Category Archives: Top News Stories
Changes in Coldwater's annual celebration of Winter Fest this year
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There will be some changes this year in the City of Coldwater's annual Winter Fest celebration. Unlike in the past when the event was held downtown, Coldwater Community Enrichme...
Jan 16, 2023 Courtesy City of Coldwater Recreation Department Facebook page
GoFundMe fundraiser raises over $16,000 to help Fremont, Indiana fire victims
FREMONT, IND. (WTVB) - A GoFundMe page that was set up in the aftermath of a fire that killed four persons including three children on Saturday morning in Fremont, Indiana has raised over $16,000 so f...
Jan 16, 2023
Saturday fire at North Butcher Road home causes $200,000 in damage
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says a malfunctioning furnace most likely started a fire Saturday morning which caused about $200,000 worth of damage to a home at 177 Nor...
Jan 15, 2023 (Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page)
Identities of four victims of Fremont, Indiana fire released by ISP
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - Indiana State Police and the State Fire Marshal's Office are investigating an early Saturday morning house fire in Fremont, Indiana which claimed the lives of a mother and her thr...
Jan 15, 2023
Latest round of Coldwater Solar Community Grants awarded to AABC, DDA and Coldwater Community Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Apex Clean Energy has announced the latest round of Coldwater Solar Community Grants have been made to three Coldwater-area programs and organizations. Funds were distributed to...
Jan 13, 2023 Courtesy Coldwater Solar Facebook page
Michigan D.N.R. delays Prairie River reclassification decision for at least a month
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan D.N.R. has delayed a decision for at least 30 days on the proposed reclassification of the Prairie River west of Bronson from a warm stream to a cold transitional str...
Jan 13, 2023 Courtesy Michigan DNR Facebook page
New Branch County Vulberable Adult Protocol document to be signed next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-St. Joseph Area Agency on Aging (Region IIIC), in collaboration with the Branch County Elder Abuse Prevention Coalition, will sign the revised and enhanced "Branch Co...
Jan 13, 2023
Walberg votes in favor of bill which bans sale of Strategic Reserve crude to China
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVB) - Fifth District Republican Congressman Tim Walberg was among the majority in the U.S. House that voted in a favor of a bill on Thursday which bans the sale of crude oil from t...
Jan 13, 2023 Courtesy Congressman Tim Walberg's Facebook page
Bronson firefighters called to Friday morning blaze on Holmes Road
BRONSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Bronson firefighters were dispatched to a fire at 1134 Holmes Road just before 8:00 a.m. on Friday morning. Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says the fire started from an ...
Jan 13, 2023 (Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page)
Lindsey takes oath of office for first term as 17th District State Senator
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - 17th District Republican State Senator Jonathan Lindsey of Allen was sworn in to his first term in office during a ceremony at the State Capitol on Wednesday. The oath of office w...
Jan 12, 2023 State Sen. Jonathan Lindsey, R-Allen, was formally sworn into the Michigan Senate during a ceremony at the state Capitol on Wednesday morning. He was joined by his wife, Allison, along with their children William and Violet, and his parents, John and Julia, as Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth T. Clement administered the oath of office.
