Category Archives: Local News
Over 600 Lakeland prisoners transferred after mold is found
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Over 600 prisoners at Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater have been transferred to other prisons after the maintenance staff discovered mold in the attic space of two ho...
May 03, 2022
Sheriff's Department Adopt-A-Cop Program Wraps Up Sixth Year in Local Schools
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Special Deputy Jackie Harris is wrapping up her sixth year running the Adopt-A-Cop program at Jefferson Elementary School in Coldwater and at Lockwood Homeschool C...
May 03, 2022 Pictured is Deputy Harris, Aleesha Nowicki, and K9 deputies Nyx and Xenia teaching students at the Lockwood Homeschool Co-op. Photo courtesy of Second Story Marketing
Branch I.S.D. to get state grant of over $112,000 to improve safety and security
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Intermediate School District has received over $112,000 in state funding from the Competitive School Safety Grant Program. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced on Tuesda...
May 03, 2022 Photo courtesy of BISD Facebook page
East Pearl Street arson suspect enters into plea agreement, sentencing set for June 6
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A suspect in the deliberate setting of vehicle fires on East Pearl Street in Coldwater entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors on Monday in Branch County Circuit court. 1...
May 03, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Positive summer forecast for teen employment released by state
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget released its summer teen employment forecast for 2022 on Monday. As the Michigan labor market continues to recover f...
May 03, 2022 Alachua County / CC
OMG!! Gas prices in Coldwater hit $4.39 a gallon, $5 gas this summer??
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Gas prices spiked by almost 30 cents to a jaw dropping $4.39 a gallon on Monday at several stations in the City of Coldwater. It came on the same day the national average fo...
May 02, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Sturgis motorcyclist seriously injured in Sunday collision with pickup truck
NOTTAWA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Sturgis man was seriously injured Sunday night when his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck in St. Joseph County. Sheriff Mark A. Lillywhite reports the crash happe...
May 02, 2022
Silich sentenced in April 2021 Sherwood Township hit and run which killed 13-year-old boy
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Sturgis man is looking at spending the next 13 to 25 years in prison after he was sentenced Monday in Branch County Circuit Court in connection with a fatal hit and run crash ...
May 02, 2022 Ken Mayer / CC
Not every Branch County resident will vote in Tuesday's balloting
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - With just two school funding questions on the Tuesday ballot, not everybody in Branch County will be voting. Balloting for all four wards in the City of Coldwater will take ...
May 02, 2022 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Good riddance April after cold, wet and miserable month of weather in Branch County
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Spring continues to be nothing more but a rumor this year in Branch County. April of 2022 will go down as one of the most miserable months of gloomy and depressing weather i...
May 02, 2022 Fan D / CC
Fri Aug 28
Battle Creek, MI, USA
76°FFeels Like: 75°F
Wind/Dir: 16 MPH-ENE
Humidity: 47%
