Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: ProMedica assuming management of Wound Healing Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital announced on Thursday they will assume management of the Wound Healing Center located at 370 East Chicago, Suite 700 in Coldwater this mont...
Jan 12, 2024 Courtesy ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital
Branch County schools shut down for Friday ahead of major winter storm
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - School officials around Branch County didn't waste any time on Thursday evening. With the first major winter storm of this season approaching, all Branch County school distr...
Jan 12, 2024 ThoseGuys119 / CC
NWS issues mixed bag of advisories and warnings ahead of winter storm
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The National Weather Service has issued a mixed bag of weather advisories and warnings as the first strong storm system of this winter is expected to cause havoc on Friday a...
Jan 11, 2024 A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for the counties in purple, a Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the Counties in pink. Courtesy of the National Weather Service.
Bronson Community Schools looking to fill Board of Education vacancy
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - Officials in the Bronson Community School District are looking to fill a vacancy on the Board of Education after Bob Cary resigned. The district is seeking eligible individuals wh...
Jan 11, 2024 Courtesy Bronson Community Schools Facebook page
Annual Tibbits meeting scheduled for January 25 at the Opera House
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The annual meeting of the Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council, Incorporated has been scheduled for Thursday, January 25 starting at 5:30 p.m.. The annual meeting will be...
Jan 11, 2024 Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Hillsdale County man facing five charges after camper fire and armed standoff
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - A Hillsdale man has been formally charged in Hillsdale County District Court after a Michigan State Police investigation into a Jefferson Township camper fire and armed standoff...
Jan 11, 2024 Chris Potter / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Coldwater Area Chamber recruiting more Young Professional members
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce is trying to recruit more members for the Young Professionals Group of Branch County. The Young Professionals held their first meeting of ...
Jan 11, 2024
Circuit Court jury convicts woman of shooting her daughter during January 2023 argument
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Branch County Circuit Court jury convicted a Coldwater woman late Wednesday afternoon on five counts after she shot her daughter during an argument in their home on January 26...
Jan 11, 2024 Blogtrepreneur / CC
CFD says small fire at Midtown Motel apartment caused by air conditioner electrical short
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An electrical short in a portable air conditioner is being listed as the cause of a small fire just after noon on Wednesday in one of the apartments at the Midtown Motel in Cold...
Jan 10, 2024 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Community Health Agency reports local increases in respiratory illnesses
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency reported on Wednesday they have seen an increase in the number of cases of respiratory illnesses, including Flu, COVID-19...
Jan 10, 2024 Courtesy Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Facebook page
