Category Archives: Local News
UC man enters guilty plea to meth possession, receiving and concealing stolen property dropped
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Union City man entered a guilty plea to being in possession of methamphetamine during a plea hearing in Branch County Circuit Court on Monday but a second meth possession coun...
Dec 13, 2021 Joe Gratz
Health Board renews Burns contract for one year with 10 percent pay increase
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Board of Health approved a one year contract renewal for Health Officer Rebecca Burns on Monday after conducting her year...
Dec 13, 2021
Bronson Fire Chief thanks numerous "amazing" people following Caudill blaze
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber has thanked numerous people who he calls amazing people following last Tuesday's fire which destroyed a decades old farm house on the Caudill prope...
Dec 13, 2021 Courtesy of Bronson Fire Department Facebook
Vehicle hits tree in Hillsdale County, driver taken to hospital for treatment of injuries
HILLSDALE COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The driver of a vehicle which hit a tree in Hillsdale County on Sunday morning was taken to Hillsdale Hospital for treatment of his injuries. The Hillsdale County Sheriff...
Dec 13, 2021
BUSINESS BEAT: ProMedica's Deb Mercer retires after 50 years in healthcare
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital says congratulations and thank you to Deb Mercer as she punched out for the last time this past Friday and retired. From nursing school to ...
Dec 13, 2021 Photo courtesy of ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital
City Council to consider update to video surveillance system at Public Safety Building
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council will be asked by Public Safety Director Joe Scheid on Monday night to approve his request to update the current video surveillance system at the Coldw...
Dec 13, 2021 Coldwater Public Safety building (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
1,800 Consumers Energy customers in Branch County lose power in wind storm
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A fast moving cold front which featured strong winds gusting up to 60 mph in some areas caused the power to go out for nearly 1,800 Consumer's Energy customers in Branch Cou...
Dec 13, 2021
Dense fog a factor as Bronson resident is injured in Friday morning Hillsdale County crash
HILLSDALE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Friday morning's dense fog was a factor in a Hillsdale County crash which sent a Bronson woman and her juvenile passenger to ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital. The ...
Dec 11, 2021
NWS issues Wind Advisory for Saturday, winds are expected to gust up to 50 MPH
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Better tie down your outdoor Christmas decorations. Branch County is included in a Wind Advisory which is in effect from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. National Weat...
Dec 10, 2021 Courtesy National Weather Service Facebook page
BHSJCHA asks Kent County visitors to get tested for COVID-19 and to monitor themselves
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announcing the first identified Michigan case of the Omicron variant being found in Kent County, the Branch-Hillsdale-S...
Dec 10, 2021 Tim Reckmann / CC
Sun Aug 30
Battle Creek, MI, USA
77°FFeels Like: 78°F
Wind/Dir: 30 MPH-SW
Humidity: 69%
