional Facility
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Yet another visitor to the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater was arrested after allegedly being caught with contraband during a scheduled visit with an inmate. Accordi...
Brett Briscoe Sep 29, 2025 AVFC / Depositphotos.com

Rotary Park construction project forces cancellation of Haunted Forest
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - What has become a Halloween tradition over the last decade has had to be cancelled this year. The Coldwater Recreation Department announced over the weekend that due to the impr...
Brett Briscoe Sep 29, 2025

Warmer than normal with no rain in Branch County this week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The calendar says it's the first full week of fall and we should be breaking out the hoodies and pumpkin spice, but as it turns out Mother Nature has other ideas. As we wrap up ...
Brett Briscoe Sep 29, 2025

Hazardous waste disposal and document shredding today at Branch County Fairgrounds
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Today is the day residents of Coldwater, Quincy and Bronson as well as several Townships in the county can dispose of hazardous waste and shred documents. According to a communi...
Brett Briscoe Sep 27, 2025 vchalup2 / Depositphotos.com

Recent rains deliver no relief to area drought conditions
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County received some much needed rain this past week but it did very little to lesson the drought conditions that are plaguing the area. The National Drought Mitigation C...
Brett Briscoe Sep 26, 2025

Botched tree removal shuts down Cutter Ave Thursday night
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A botched attempt at cutting down a large pine tree on Cutter Avenue in Coldwater Thursday led to the street being closed for several hours. According to Coldwater Police, a pri...
Brett Briscoe Sep 26, 2025

Business Beat : USAC returns to Butler Motor Speedway Saturday night
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - For the first time in 35 years, USAC returns to Butler Motor Speedway Saturday Night for the season finale to the 2025 season. The exciting night of racing will feature the AMSOIL ...
Brett Briscoe Sep 26, 2025

Angola man charged in connection with shots fired at Dekalb County Street Fair
AUBURN, IN (WTVB) - An Angola man has been charged in connection to shots fired Wednesday night at the DeKalb County Free Fall Street Fair. 20-year-old Darion Hunter was arrested after police allegedl...
Brett Briscoe Sep 26, 2025

Bronson Township mobile home suffers heavy damage in overnight fire that killed family dog
BRONSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Bronson firefighters were called out overnight for a structure fire on Holmes Road. Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says flames were showing from the single wide mobile h...
Brett Briscoe Sep 26, 2025 D4E / CC

Crash sends SUV driver to Kalamazoo hospital
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An accident Wednesday afternoon between an SUV and semi tractor trailer in the eastbound lane of US 12 just east of Fox Road sent the driver of the SUV to a Kalamazoo hospital. ...
Brett Briscoe Sep 25, 2025
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