Category Archives: Local News
Wortz introduces bills would cover group prenatal care through insurance, Medicaid
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - State Rep. Jennifer Wortz of Quincy this week announced a bipartisan plan to support group prenatal care, an innovative service that allows pregnant moms to bond and support each ...
Jun 27, 2025 Courtesy Jennifer Wortz for State Representative Facebook page
Locally grown produce continues to highlight Coldwater Farmers Market
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Farmers Market will kick off this weekend for its 11th season. The market will run Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting Saturday and running through September...
Jun 27, 2025
Fireworks can be set off starting Sunday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - As the Fourth of July approaches, fireworks can legally be set off across Michigan beginning this weekend. Under state law, starting on Sunday and ending next Saturday, July 5th...
Jun 27, 2025 Chris / CC
Van Havel honored for heroic actions in skies of above Iraq
WASHINGTON, DC (WTVB) - This week, Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) hosted a ceremony to present Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Van Havel with the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor award from the U.S. ...
Jun 27, 2025
Business Beat: Farmers market returns to Coldwater on Saturday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Farmers Market will kick off this weekend for its 11th season. The market will run Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting tomorrow and running through September...
Jun 27, 2025
Branch County unemployment rate rises to 5.0 percent in May
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate rose to 5.0 percent in May, following along with most counties in the state. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says ...
Jun 27, 2025 Jernej Furman / CC
Wanted Angola sex offender arrested in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (WTVB) - An Angola man who is wanted on a failure to register as a sex offender charge was located in Colorado. 51-year-old Larry Ray Keith, was located in Colorado Springs by the...
Jun 26, 2025
House panel approves Rep. Wortz plan to expedite repeal of Hillsdale County ban on Sunday bar sales
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The House Committee on Regulatory Reform on Thursday approved Rep. Jennifer Wortz's bill to empower local voters to repeal Hillsdale County's ban on Sunday liquor sales at bars an...
Jun 26, 2025 AllaSerebrina / Depositphotos.com
Former Bronson Community Schools superintendent hired in Colon
COLON, MI (WTVB) - The former superintendent of Bronson Community Schools is returning to the area, but with a different school district. Colon Community Schools has begun contract negotiations to hir...
Jun 26, 2025 Rick Hilderley (courtesy Tecumseh Public Schools)
State and local law enforcement to crack down on speeding in July
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Law enforcement agencies across Michigan will crack down on speeding next month. According to the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, speed plays a role in about one-thi...
Jun 26, 2025 motortion / Depositphotos.com
