Category Archives: Top News Stories

City Council approves funding for fire department to replace CPR device
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council this week gave there approval to the Coldwater Fire Department to replace a CPR device that broke earlier this year and due to it's age no longer has ...
Brett Briscoe Dec 19, 2025 Coldwater Fire Chief Dave Schmaltz. Courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube channel.

Branch County residents urged to review updated flood maps as 90-day appeal period begins
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Residents and business owners in Branch County now have an opportunity to review updated preliminary flood risk information and new Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) to understa...
Brett Briscoe Dec 19, 2025

Quincy couple arraigned on multiple charges in child abuse case
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) -A Quincy couple has been charged with multiple felony and misdemeanor counts stemming from allegations of prolonged child abuse against their children. Branch County Prosecuting Att...
Brett Briscoe Dec 18, 2025 AVFC / Depositphotos.com

Branch County's general fund balance expected to be $13 million at end of year
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh told the Board of Commissioners during their work session Thursday that the county's general fund balance will be larger than expected at...
Jim Measel Dec 18, 2025 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC

Commissioners honor Judge O'Grady, bring forward appointment of Juvenile Defender
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners honored an outgoing judge and brought forward the hiring of a juvenile defender during their work session Thursday. The commissioners pa...
Jim Measel Dec 18, 2025 Courtesy of Branch County Government

Illinois man facing charges after driving the wrong way on Indiana Toll Road
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - An Illinois man is facing multiple charges including Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI), after driving the wrong way on the Indiana Toll Road Wednesday. An Indiana State ...
Brett Briscoe Dec 18, 2025 Courtesy Indiana State Police Facebook page

Branch County Sheriff's Department swears in new deputies
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office has announced the hiring of two new deputies, Hunter Munson and Matthew Greene. Both Munson and Greene graduated from the Kellogg Community Co...
Brett Briscoe Dec 18, 2025

Flash Freeze tonight could impact Friday morning commute
A powerful cold front is expected to trigger a dangerous "flash freeze" across Branch County and Southern Michigan tonight, rapidly turning wet roads into sheets of ice. Following unseasonably warm te...
Brett Briscoe Dec 18, 2025

New Technology Park planned for Marshall
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - A new technology park planned for Marshall, which includes a large-scale data center and an integrated natural gas generation plant, is progressing after the Marshall Local Devel...
Brett Briscoe Dec 18, 2025

Lindsey's medical transparency bill passes out of Michigan House
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - State Senator Jonathan Lindsey's (R-Coldwater) medical price transparency legislation, which would require hospitals to publicly disclose the costs of treatments and operations, p...
Brett Briscoe Dec 18, 2025 stockwerk-fotodesign / Depositphotos.com
Coldwater, MI, USA
52 °F Overcast

