Category Archives: Local News
Branch County's general fund balance expected to be $13 million at end of year
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh told the Board of Commissioners during their work session Thursday that the county's general fund balance will be larger than expected at...
Dec 18, 2025 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Commissioners honor Judge O'Grady, bring forward appointment of Juvenile Defender
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners honored an outgoing judge and brought forward the hiring of a juvenile defender during their work session Thursday. The commissioners pa...
Dec 18, 2025 Courtesy of Branch County Government
Illinois man facing charges after driving the wrong way on Indiana Toll Road
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - An Illinois man is facing multiple charges including Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI), after driving the wrong way on the Indiana Toll Road Wednesday. An Indiana State ...
Dec 18, 2025 Courtesy Indiana State Police Facebook page
Branch County Sheriff's Department swears in new deputies
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office has announced the hiring of two new deputies, Hunter Munson and Matthew Greene. Both Munson and Greene graduated from the Kellogg Community Co...
Dec 18, 2025
Flash Freeze tonight could impact Friday morning commute
A powerful cold front is expected to trigger a dangerous "flash freeze" across Branch County and Southern Michigan tonight, rapidly turning wet roads into sheets of ice. Following unseasonably warm te...
Dec 18, 2025
New Technology Park planned for Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - A new technology park planned for Marshall, which includes a large-scale data center and an integrated natural gas generation plant, is progressing after the Marshall Local Devel...
Dec 18, 2025
Business Beat : Hillsdale Hospital recognized with national award
HILLSDALE, MI ( WTVB)- Hillsdale Hospital has received the 2025 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in outcomes from The Chartis Center for Rural Health, announced as part of National Rural He...
Dec 18, 2025
Lindsey's medical transparency bill passes out of Michigan House
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - State Senator Jonathan Lindsey's (R-Coldwater) medical price transparency legislation, which would require hospitals to publicly disclose the costs of treatments and operations, p...
Dec 18, 2025 stockwerk-fotodesign / Depositphotos.com
Coldwater and Quincy swear in new police officers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Both the Coldwater and Quincy Police Departments have sworn in new police officers this week. In Coldwater, Tre Miller was sworn in Wednesday morning at Coldwater City Hall. A l...
Dec 17, 2025
Three arraigned on drug charges in Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Three individuals were arraigned this week in Branch County 3-A District Court in separate drug cases. 43-year-old Troy Joseph Cook, was arraigned following a narcotics investig...
Dec 17, 2025
