Category Archives: Local News
Friday morning storms knock out power for hundreds in Branch County
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A line of storms that featured lightning, heavy rain and strong winds roared through Branch County Friday morning. The storms knocked out power for hundreds of Consumers Ene...
Jun 18, 2021 texaus1 / CC
Board of Commissioners bring forward staffing request procedure change
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 during their Thursday work session to bring forward a request from Administrator Bud Norman to change the procedure for the wa...
Jun 17, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Two cases of Delta variant reported in Branch County, Burns "very concerned"
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns says she is very concerned about two positive cases of the highly contagious B.1.617.2 COVID-19 ...
Jun 17, 2021
Investigation into death of female at the Calhoun County Jail underway
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan State Police and the Calhoun County Medical Examiner are investigating the Wednesday night death of a female inmate at the Calhoun County Jail. The Calhoun Count...
Jun 17, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Authorities search for Coldwater man charged in April 12 bicycle death
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Prosecuting Attorney Zach Stempien announced on Thursday that a warrant has been issued for a Coldwater man in the April 12 death of a woman whose bicycle was stru...
Jun 17, 2021 Photo of Jacob Daniel Ward courtesy of Branch County Prosecutors Office.
Sturgis woman injured in two-vehicle crash at St. Joseph County intersection
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI - A 58-year-old Sturgis woman had to be flown out Wednesday afternoon after two vehicles collided at a St. Joseph County intersection. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department ...
Jun 17, 2021
BUSINESS BEAT: PCRH School Telemedicine Program awarded $55,000 grant
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital School Telemedicine Program was recently awarded the Expanding, Enhancing Emotional Health Program Expansion award from the Michigan De...
Jun 17, 2021 Picture: Katelyn Hamlin, LMSW. Photo courtesy of ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital
Purdy Road home burns in Wednesday afternoon fire
KINDERHOOK TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Three persons inside of a Kinderhook Township home managed to get to safety on Wednesday afternoon when a fire broke out. The blaze at 858 Purdy Road was first reporte...
Jun 17, 2021 Courtesy Lakeland Fire Department Facebook page
Electrical short blamed for overnight house fire on Fairfield Drive
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An electrical short is being blamed for an overnight fire which caused $75,000 worth of damage to a home at 67 Fairfield Drive in Coldwater. Coldwater Fire Marshal Steve Trall s...
Jun 17, 2021 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
MSP investigating St. Joseph County armed robbery
MOTTVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers from the Marshall Post are investigating an armed robbery that took place Monday night in St. Joseph County. They say it took place at th...
Jun 16, 2021
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