Category Archives: Local News
Kalamazoo suspects arrested in Indiana after high speed chase, speeds hit 100 mph in Branch County
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - Two suspects from Kalamazoo were arrested Friday in Fremont, Indiana after the Steuben County Sheriff's Office assisted the Branch County Sheriff's Office with a vehicle pursuit. ...
Sep 22, 2023
Rumsey Parking Plaza in Coldwater to be closed on Sunday for maintenance work
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Parking will not be available in a downtown Coldwater parking lot on Sunday. The City of Coldwater says the Rumsey Parking Plaza will be closed on Sunday, September 24 due to ma...
Sep 22, 2023 Courtesy City of Coldwater Facebook page
Quincy Village Council approves water and sewer hikes, bonding resolution for capital improvements
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Monthly water and sewer rates in the Village of Quincy will be going up next April following action on Tuesday night by the Quincy Village Council. They passed a resolution that st...
Sep 22, 2023 Courtesy Village of Quincy
Seaplanes make annual visit to Pokagon State Park this Sunday
LAKE JAMES, IN (WTVB) - The Indiana Seaplane Pilots Association will be holding their 21st Splash-In at Pokagon State Park's Potawatomi Inn on Sunday. The event allows park visitors a chance to see th...
Sep 22, 2023 Photo courtesy of Steuben County Tourism Bureau Facebook page
INDOT plans rolling slow down on I-69 in Steuben County this weekend for utility line work
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - If you are planning to travel south of Branch County Saturday night or Sunday morning, be prepared for a Indiana Department of Transportation rolling slowdown on I-69 as No...
Sep 22, 2023 Courtesy Indiana Department of Transportation Facebook page
Faulty extension cord cited as cause of Balfour Drive garage fire
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A faulty extension cord was determined to be the cause of a fire in an attached garage on Thursday afternoon at a residence on Balfour Drive. Coldwater firefighters were called ...
Sep 22, 2023 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BUSINESS BEAT: 7th edition of Quincy's Pints in the Park set for September 30
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The seventh edition of Pints in the Park will take place next Saturday, September 30 at the Village of Quincy Park. The event started in 2016 and has turned into one of the more an...
Sep 22, 2023 Courtesy Pints in the Park-Q Town Microfest Facebook page
First draft of 2024 budget presented to Commissioners, $3.1 million needs to be trimmed
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Bud Norman presented the first draft of the county's proposed 2024 general fund budget on Thursday during the County Board of Commissioners work sess...
Sep 21, 2023 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
Coldwater accepted to Certified Local Government program by State Historic Preservation Office
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office announced on Thursday that the City of Coldwater has been accepted to the Certified Local Government program, following confirmatio...
Sep 21, 2023
Branch County unemployment drops in August, first decline in three months
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget reported on Thursday that Branch County's unemployment rate went down for the first time in three months in Augu...
Sep 21, 2023 Jernej Furman / CC
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