Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Hops on Monroe returns Thursday night to downtown Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Hops on Monroe kicks off Thursday night, July 1, in downtown Coldwater and will be held every Thursday evening through September 2nd. The second year of the event will once agai...
Jul 01, 2021
Field of Flight and Balloon festival opens 5-day run in Battle Creek
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - After being cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one of southwest Michigan's biggest annual events is back. The Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon f...
Jul 01, 2021 Arend / CC
Coldwater Community Schools 2021-2022 calendar approved
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Students in the Coldwater Community School District will start the 2021-2022 school year on August 23 under the proposed calendar which was approved Monday night by the Coldwate...
Jun 30, 2021 Coldwater Community Schools logo
Bronson Postal worker hurt in two vehicle crash at US 12 and Parham Road
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office investigated a two vehicle crash near Bronson late Wednesday morning which injured a Bronson Post Office mail carrier. 58-year-old Mary ...
Jun 30, 2021
Frye sent to prison for 42 months to 15 years in fatal Algansee Township crash
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Fremont, Indiana man was ordered to serve between 42 months and 15 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Wednesday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered...
Jun 30, 2021 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Weather scrubs opening night for "The Fantasticks", remaining shows at Tibbits
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Due to weather conditions, the scheduled Wednesday opening night performance of Tibbits Summer Theatre's "The Fantasticks" at The Ponds of Coldwater has been cancelled. Tibbits ...
Jun 30, 2021 A graphic for the Tibbits Summer Theatre production of "The Fantasticks"
Bronson Community Foundation seeking $8,600 for Theater face lift
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The Bronson Community Foundation has sent a letter to supporters that seeks donations which will be used to give the front of the Bronson Theater a face lift. The Foundation is ho...
Jun 30, 2021 Courtesy Bronson Community Center Theater Facebook page
Branch County man wins nearly $404,000 in Michigan Lottery game
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - A 30-year-old Branch County man has won a nearly $404,000 progressive jackpot playing the Michigan Lottery's Doubler Wild Time game. According to a Michigan Lottery press release,...
Jun 30, 2021 This winning ticket earned a Branch County man nearly $404,000. Courtesy Michigan Lottery
Yet even more rain falls as soggy month of June comes to an ends
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - As the month of June comes to a wet and miserable end with yet even more rain falling, Branch County will wind up getting over double the normal amount of rain for the month...
Jun 30, 2021 Sylvie burr
BUSINESS BEAT: Smitty's Pizza in Bronson reopens after ovens and hot water heater replaced
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - To say the month of June has been interesting for Smitty's Pizza in downtown Bronson would be an understatement. The business had to close on the afternoon June 5 when a pizza ove...
Jun 30, 2021 Courtesy Smitty's Pizza Facebook page
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Battle Creek, MI, USA
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