Category Archives: Local News
MSP investigating broad daylight burglary of St. Joseph County home
STURGIS TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police at Marshall say they are investigating a residential burglary in broad daylight from a home in Sturgis Township in which two pistols were stolen. Th...
Dec 09, 2021
Disagreement over COVID-19 protocols leads to postponement of Health Board meeting
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Chaos and anger erupted Thursday morning as a scheduled meeting of the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Board of Health was not held due to a disagreement bet...
Dec 09, 2021
BUSINESS BEAT: March 5 chosen for 2022 Power of the Purse event
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The annual Power of the Purse fundraising event for the Branch County United Way and the Dolly Parton Imagination Library will return to a March date. The 2022 event has been sc...
Dec 09, 2021 Courtesy of Power of the Purse Facebook page
Man wanted in Las Vegas for alleged child sex crimes arrested in Tekonsha Township
TEKONSHA TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A man who was wanted by police in Las Vegas for alleged sex crimes involving children was arrested on Wednesday by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. Accordin...
Dec 09, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Communications Board recommends purchase of E-911 project portable radios to Commissioners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County 911 Communications Board recommended to County Commissioners on Wednesday that they go ahead and purchase the portable radios for the Enhanced 911 Project at a...
Dec 08, 2021 Field testing for new 911 system. Photo courtesy of Coldwater Public Safety Police and Fire Facebook page
Staffing levels at Branch County 911 Central Dispatch improve
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The manpower situation has improved at Branch County 911 Central Dispatch. After being shorthanded for most of the last couple of years which forced some dispatchers to work 18 ...
Dec 08, 2021 Scary Side of Earth / CC
Suspect arrested by CCSD in Marshall as part of human trafficking operations investigation
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was taken into custody on Monday as part of a investigation into human trafficking operations that target children. Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputies and ...
Dec 08, 2021 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Facebook page
BUSINESS BEAT: Businesses reminded that Michigan's minimum wage rate will go up on January 1
(UNDATED) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce along with the Michigan Chamber of Commerce are reminding businesses that Michigan's minimum wage rate will increase to $9.87 on January 1, 2022 whic...
Dec 08, 2021
Wind driven fire destroys farm house on Caudill property, home occupant taken to PCRH
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A raging fire destroyed a decades old farmhouse on Tuesday on the Caudill property at 523 West Central Road and caused nearly $285,000 worth of damage. Bronson Fire Chief ...
Dec 08, 2021 Photo courtesy of Bronson Fire Department Facebook page
CCS schedules Town Hall input session for next Tuesday following negative votes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Community School District has scheduled what is being called a Town Hall input session with community members and those involved with the district for next Tuesday...
Dec 08, 2021 Coldwater Community Schools logo
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