Category Archives: Local News
Lakeland Correctional Facility prisoner, daughter-in-law caught defrauding Social Security
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A lifer doing time at Lakeland Correctional in Coldwater figured out a way to break the law without ever leaving his cell, with the help of his daughter-in-law. Collective...
Oct 31, 2015
BUSINESS BEAT: Upcoming Branch County blood drives will benefit from new Red Cross Rapid Pass
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The process to donate blood has been streamlined with this week’s introduction of the Red Cross Rapid Pass online health history system. Donors can now complete pre-...
Oct 30, 2015
Coldwater High School students raise money for CHC Cancer Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Community Health Center of Branch County Cancer Center is sending out a big thank you to several Coldwater High School programs as October Breast Cancer Awareness Mont...
Oct 30, 2015
Garbage truck driver killed in Steuben County accident
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) – A traffic accident Thursday in Steuben County, Indiana took the life of garbage truck driver from Angola. 52-year old Thomas Phelps died during surgery at Parkview Medical Re...
Oct 30, 2015
Branch County Democrats hold annual fall dinner
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Democratic Party Wednesday night held its annual fall dinner and reception at the Coldwater Masonic Temple and heard from keynote speaker Gretchen Driske...
Oct 29, 2015
Former Gillespie Funeral Home demolition denied for now
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The City of Coldwater Historic District Commission has decided that more discussion is needed rather than demolition when it comes to the former Gillespie Funeral Home. La...
Oct 29, 2015
Sherwood man charged with sexually assaulting juvenille
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Bond has been set at $150,000 for a Branch County man accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile girl last summer. 34-year old Charles Miller, who lives on Mendon Road in S...
Oct 29, 2015
Coldwater Historic District Commission to decide fate of Gillespie Funeral Home building tonight
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The City of Coldwater Historic District Commission is expected to decide tonight the fate of the former Gillespie Funeral Home. The building located downtown on Marshall S...
Oct 28, 2015
Coldwater 18 year old faces charges of filing a false kidnapping report
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A teenage girl from Coldwater is expected to face charges in Branch County of a false report of kidnapping following an incident this week. Michigan State Police responded...
Oct 28, 2015
Branch County commissioners vote to repair and re-open fire damaged animal control shelter
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Board of Commissioners has awarded contracts to repair and reopen on an interim basis the county's animal control shelter building that was damaged by fi...
Oct 28, 2015
