Category Archives: Local News

Poppe leaving Consumers Energy, Rochow promoted as her successor
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - CMS Energy announced on Wednesday that Patti Poppe will be stepping down as Consumers Energy President and Chief Executive Officer on December 1 to take the position as CEO at PG&...
Jim Measel Nov 18, 2020 Garrick Rochow will succeed Patti Poppe as CMS Energy and Consumers Energy president and chief executive officer. Photo courtesy of Consumers Energy

NWS warns of elevated fire danger on Thursday
NORTH WEBSTER, IN (WTVB) - The National Weather Service in northern Indiana says there is an increased risk for grass, field, brush, and ditch fires as well as campfires that are not monitored to spre...
Jim Measel Nov 18, 2020 Valley Forge National Hist Park

Terms of Quincy updated animal ordinance start in 90 days
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The Quincy Village Council voted on Tuesday night that illegal non-conforming animals in the village under an updated ordinance that was passed last month would not be allowed in 9...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020

Quincy scheduled return of in person learning depends on COVID-19 numbers
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Quincy Superintendent Marc Kramer told the district's School Board of Education on Monday night that while K-8 students are scheduled to return to in person learning on November 30...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020 Courtesy Quincy Community Schools

Branch County offices going back to appointment only services
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases, Branch County Administrator Bud Norman has announced that effective on Wednesday, November 18, the County is transitioning back to app...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Angola man killed in Steuben County roll over crash
FREMONT TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - An Angola man lost his life Monday night in a roll over crash south of Fremont, Indiana. The Steuben County Sheriff's Department says the crash in a field on the west sid...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020

CHA: Branch County COVID-19 deaths increase to 20
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency reported three more COVID-19 related deaths in Branch County on Monday. That brings the death toll of the number of Branc...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020 EpicTop10.com / CC

Hillsdale radio station owner dies in Ohio boating accident
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - A Hillsdale County native who had just purchased radio stations in Jackson and Hillsdale in recent months has passed away in a Ohio boating accident. 43-year-old Jamie McKibbin ...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020 Jamie McKibbin (lower left) and WCSR employees Scott Phillips, Russ Martin, Bob Flynn, Juli Morgan, Zach Hiser, and Mark Libke. Picture courtesy of WCSR

Jeep driver injured in I-69 crash with milk hauler
GIRARD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The driver of a Jeep Cherokee was injured Monday afternoon after his vehicle struck a milk hauler and wedged itself underneath the hauler on northbound I-69 near the 19 mi...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020

Building on West Pearl damaged in late Monday night fire
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A downtown Coldwater building was damaged in a late Monday night fire which investigators say was caused by a shorted electrical outlet. Coldwater Fire Marshal Steve Tral says t...
Jim Measel Nov 17, 2020 Photo courtesy of the Coldwater Fire Department
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