Category Archives: Local News
Saturday fire at North Butcher Road home causes $200,000 in damage
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says a malfunctioning furnace most likely started a fire Saturday morning which caused about $200,000 worth of damage to a home at 177 Nor...
Jan 15, 2023 (Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page)
Identities of four victims of Fremont, Indiana fire released by ISP
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - Indiana State Police and the State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating an early Saturday morning house fire in Fremont, Indiana which claimed the lives of a mother and her thr...
Jan 15, 2023
Calhoun County deputies arrest Sturgis woman in arson investigation
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - A Sturgis woman has been taken into custody in connection with an alleged Calhoun County arson last week. The Calhoun County Sheriff's Office detectives got information on Wednes...
Jan 13, 2023 Tex Texin / CC
Latest round of Coldwater Solar Community Grants awarded to AABC, DDA and Coldwater Community Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Apex Clean Energy has announced the latest round of Coldwater Solar Community Grants have been made to three Coldwater-area programs and organizations. Funds were distributed to...
Jan 13, 2023 Courtesy Coldwater Solar Facebook page
Michigan D.N.R. delays Prairie River reclassification decision for at least a month
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan D.N.R. has delayed a decision for at least 30 days on the proposed reclassification of the Prairie River west of Bronson from a warm stream to a cold transitional str...
Jan 13, 2023 Courtesy Michigan DNR Facebook page
New Branch County Vulberable Adult Protocol document to be signed next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-St. Joseph Area Agency on Aging (Region IIIC), in collaboration with the Branch County Elder Abuse Prevention Coalition, will sign the revised and enhanced "Branch Co...
Jan 13, 2023
Walberg votes in favor of bill which bans sale of Strategic Reserve crude to China
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVB) - Fifth District Republican Congressman Tim Walberg was among the majority in the U.S. House that voted in a favor of a bill on Thursday which bans the sale of crude oil from t...
Jan 13, 2023 Courtesy Congressman Tim Walberg's Facebook page
Bronson firefighters called to Friday morning blaze on Holmes Road
BRONSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Bronson firefighters were dispatched to a fire at 1134 Holmes Road just before 8:00 a.m. on Friday morning. Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says the fire started from an ...
Jan 13, 2023 (Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page)
BUSINESS BEAT: Coldwater Main Street hosting February 4 soup/chili cook-off
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Main Street Program has announced they will host a soup and chili cook-off on Saturday, February 4 to show their love for local restaurants and to gear up for the ...
Jan 13, 2023
Fink sworn in for second term as state representative, now serving 35th House District
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - 35th District Republican State Representative Andrew Fink of Adams Township was sworn into office for his second term this week. His newly drawn district encompasses all of Branch...
Jan 13, 2023 Photo courtesy of State Representative Andrew Fink's office
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