Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Coffee Hour to spotlight homelessness in Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Association of Realtors and the Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their monthly Coffee Hour on Tuesday, September 10 at the Hope Cafe' startin...
Sep 05, 2024
Matteson Township house fire causes nearly $20,000 worth of damage
MATTESON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The cause of a Matteson Township house fire that broke out late Wednesday afternoon is being called electrical in nature by Bronson Fire Department officials. Bronson Fi...
Sep 05, 2024 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page
County Commissioners to hear request to help fund Browne Aquatic Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Mayor Tom Kramer and Coldwater Community School District Board of Education President Doctor Ed Lake are scheduled to present a plan to Branch County Commissioners dur...
Sep 04, 2024 The competition pool at the Dr. Robert W. Browne Aquatic Center. (Photo courtesy Browne Aquatic Center)
MDOT spokesman says M-86 sinkhole apparently caused by "irrigation failure"
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A spokesperson for MDOT says a irrigation failure led to the small sinkhole opening up on West Colon Road near Wheeler Road on Tuesday. The sinkhole forced MDOT and the B...
Sep 04, 2024 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office
CHS 2024 Advanced Placement scores beat national averages
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Community Schools Grades 6 through 12 Advanced Studies Curriculum Chair Brian Stevens announced on Wednesday that the high school's Advanced Placement Scores readily b...
Sep 04, 2024 Coldwater Community Schools logo
Old Branch County Jail building demolished, crews finishing up work
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A 70-year-old building on North Marshall Road that once housed the Branch County Jail has been demolished. Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told the county's Planning Comm...
Sep 04, 2024 Courtesy Branch County government
BUSINESS BEAT: Chamber Young Professionals and Ambassadors meeting this week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - It's going to be a busy week for the Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce. The Young Professionals will meet on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Branch District Library in Coldwater....
Sep 04, 2024 Coldwater Chamber of Commerce (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Coldwater Solar project gets underway, preconstruction open house scheduled
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - After tax revenue agreements were approved this summer between Coldwater Solar and Coldwater and Ovid Townships, work is beginning around the project site. According to a st...
Sep 04, 2024 Courtesy Coldwater Solar Facebook page
One killed, four injured in pair of Steuben County Labor Day crashes
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - It was a bad Labor Day on Steuben County roads as one person was killed and four others were injured in a pair of crashes that took place within two-and-a-half hours of one...
Sep 03, 2024 Courtesy Steuben County Sheriff's Department
Sinkhole forces shut down of M-86 between U.S. 12 and Wheeler Road
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The discovery of a sinkhole on West Colon Road near Wheeler Road led to a shut down of a portion of M-86 west of Coldwater on Tuesday. After the sinkhole was discovered, ...
Sep 03, 2024 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office
