Category Archives: Local News

Annual Tibbits Opera Foundation and Arts Council meeting scheduled for January 26
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The annual meeting of the Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council, Inc. which will review the theatre's 2021-2022 fiscal year has been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, J...
Jim Measel Jan 09, 2023 The popular Popcorn Theatre, featuring the professional Tibbits Summer Theatre company, returned to the historic theatre this summer for the first time since COVID. This is just one of the aspects of the 2021-2022 fiscal year for the Tibbits Opera Foundation to be reviewed at the theatre’s annual meeting January 26, 2023.

BUSINESS BEAT: BCAR starts monthly Coffee Hour programs on Tuesday morning
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Association of Realtors is rolling out a new Coffee Hour program at the Hope Cafe in Downtown Coldwater beginning on Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m.. Each month's...
Jim Measel Jan 09, 2023

Friday night crash in Hamilton, Indiana injures seven including five children
HAMILTON, IN (WTVB) - Seven persons including five children were injured Friday in a crash at the intersection of Railroad Street and Homestead Drive in Hamilton, Indiana. The Steuben County Sheriff's...
Jim Measel Jan 08, 2023

Rural Fremont man jailed in alleged Friday beating
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - The Steuben County Sheriff's Office is investigation a report of a battery causing serious injury that occurred at a residence in Fremont, Indiana on Friday afternoon. At around 4...
Jim Measel Jan 07, 2023

Overloaded electrical circuit probable cause of Saturday garage fire
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - An overloaded electrical circuit is being listed as the probable cause of a Saturday morning structure fire in Coldwater Township. The Coldwater Fire Department was ini...
Jim Measel Jan 07, 2023 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Proposed rehab project at 53 East Chicago on Monday's Coldwater City Council agenda
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council will be asked on Monday night to set a January 23 public hearing for a proposed rehabilitation project for 53 East Chicago Street. An application was ...
Jim Measel Jan 07, 2023 Photo courtesy of Google

Lindsey opens up 17th District State Senate office in Lansing
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The office for Branch County's new representative in the State Senate is open. Republican Jonathan Lindsey of Allen announced on Friday that his Lansing office is now open and rea...
Jim Measel Jan 07, 2023

Drive by suspect arraigned in Hillsdale County on five charges
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - The suspect in a Wednesday night drive by shooting was arraigned Friday afternoon in Hillsdale County District Court on five charges and is being held without bond. 30-year-old ...
Jim Measel Jan 06, 2023 Michigan State Police logo

Work progresses on Perkins Street mosque and learning center one year after groundbreaking
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - It's been just over a year since ground was broken for a new American Moslem Society Islamic Center at 129 Perkins Street. Plans call for the nearly $3.5 million project to feat...
Jim Measel Jan 06, 2023 Photo courtesy of American Moslem Society Facebook page

Fink announces new contact information for 35th House District office
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Michigan's new legislative districts which were drawn by the state's Redistricting Commission are now in place. Republican State Representative Andrew Fink is now the representati...
Jim Measel Jan 06, 2023 Courtesy State Representative Andrew Fink
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