Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Lighthouse Funeral and Cremation offering spring grief support group
ATHENS, MI (WTVB) - Following a break for fall holidays and the coldest weather months, Lighthouse Funeral and Cremation will be offering another time-limited spring grief support group at Lighthouse ...
Feb 14, 2023
Fowler ordered to serve five to 10 years in MDOC for being in possession of child porn
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man was ordered to serve between five and ten years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered a no contest ...
Feb 13, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Probation ordered for former Bronson High School student in false bomb threat case
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The former Bronson High School student who entered into a plea agreement two months ago after making a false bomb threat on March 9, 2022 was ordered to serve 18 months of proba...
Feb 13, 2023 Chris Potter / CC
BHSJCHA and Covered Bridge Healthcare offering self-serve COVID-19 PCR testing
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Hillsdale St. Joseph Community Health Agency and Covered Bridge Healthcare have announced they are offering self-serve COVID-19 PCR testing at kiosks placed a...
Feb 13, 2023 Courtesy Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency
Two St. Joseph County thefts being investigated by the State Police
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police Troopers from the Marshall Post are conducting a pair of theft investigations in St. Joseph County. They say a SUV with an attached snowplow was st...
Feb 13, 2023 Michigan State Police logo
Coldwater Police nab catalytic converter theft suspect after brief search
**THIS STORY CONTAINS UPDATED INFORMATION** COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Police say they arrested a 28-year-old Coldwater man on Sunday morning for trying to steal a catalytic convertor from a veh...
Feb 13, 2023 Coldwater Police vehicle (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BUSINESS BEAT: Michigan Works! Branch County Service Center open house/ribbon cutting on March 7
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Works! Southwest Branch County Service Center open house and ribbon cutting ceremony has been scheduled for March 7. The event at 398 Marshall Street will run from ...
Feb 13, 2023 Michigan Works! Southwest logo
Coldwater HS gymnastics team raise over $15,000 in annual cancer fundraiser
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater High School gymnastics team has managed to raise over $15,000 so far in their annual fight against cancer. They hosted their 13th annual Stick It For a Cure Gymnas...
Feb 13, 2023 Cancer survivor Michael Cole speaks during Stick It For A Cure ceremony. Photo courtesy of Kim Nichols
Teenage girl from St. Joseph County reported as missing by Sheriff's Department
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark A. Lillywhite says his department is helping to look for a missing teen age girl. He says deputies from his department were dispatched las...
Feb 13, 2023 Photo provided by St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department
Semi driver suffers serious injuries in Saturday I-69 crash
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A semi driver from Canada suffered serious injuries Saturday afternoon in a crash that trapped him in his vehicle on southbound I-69 north of State Road. The Branch Cou...
Feb 12, 2023 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
