Category Archives: Local News
Commissioners bring MIDC travel request forward to next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted during Tuesday's work session to bring forward to next week's meeting a blanket request from the local Michigan Indigent Defense C...
Mar 02, 2021 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Wilson discusses lock down with Bronson School Board
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - After last Wednesday's lock down of Bronson schools which took place when the State of Michigan's OK2SAY website got information about a threat, Bronson Community Schools Superint...
Mar 02, 2021 Bronson Jr-Sr High School sign (courtesy of Bronson Community Schools)
BUSINESS BEAT: SMB&T makes donation to SW Michigan Miracle League
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Southern Michigan Bank and Trust recently made a $500 donation to the Southwest Michigan Miracle League. This program provides a safe and fun environment where kids with disabil...
Mar 02, 2021
Stolen vehicle suspect booked on 8 counts following Steuben pursuit
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - A man from Jasper County, Indiana was booked at the Steuben County jail on eight charges after he allegedly led police on a lengthy vehicle pursuit Monday afternoon in Steu...
Mar 02, 2021
Charges filed against Coldwater man in dentist office break in
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man has been charged in connection with the January 21 break in of the Smile Avenue Family and Comestic Dentistry office on the west side of Coldwater. 29-year-old J...
Mar 01, 2021 Coldwater Police vehicle (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Local Health Agency ready to administer Johnson & Johnson vaccine
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A third vaccine has joined the fight against COVID-19. A vaccine from Johnson and Johnson is being shipped nationwide after it was approved over the weekend by the U.S. Food and...
Mar 01, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Branch and Hillsdale COVID-19 vaccine appointments fill up in a half hour
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency opening up COVID-19 vaccines to those between 60 and 64 as well as to agricultural and food processing workers who m...
Mar 01, 2021 Fort Drum & 10th Mountain Division (LI)
BUSINESS BEAT: Coldwater Auto Service in new location
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Auto Service has moved to a new location. The business is now operating at 483 North Willowbrook Road just south of State Road. Coldwater Auto Service outgrew their ol...
Mar 01, 2021 Nenad Stojkovic / CC
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
