Category Archives: Local News
Letter carriers Stamp Out Hunger Saturday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Postal workers across the nation will be doing double duty Saturday. In addition to delivering mail, they’ll also be picking up donations for local food pantries. Th...
May 09, 2015
Coldwater baseball and softball teams win first games of doubleheaders before rain moves in Friday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Rain shortened the day Friday for some high school sports events around Branch County, the Coldwater baseball and softball teams were able to win the opening games of thei...
May 09, 2015
28th Annual Swap Meet and Car Show underway in Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – With an improving weather forecast for the weekend, the 28th Annual Swap Meet and Car Show is underway at the Branch County Fairgrounds. The show runs from 8 am-4 pm Satur...
May 09, 2015
Family of inmate sues MDOC over death while incarcerated
IONIA, MI (WTVB) – He literally drank himself to death while prison guards watched. Now the family of Kenneth Dalstra is suing the Michigan Department of Corrections for his death a year ago in ...
May 08, 2015
Snyder confirms he will not run for President
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has put an end to speculation that he’ll be running for president. Last night, the governor released a statement saying he will not seek ...
May 08, 2015
Pollen to pack a punch locally this spring
COLDWATER (WTVB) – Droughts, twisters, severe winters, even an earthquake. It almost seems like nature has been turned up several notches, so it should be no surprise that we are experiencing wh...
May 08, 2015
Local, State officials on board for ballistic missile base at Fort Custer
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Commissioners earlier this year passed a resolution of support and so did the Michigan House and yesterday, the Michigan Senate approved a resolution urgi...
May 08, 2015
Quincy baseball splits with Reading; Bronson drops two to Mendon
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, yesterday in baseball, Quincy split their Big 8 doubleheader at home with Reading with the visiting Rangers winning the opener 11-3 be...
May 08, 2015
Report: Gov. Snyder won't run for President in '16
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Politico is reporting that Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will not make a run for president in 2016. The website cites a pair of anonymous sources close to the Republican gov...
May 07, 2015
National Day of Prayer events held locally at Coldwater Free Methodist Church
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Today is the National Day of Prayer. A recent Pew Research poll says more than half of Americans say they pray every day. About 20 percent say they rarely pray, if ever. A...
May 07, 2015
