Category Archives: Local News
Branch County Commissioners appoint four to Mental Health Board
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners appointed four persons to the Mental Health Board during their regular meeting Tuesday afternoon. County Commissioner Tim Stoll said the...
Mar 25, 2025 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
Michigan lawmakers, including Lindsey, petition U.S. Supreme Court to throw out voter-approved election laws
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Nearly a dozen Michigan Republican lawmakers, including Branch County's representative in the State Senate Jonathan Lindsey, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare several v...
Mar 25, 2025 State Senator Jonathan Lindsey
Traffic stop in Coldwater leads to multiple charges for Homer man
COLDWATER,MI (WTVB) - A Homer man is facing multiple charges following a traffic stop in Coldwater Monday. The Coldwater Police Department stopped 30-year-old Bradley Earl Burd at the intersection of ...
Mar 25, 2025 AVFC / Depositphotos.com
BUSINESS BEAT: Deadline to apply to KCC's Physical Therapist Assistant Program coming soon
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - The deadline to apply for Kellogg Community College's Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) Program starting this fall is Monday, April 7. KCC's PTA Program prepares graduates t...
Mar 25, 2025 2024 Kellogg Community College Physical Therapist Assistant Program graduate Regan Miner poses for a photo in a lab on campus (courtesy KCC)
Coldwater Community Schools drinking water Filter First initiative to be helped by $226,000 grant
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Community Schools has received a major grant to help them comply with new state requirements on drinking water in Michigan schools and daycares. The Department of Envi...
Mar 25, 2025
Utility work to close portions South Clay Street for the next month
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Starting Wednesday, portions of South Clay Street between U.S. 12 and Industrial Avenue in Coldwater will be closed to through traffic to replace lead lines. City officials say ...
Mar 25, 2025
LifeCare Ambulance re-accredited by CAAS
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - LifeCare Ambulance, which provides ambulance coverage for Branch County, recently received re-accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services for its...
Mar 25, 2025
Family pets die in Steuben County fire
Steuben County, IN (WTVB)- Angola fire officials say a family's pets were killed in an early morning house fire on Monday. Crews were called out to rural York Township at 3 a.m. and on arrival found t...
Mar 24, 2025
Two injured in morning crash
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB)- The Branch County Sheriff's Office says two people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in a crash that occurred at 6:38 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Block and Centra...
Mar 24, 2025
Branch County home destroyed by fire
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A home in Branch County's California Township was destroyed by fire Sunday evening. According to the Fremont, Indiana Fire Department, the blaze broke out around 6:00 ...
Mar 24, 2025 (courtesy Fremont Fire Department)
