Category Archives: Local News
Michigan State upset in first round of NCAA Tournament
ST. LOUIS (WKZO) — It was a stunning heartbreaker. They are calling it one of the biggest upsets in the history of the NCAA Basketball Tourney. The sound of brackets hitting the wastebasket coul...
Ken Delaney Mar 19, 2016
Marshall to play for MHSAA Girls Basketball championship
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The Marshall Redhawks will play for an MHSAA Class B Girls Basketball championship on Saturday. Nikki Tucker sank the game-tying and game-winning free throws with 1.4 s...
Ken Delaney Mar 19, 2016
Real Alloy aluminum recycling facility damaged in magnesium container fire
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A fire broke out late Friday afternoon at the Real Alloy Recycling Plant at 267 North Fillmore Rd. Coldwater firefighters were initially dispatched to the fire at 4:46pm, ...
Ken Delaney Mar 19, 2016
Gas prices in Coldwater area jump to over $2 per gallon Friday
Coldwater and other locations in southwest Michigan saw the price of gas jump on Friday to over $2 a gallon. The web site www.michigangasprices.com says many stations around Coldwater were selling reg...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2016
Coldwater man arraigned on Home Invasion charge
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man was arraigned on two charges including a First Degree Home Invasion count on Thursday in Branch County District Court. 27-year-old Michael James Pierson wa...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2016
Hillsdale man pleads no-contest in death of North Adams man
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – A Hillsdale man entered a no-contest plea to involuntary manslaughter on Thursday in Hillsdale County District Court in connection with the January death of a North Adams ...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2016
BUSINESS BEAT: Southern Michigan Bank and Trust finances new scoreboard for Union City baseball
UNION CITY , MI (WTVB) – Southern Michigan Bank and Trust is sponsoring the new baseball scoreboard at Union City's Alumni Field. The scoreboard will be officially unveiled on April 16 during th...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2016
Local departments busy battling grass fires Thursday
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) -It's that time of the year when firefighters get very busy. With the snow cover gone, grass fires break out almost on a daily basis especially when the weather is dry. At least two ...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2016
Branch County Courthouse to get updated security scanner
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A new security scanner will soon be in place at the Branch County Courthouse. The Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday decided to put...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2016
County moving closer on approving millage language for construction of new Branch County Jail
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told county commissioners during their Thursday morning work session that language in the millage proposal for a new Branch County J...
Ken Delaney Mar 18, 2016

