Category Archives: Local News
Union City Fire Department quick response saves home
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - A quick response to a reported house fire in Union City Sunday morning is being credited with saving a home. Fire crews were dispatched to the home on St Joseph Street at 8:30 ...
Mar 23, 2026
Volunteers spend Saturday clearing historic Union City Cemetery of storm debris
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - Over the weekend community members from Union City and from around Branch County gathered for another milestone in the recovery process from the March 6 tornado with the cleanu...
Mar 23, 2026 Screenshot
Indianapolis police officer charged with illegal deer harvesting
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) -An Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officer has been placed on administrative duty after being charged with illegally harvesting deer in Steuben County. Aa...
Mar 22, 2026
Volunteers being sought for Branch County Sheriff's Victim Service Unit
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) -Branch County Sheriff Fred Blankenship is calling for dedicated volunteers to join the Sheriff's Victim Services Unit (VSU), a nonprofit organization that provides immediate, com...
Mar 20, 2026
CBPU will conduct planned power outage Saturday night
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities (CBPU) will conduct a planned power outage for Saturday night, from midnight to 6:00 a.m. Sunday, to perform essential infrastructure upgr...
Mar 20, 2026
Walberg praises federal student aid program, says it will simplify student aid and better serve students and families
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTVB) - In a move to assist the defaulted student loan process, the U.S. Education Department is handing off its trillion-dollar portfolio of federal student aid programs to the Treas...
Mar 20, 2026 designer491 / Depositphotos.com
South Michigan Food Bank's Mobile Market program returning to Coldwater and Union City this spring
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - A regional food bank is bringing back its traveling food distribution program to Coldwater and Union City this spring. South Michigan Food Bank's Mobile Market program is des...
Mar 20, 2026 (courtesy South Michigan Food Bank)
Missing St Joseph County woman found safe
ST JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The St Joseph County Sheriff's Department says the have located a woman who had been reported missing on Wednesday. They say 31-year-old Casey Marie White, has been safel...
Mar 20, 2026 Screenshot
Michigan woman returned to Steuben County to face charges
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) - A Kalamazoo woman was extradited to Steuben County this week to face multiple felony charges following a 2024 retail theft and a high-speed pursuit that injured a police officer. 2...
Mar 20, 2026 Screenshot
Woman who drove drunk the wrong way in I-69 to serve prison time
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The woman who drove the wrong way on I-69 last October and collided head-on with a semi-truck has been sentenced to prison for operating while intoxicated. On Thursday, 36-year-...
Mar 20, 2026 Screenshot
