Category Archives: Local News
CBPU wants to inspect commercial grease traps and interceptors
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Board of Trustees approved an ordinance and resolution Wednesday night that implements an inspection process for all commercial grease tr...
Jul 02, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater
CBPU Board approves electrical rate adjustments with small customer impact
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - While Utility Financial Solutions determined the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities does not need an increase in electrical rates this year, the CBPU Board of Trustees slightly...
Jul 02, 2025
Golf cart driver killed after being rear-ended by truck
WHITE PIGEON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - For the second time this week there has been a fatal accident in St. Joseph County. This time a golf cart driver is dead following a crash that happened Tuesday even...
Jul 02, 2025
Gas prices expected to fall during holiday weekend
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - If you are one of the nearly 2.6 million Michiganders planning a trip over the long holiday weekend you may want to hold off as long as you can to fill up your tank. That's the ...
Jul 02, 2025
Branch County 4th of July events
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There will be no shortage of festivities around Branch County to celebrate the 4th of July this weekend, beginning on Thursday and running through Saturday. Here is a rundown of...
Jul 02, 2025 alancrosthwaite / Depositphotos.com
BUSINESS BEAT : Southern Michigan Bank & Trust community service day
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - On Juneteenth, while the Federal Reserve was closed in observance of the holiday, employees of Southern Michigan Bank & Trust (SMBT) took the opportunity to serve their loca...
Jul 02, 2025
Branch County to begin sealcoat maintenance next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Road Commission has announced that weather permitting, sealcoat maintenance road work will begin next Monday on several roads in the county. Traffic will be ma...
Jul 02, 2025 Jo Naylor / CC
One dead and one injured in weekend crash near Sturgis
UPDATE: The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office Wednesday afternoon identified the victim as 20-year-old Edgar Eduardo Hernandez-Alcantar of Sturgis. The name of the driver, who currently listed in sta...
Jul 02, 2025
Farmers help rescue cattle after livestock trailer overturns in Steuben County
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - Local farmers came to rescue cattle that were trapped in a trailer after a property damage crash on Monday afternoon. According to the Indiana State Police (ISP), they resp...
Jul 01, 2025
Branch County Sheriffs Department investigating stolen truck
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a stolen farm truck and identifying the individual(s) responsible for its theft. Tuesday morni...
Jul 01, 2025
