Category Archives: Local News
Vogel says double masking not needed if single mask is used correctly
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There has been a lot of questions recently about the need to wear two masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Medical Director Doctor Lauren Vogel from the Branch-Hillsdale-S...
Mar 01, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Work on Quincy's downtown Market 1858 gets underway
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - A portion of Downtown Quincy is getting a new look, thanks to a special grant program that was announced in late 2019. Work for the North East Block redevelopment known as Market 1...
Feb 28, 2021
Walberg calls $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package "bloated"
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVB) - Seventh District Republican Congressman Tim Walberg joined fellow Republicans and two Democrats in voting against a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid package early Saturday morning ...
Feb 28, 2021 JD Lasica / CC
Cease and desist orders against three local restaurants rescinded
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Community Health Agency Director of Environmental Health Paul Andriacchi told the agency's Board of Health on Thursday that cease and desist orders that were issued to three loc...
Feb 26, 2021 Scott McLeod / CC
Hillsdale Hospital allows additional visitors at birthing center
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - Due to decreasing rates of new COVID-19 cases in Hillsdale County, Hillsdale Hospital has announced they are expanding its visitation for obstetrics patients. Laboring mothers a...
Feb 26, 2021
Two teenage brothers die following Thursday Steuben County crash
MILLGROVE TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - Two teenage brothers are dead after the vehicle they were in crashed into a tree and split in two late Thursday afternoon east of Orland, Indiana. The Steuben County Sh...
Feb 26, 2021
Robocall made to CCS parents following "situation" near bus stop
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Community School Superintendent Terry Ann Whelan sent out a robocall to district parents on Thursday night after what was described as a situation was reported in the ...
Feb 25, 2021 Coldwater Community Schools logo
Leftover Branch County COVID-19 vaccines to be stored for next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns told the agency's Board of Health on Thursday that there is some leftover COVID-19 vaccine in Br...
Feb 25, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Mendon woman dies as Jeep plunges into Fawn River near Constantine
CONSTANTINE, MI (WTVB) - A Mendon woman was killed Thursday morning when her 2007 Jeep Liberty went off of Constantine Road and plunged into the Fawn River. St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite s...
Feb 25, 2021
Two Lakeland prisoners charged in September drug smuggling plot
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Two Lakeland Correctional Facility Prisoners have been charged in connection with an attempt to smuggle drugs into the prison last September. 40-year-old Michael Stone and 34-ye...
Feb 25, 2021 Tim (Timothy) Pearce / CC
