Category Archives: Local News
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
Quincy hires John Denney as next superintendent
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The Quincy Community Schools Board of Education Wednesday night selected John Denney to be the district's next superintendent. Denney has served as superintendent of Hanover- Horto...
Jun 26, 2025
BUSINESS BEAT: Martin named new district director for Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) - Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan, which provides programming in Branch County, recently announced the hiring of a new district director, Katia Martin. She started wit...
Jun 26, 2025 Katia Martin (courtesy Junior Achievement of Southwest Michigan)
Walsh proposes new Branch County budget process to Commissioners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh wants to make some changes to the county's budget process this year. He told the Branch County Board of Commissioners Tuesday he will pre...
Jun 26, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Coldwater receives $15,000 Main Street Vibrancy Grant
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday that Coldwater is one of nine communities around Michigan have been awarded a total of $130,250 in grants to support downtown enhance...
Jun 25, 2025
DDA Board approves Children's Museum of Branch County mural and sunflower design
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Downtown Development Authority Board approved the design of a mural of flowers as well as the final design of a sunflower that will be installed on the side of the...
Jun 25, 2025 Courtesy of Elemental Artistry LLC and City of Coldwater
Stolen motorcycle and brief pursuit, leads to multiple charges
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - On Tuesday, Deputies with the Saint Joseph County Sheriff's Office attempted a traffic stop on a suspect operating a reported stolen motorcycle in the area of Shimmel Roa...
Jun 25, 2025
