Category Archives: Top News Stories
Cooking fire causes $125,000 worth of damage to Butler Township home
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A cooking fire that got out of control caused about $125,000 worth of a damage to a two story home in Butler Township late Friday morning. Tekonsha Township Fire Chief Dar...
Mar 11, 2022 Courtesy Quincy Fire Department Facebook page
Branch County Road Commission and Drain Commission get positive reviews in magazine article
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Road Commission and the Branch County Drain Commission were the subjects of a recent article in the spring edition of the Michigan County Road Association'...
Mar 11, 2022
Police looking for driver who ran from Friday morning two vehicle injury crash
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Police are looking for the driver of a passenger car who ran away from the scene of a two vehicle crash involving injury on Friday morning on North Michigan Avenue near State Ro...
Mar 11, 2022
Six Sowards criminal cases bound over to Branch County Circuit Court
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Six criminal cases filed against a 36-year-old Coldwater man have been bound over to Branch County Circuit Court. William Sowards has been charged in the February 13 break-in at...
Mar 11, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
House passes Fink backed bill curtailing Governor's emergency powers on guns and ammunition
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The state House has approved 58th District Republican State Representative Andrew Fink's legislation which he says prevents a Michigan governor from issuing any directive that pro...
Mar 11, 2022 Courtesy office of State Representative Andrew Fink
Hillsdale Hospital administrator says "it's time to get back to normal"
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - Hillsdale Hospital announced last week that the facility was returning to full visitation due to the recent drop in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Hospital President and C...
Mar 10, 2022 Courtesy of Hillsdale Hospital
Michigan marks two-year anniversary of first confirmed COVID-19 cases
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - It was two years ago Thursday that our lives were turned upside down when the first two cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the State of Michigan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer ...
Mar 10, 2022 sergio santos / CC
Police training on new Branch 800 megahertz system to take place next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Law enforcement departments around Branch County are about ready to switch over to the new 800 megahertz emergency radio system. It was reported during Wednesday's Branch County...
Mar 09, 2022 Field testing for new 911 system. Photo courtesy of Coldwater Public Safety Police and Fire Facebook page
Village of Quincy Market 1858 shed applications now available
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The Village of Quincy is gearing up to open its downtown Market 1858 and they are looking to fill some shed openings. The Village is looking for ambitious small business owners to ...
Mar 09, 2022 Courtesy Quincy Market 1858 Facebook page
DDA Board approve bids for Taylor's Stationers building work
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater's Downtown Development Authority Board passed a pair of resolutions during a special Tuesday night meeting which approved bids for exterior maintenance wor...
Mar 08, 2022 Taylor's Stationers in downtown Coldwater before it closed in 2016. Photo courtesy of Taylor's Stationers
