Category Archives: Local News
Illinois man facing charges after driving the wrong way on Indiana Toll Road
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - An Illinois man is facing multiple charges including Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI), after driving the wrong way on the Indiana Toll Road Wednesday. An Indiana State ...
Dec 18, 2025 Courtesy Indiana State Police Facebook page
Branch County Sheriff's Department swears in new deputies
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office has announced the hiring of two new deputies, Hunter Munson and Matthew Greene. Both Munson and Greene graduated from the Kellogg Community Co...
Dec 18, 2025
Flash Freeze tonight could impact Friday morning commute
A powerful cold front is expected to trigger a dangerous "flash freeze" across Branch County and Southern Michigan tonight, rapidly turning wet roads into sheets of ice. Following unseasonably warm te...
Dec 18, 2025
New Technology Park planned for Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - A new technology park planned for Marshall, which includes a large-scale data center and an integrated natural gas generation plant, is progressing after the Marshall Local Devel...
Dec 18, 2025
Business Beat : Hillsdale Hospital recognized with national award
HILLSDALE, MI ( WTVB)- Hillsdale Hospital has received the 2025 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in outcomes from The Chartis Center for Rural Health, announced as part of National Rural He...
Dec 18, 2025
Lindsey's medical transparency bill passes out of Michigan House
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - State Senator Jonathan Lindsey's (R-Coldwater) medical price transparency legislation, which would require hospitals to publicly disclose the costs of treatments and operations, p...
Dec 18, 2025 stockwerk-fotodesign / Depositphotos.com
Coldwater and Quincy swear in new police officers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Both the Coldwater and Quincy Police Departments have sworn in new police officers this week. In Coldwater, Tre Miller was sworn in Wednesday morning at Coldwater City Hall. A l...
Dec 17, 2025
Three arraigned on drug charges in Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Three individuals were arraigned this week in Branch County 3-A District Court in separate drug cases. 43-year-old Troy Joseph Cook, was arraigned following a narcotics investig...
Dec 17, 2025
Final version of 2025 Coldwater Main Street Impact Report released
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Main Street program released their 2025 Impact Report during Wednesday morning's Downtown Development Authority meeting. The final version of the report gives a po...
Dec 17, 2025 DDA Chair Mike Caywood and Main Street Director Kristen Johnson. Photo courtesy of City of Coldwater You Tube channel
Sugar Cookies remain holiday staple in Michigan
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - As Michiganders prepare for another festive Christmas season, new data for 2025 reveals that while traditional roasts anchor the dinner table, the state's true holiday obsession...
Dec 17, 2025
