Category Archives: Local News
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
When are personal fireworks permitted in Coldwater?
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater is reminding residents of fireworks laws as we head into the 4th of July weekend. Fireworks are allowed to set off in the city limits now through Saturday ...
Jul 01, 2025 mrsiraphol / Depositphotos.com
Carriage Circle Amended Plan approved by Coldwater Brownfield Redevelopment Authority
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Plans for another housing project in Coldwater are moving forward. The City of Coldwater's Brownfield Redevelopment Authority approved and recommended to the City Council during...
Jun 30, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater
Potent opioid linked to 11 Michigan deaths so far this year, MDHHS says it's 100 times more potent than fentanyl
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Health officials are warning of a synthetic opioid that's 100 times more potent than fentanyl. Carfentanil is reemerging in the illicit drug supply, according to the Michigan Depa...
Jun 30, 2025
