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Stolen Reading ambulance recovered after police chase in Indiana
DEKALB COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - An Ohio man was arrested late Saturday night in DeKalb County, Indiana after he allegedly stole a medical vehicle from the Reading Emergency Unit and led police on a high sp...
Jim Measel Aug 01, 2021

Two drivers injured in five car crash at Butler Motor Speedway
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Two drivers were injured in a crash at Butler Motor Speedway which took place just after midnight on Sunday morning. The speedway posted on its web site it was a "horrible...
Jim Measel Aug 01, 2021

Coldwater man called "person of interest" in Steuben County homicide
FREMONT TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - A Coldwater man is being listed as a person of interest by the Steuben County Sheriff's Department as they are investigating a homicide. The Sheriff's Office got a report...
Jim Measel Jul 30, 2021

GoFundMe page started for family of Hillsdale woman killed in traffic crash
HILLSDALE COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A GoFundMe page has been organized by the family of a Hillsdale County woman who was killed when a wrong way vehicle struck four others on I-94 in Jackson County last Sat...
Jim Measel Jul 30, 2021 Photo courtesy GoFundMe.com

Coldwater Schools Transportation Open House next Thursday, building Open Houses Aug 17 & 18
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County students will be heading back to the classroom in about three weeks. To help get students and parents ready for the upcoming school year, Coldwater Community Schoo...
Jim Measel Jul 30, 2021 Photo courtesy Coldwater Community Schools

Downtown Social District tentatively scheduled to start August 14
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Economic Development Coordinator Audrey Tappenden told the Downtown Development Authority Board on Wednesday they hope to kick off the newly established Social Distric...
Jim Measel Jul 30, 2021

Stolen gun and threat case of North Adams man bound over to Circuit Court
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The case of a North Adams man who allegedly threatened another man on July 9 with a gun and then tried to run from police has been bound over to Branch County Circuit Court. 34-...
Jim Measel Jul 29, 2021 Chris Potter / CC

Branch County "High Risk" for COVID spread, BHSJCHA recommends indoor mask wearing
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns says the rapid increase of COVID-19 cases over the past week in the tri-county area is a "call t...
Jim Measel Jul 29, 2021 Olgierd (3rd account) / CC

Storms knock out power for nearly 200 Branch County Consumer's Energy customers
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Strong storms that went through early Thursday morning caused about 200 Consumer's Energy customers in Branch County to lose their electricity. Most of the outages were in t...
Jim Measel Jul 29, 2021 Daniel Borman / CC

13 flags stolen from service club's Healing Hill of Hope in Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A project that aimed to raise awareness of child abuse and neglect in the community was the victim of vandalism earlier this month. The Coldwater Police Department is investigat...
Ken Delaney Jul 29, 2021 Coldwater Police Department officer Robin Swartz investigates the theft of flags from the Healing Hill of Hope July 28, 2021 (Jim Whelan-Midwest Communications Inc)
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