Category Archives: Local News

Burnside Center hosting "Welcome to Medicare" event
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County seniors are being invited to attend the "Welcome to Medicare" event next week. It's being hosted by the Burnside Center at 65 Grahl Drive in Coldwater on Wednesday...
Jim Measel Sep 06, 2022

Two injured in crash of biplane at Branch County Memorial Airport
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An instructor pilot and a student passenger were injured Friday afternoon in an aircraft accident at the Branch County Memorial Airport. Airport Manager Joe Best said a Great La...
Jim Measel Sep 06, 2022 Photo courtesy of Joe Best

UC Dome ribbon cutting and ceremony set for September 17
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - A Union City landmark, thought lost forever is back home. The opening ceremony and ribbon cutting for the dome is set for September 17 at 4:00 p.m. and is open to the public. T...
Jim Measel Sep 05, 2022 Photo courtesy Village of Union City Facebook page

Three persons injured in Steuben car/motorcycle crash
OTSEGO TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - Three persons were injured Saturday afternoon in a car/motorcycle crash at the intersection of State Road 1 and County Road 500 South in Steuben County. The Steuben County...
Jim Measel Sep 05, 2022

BUSINESS BEAT: BCSD reports Farris completes corrections officer academy training
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff John Pollack has announced that Todd Farris recently completed a local corrections officer training academy held at the Genesee County Sheriff's Office. Th...
Jim Measel Sep 03, 2022 Photo courtesy of the Branch County Sheriff's Office
Teenager injured in Friday afternoon Coldwater Lake watercraft crash
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A teenager from Goodrich was injured Friday afternoon in a boating accident on Coldwater Lake. The Branch County Sheriff's Department reports a father and son were on separa...
Jim Measel Sep 03, 2022

Branch County robbery suspect convicted of St. Joe charges following high speed chase in Sturgis
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - A Sturgis man was convicted in St. Joseph County Circuit Court on Thursday for crimes he committed in that county on October 22, 2021. 27-year-old Dylan Brand was convicted by...
Jim Measel Sep 02, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC

St. Joseph County horse contracts Michigan's first EEE case in 2022
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reporting Michigan's first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) for 2022 in a three-year-old Standardbred fill...
Jim Measel Sep 02, 2022

Coldwater BPU crews assist Marshall electrical restoration efforts
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities sent a pair of crews to Marshall earlier this week to help with restoration efforts following the Monday afternoon severe thunderstorms. C...
Jim Measel Sep 02, 2022 Courtesy Coldwater BPU Facebook page

Over 700 respond to two week downtown Coldwater Pulse Poll
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Economic Development Coordinator Audrey Tappenden told the D.D.A. Board on Wednesday they had over 700 respondents to a two week on line "Pulse Poll" that was conducte...
Jim Measel Sep 02, 2022 Courtesy Downtown Coldwater Facebook page
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