Category Archives: Top News Stories
Family sets up GoFundMe to help Jim Stout after series of health issues in New Mexico
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A Go Fund Me page has been established by the family of local musician Jim Stout in an attempt to get him back to the area after he has suffered a series of health issues in...
May 16, 2022 Photo courtesy of Laurie Stout's Facebook page.
Owners of Red Arrow Restaurant plan to rebuild after last week's fire
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - The owners of the Red Arrow Restaurant have announced plans to rebuild following a fire which gutted the interior of the restaurant last Thursday morning. A post on the restaurant...
May 16, 2022 Courtesy Fremont, Indiana Fire Department Facebook page
Soaring gas prices continue with no let up in sight, prices in Coldwater as high as $4.49 a gallon
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Gas prices spiked another 15 cents on Sunday as some stations in Coldwater were selling gas for as high as $4.49 a gallon. It is by far the most expensive price for a gallon...
May 16, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
Hayes and Kramer receive Paul Harris Award from Noon Rotary
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Noon Rotary club's highest honor for members is the Paul Harris Award, and it was announced on Friday night that Joe Hayes and Tom Kramer were the 57th and 58th me...
May 15, 2022
Plans for CHS Senior celebrations and downtown Swing Out announced
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The school year is winding down and it's almost time to say goodbye to the Class of 2022. Plans to honor the Coldwater High School seniors next Friday have been announced. A Con...
May 14, 2022 Coldwater High School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Branch County 911 still looking for dispatchers, hiring efforts continue
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - It's a problem that just will not go away for Branch County government. The County is still in need of 911 dispatchers. 911 Director Bob Swick told the County Communications Boa...
May 14, 2022 Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA / CC
Coldwater Police purchasing two new 2022 budgeted Ford Explorers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Police Department is trying to stay ahead of supply chain issues that have hit law enforcement agencies due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They received permission from...
May 13, 2022 Courtesy Coldwater Public Safety Department Facebook page
BA.2 mutant cause COVID-19 numbers to go back up, 81 Michigan counties back in high risk spread category
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Statistics are showing that the number of new COVID-19 cases are going back up again after trending down for the last couple of months. Health officials say the latest increase ...
May 13, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Interior of Red Arrow Restaurant just south of state line destroyed in Thursday fire
JAMESTOWN TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - A fire on Old 27 just south of the Michigan-Indiana state line early Thursday morning destroyed the interior of the Red Arrow Restaurant. The Fremont, Indiana Fire Depa...
May 12, 2022 Courtesy Fremont, Indiana Fire Department Facebook page
911 Board recommends Commissioners pay over $4,900 for moving ham radio club antenna
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County 911 Communications Board recommended to the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday that a bill for over $4,900 for the moving of a ham radio club antenna as part ...
May 12, 2022 David Harvey / CC
