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Free Christmas dinner to be served from noon until 2:00 p.m. at the Coach Eby Youth and Family Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Volunteers expect to serve hundreds at a free Christmas dinner at the Coach Eby Youth and Family Cent...
1h ago
Reading Chief of Police arrested on domestic violence charges
READING, MI (WTVB) - The Chief of Police for Reading, Michigan has been was arrested and faces domestic violence charges aft...
1h ago
State Trooper dragged by vehicle, suffers minor injuries while attempting arrest in Branch County
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Michigan State Trooper investigating a child custody dispute in Branch County's Butler Townshi...
Dec 22, 2024
Year in Review: May 7 tornados caused significant damage near Sherwood
SHERWOOD, MI (WTVB) - The May 7 tornados that struck Sherwood Township in northwestern Branch County was one of the top stori...
Dec 22, 2024
Bandshell to honor late Coldwater musician Jim Stout being proposed by his family
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The family of late musician and business owner Jim Stout is proposing a bandshell that would be locate...
Dec 21, 2024
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Free Christmas dinner to be served from noon until 2:00 p.m. at the Coach Eby Youth and Family Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Volunteers expect to serve hundreds at a free Christmas dinner at the Coach Eby Youth and Family Cent...
1h ago
Reading Chief of Police arrested on domestic violence charges
READING, MI (WTVB) - The Chief of Police for Reading, Michigan has been was arrested and faces domestic violence charges aft...
1h ago
Calhoun County deputies respond and arrest intoxicated man on I-69, suspect he committed armed robbery earlier
MARSHALL TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - An intoxicated man who police say committed an armed robbery in Galesburg is in custody ...
Dec 23, 2024
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Winter Weather Advisory for freezing rain Monday
UPDATE: Advisory canceled by National Weather Service at 2:20 p.m. COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Instead of snow for Christmas Week,...
Dec 22, 2024
State Trooper dragged by vehicle, suffers minor injuries while attempting arrest in Branch County
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Michigan State Trooper investigating a child custody dispute in Branch County's Butler Townshi...
Dec 22, 2024
State
Former Attorney General eyes run for Michigan governor
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox has formed a committee to examine running for governor. ...
8h ago
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Michigan unemployment benefits to increase to 26 weeks, weekly benefit also rises
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - About 88,000 Michigan residents on unemployment will be getting a boost in benefits after Governor...
8h ago
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Debbie Stabenow casts final U.S. Senate vote
WASHINGTON D.C. (WKZO AM/FM) -Michigan's U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow cast her final vote in the Senate Saturday after 24 yea...
Dec 23, 2024
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Michigan gas price up six-cents in past week
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Gas prices in Michigan are up six-cents a gallon on average to $3.10. Triple-A Michigan says the ...
Dec 23, 2024
AUDIO: Senator Peters discusses legislation to address threats from drones
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan is urging the Senate to pass his bipartisan legislation to ...
Dec 20, 2024
Local Sports
Cards drop heartbreaker to Covenant Christian at Cornerstone Tourney
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) - Nick Oosterhouse's layup with 2.4 seconds left in regulation lifted Grand Rapids Covenant Christian...
Dec 22, 2024
Coldwater swimmers fall at home to Mattawan in last meet before Christmas break
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- For the second meet in a row, the under-manned Coldwater High School boys swim and dive team face off a...
Dec 20, 2024
Coldwater drops tight contest against Pennfield
COLDWATER, MI - In an evenly contested boys basketball game at the Coach Floyd Eby Gymnasium that saw numerous lead changes, ...
Dec 20, 2024
Girls hoops: Cards victorious at home, Chargers win at LCA
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - In high school girls basketball Thursday night, Coldwater built on a 21-14 halftime lead by outscoring...
Dec 20, 2024
Polar Bear swim teams each finish third at Ho Ho Relays
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Legg Middle School Polar Bear swim team traveled to Battle Creek Lakeview High School...
Dec 19, 2024
National Sports
Twins deal LHP Jovani Moran to Red Sox for INF Mickey Gasper
The Minnesota Twins acquired infielder Mickey Gasper from the Red Sox on Tuesday, sending left-hander Jovani Moran to Boston....
1h ago
Ravens WR Zay Flowers (shoulder) questionable vs. Texans
Baltimore Ravens leading receiver Zay Flowers is questionable for Wednesday's game against the host Houston Texans because of...
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Pelicans' Zion Williamson (hamstring) to practice next week
New Orleans Pelicans star center Zion Williamson has started the conditioning phase of his rehab from a left hamstring strain...
3h ago
Michael Jordan's 23XI team disputes NASCAR's 'tired' case
Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing, along with Front Row Motorsports, filed a brief requesting to deny NASCAR's stay for a prelimin...
3h ago
Former Kentucky WR Dane Key set for transfer to Nebraska
Former Kentucky wide receiver Dane Key, one of the top offensive players in the transfer portal, announced on social media Tu...
3h ago
National
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Catamarca, Argentina, EMSC says
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Catamarca in Argentina on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological...
2h ago
French officials raise Mayotte death toll to 39 after Storm Chido
PARIS (Reuters) - French officials raised the death toll in Mayotte to 39 from 35, about 10 days after the islands were batte...
5h ago
Suspect in New York City subway fire killing charged with murder, arson
By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man accused of killing a woman on a New York City subway train by setting her on f...
5h ago
Brazil probes risks from chemicals after tankers plunged off collapsed bridge
ESTREITO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian state and federal authorities were assessing on Tuesday the risks of water contaminati...
5h ago
Former US President Clinton discharged from hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday after being tr...
8h ago
World
Canada condemns China's steps against Canadian institutions over Uyghurs, Tibet
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - The Canadian government condemned China on Tuesday for taking steps against two Canadian instit...
2h ago
Syria's new foreign minister tells Iran not to spread chaos in Syria
CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Syria's newly appointed foreign minister, Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, told Iran on Tuesday not to spread...
2h ago
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Catamarca, Argentina, EMSC says
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck Catamarca in Argentina on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological...
2h ago
Armed men fire on Haiti hospital reopening, killing at least 2
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -At least two people were killed and others injured on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on a group...
4h ago
French officials raise Mayotte death toll to 39 after Storm Chido
PARIS (Reuters) - French officials raised the death toll in Mayotte to 39 from 35, about 10 days after the islands were batte...
5h ago
Business
NYSE short interest rose 2.4 percent in mid-December
NEW YORK, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange rose 2.4 percent in mid-December, the exchange sai...
3h ago
Colombia minimum wage to increase 9.54% to $323 per month in 2025
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's minimum wage will increase by 9.54% in 2025, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday...
3h ago
Turkey raises monthly minimum wage by 30% for 2025
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's net monthly minimum wage will be 22,104 Turkish lira ($630.36) in 2025, Turkish President Tayyi...
6h ago
Exclusive-Mexico central bank could weigh rate cut of 25 or 50 bps in February, deputy governor says
By Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank board could discuss a rate cut of either 25 basis points...
7h ago
Apple seeks to defend Google's billion-dollar payments in search case
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Apple has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying...
8h ago
Politics
Former US President Clinton discharged from hospital
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday after being tr...
8h ago
Trump says he'll seek the death penalty for 'rapists, murderers, and monsters'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will direct his Justice Department to "vigor...
8h ago
Toyota is donating $1 million to Trump's inauguration
By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor of North America is donating $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump's Jan...
8h ago
Biden delivers on threat to veto bill to expand US judiciary
By Nate Raymond and Dan Burns (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed legislation to add 66 new judges to unders...
21h ago
Former US President Bill Clinton hospitalized with fever
(Reuters) -Former Democratic U.S. President Bill Clinton, 78, was hospitalized on Monday with a fever, according to his deput...
Dec 23, 2024
Health
Retail investors buy Novo dip after disappointing weight-loss drug data
By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) - U.S. retail investor fund flows into Novo Nordisk surged 32-fold on Friday, as the Danish drugma...
10h ago
China's WuXi to sell Advanced Therapies unit to US private equity firm
(Reuters) - China's WuXi AppTec said on Tuesday its subsidiaries have signed a deal with U.S.-based private equity firm Altar...
11h ago
Global hunger monitor says famine in war-torn Sudan is spreading
By Ryan McNeill, Nafisa Eltahir, Lena Masri, Khalid Abdelaziz and Deborah Nelson LONDON/CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - RCOM_World_Af...
12h ago
AstraZeneca withdraws application for lung cancer drug in EU
LONDON (Reuters) -AstraZeneca has voluntarily withdrawn its marketing authorisation application with the EU's medicines regul...
15h ago
Merck to discontinue drug for bacterial infection
(Reuters) - Merck will discontinue its drug for a bacterial infection that can lead to fatal diarrhea, the U.S. Food and Drug...
Dec 24, 2024
Science
NASA spacecraft attempts closest-ever approach to the sun
(Reuters) - NASA's Parker Solar Probe was expected to make history on Tuesday by flying into the sun's outer atmosphere calle...
8h ago
India's push for home-grown satellite constellation gets 30 aspirants
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Thirty Indian companies have answered the space regulator's call to build and...
15h ago
Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost
YAKUTSK, Russia (Reuters) - Researchers in Siberia are conducting tests on a juvenile mammoth whose remarkably well-preserved...
Dec 23, 2024
South Korean team develops 'Iron Man' robot that helps paraplegics walk
By Sebin Choi DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) - South Korean researchers have developed a lightweight wearable robot that can ...
Dec 23, 2024
China says its astronauts complete record-breaking spacewalk
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two Chinese astronauts this week completed a world-record spacewalk of more than nine...
Dec 20, 2024
Technology
Apple seeks to defend Google's billion-dollar payments in search case
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - Apple has asked to participate in Google's upcoming U.S. antitrust trial over online search, saying...
8h ago
Iran lifts ban on WhatsApp and Google Play, state media says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have lifted a ban on Meta's instant messaging platform WhatsApp and Google Play as a fi...
10h ago
China's WuXi to sell Advanced Therapies unit to US private equity firm
(Reuters) - China's WuXi AppTec said on Tuesday its subsidiaries have signed a deal with U.S.-based private equity firm Altar...
11h ago
India's push for home-grown satellite constellation gets 30 aspirants
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) - Thirty Indian companies have answered the space regulator's call to build and...
15h ago
China's CATL launches EV chassis, flagging safety as top selling point
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's CATL, the world's largest electric vehicle battery maker, on Tuesday launched a new EV chassis t...
17h ago
Entertainment
Alec Baldwin manslaughter case dropped by New Mexico prosecutor
By Brad Brooks (Reuters) - A New Mexico criminal case against actor Alec Baldwin stemming from a fatal shooting on the set of...
21h ago
NFL-Christmas Day games on Netflix to help NFL expand global reach
By Amy Tennery and Rory Carroll (Reuters) - A pair of Christmas Day games on Netflix will help the NFL build on its internati...
Dec 23, 2024
Soccer-Netflix inks US broadcast deal with FIFA for 2027 and 2031 women's World Cups
NEW YORK (Reuters) - FIFA and Netflix have signed a deal to broadcast the 2027 and 2031 editions of the Women's World Cup in ...
Dec 20, 2024
Sigourney Weaver makes West End debut in 'The Tempest'
By Sarah Mills LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-nominated Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver has made her West End debut as the magician...
Dec 20, 2024
'Mufasa' film puts classic lions into more complex storylines
By Danielle Broadway SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Director Barry Jenkins believes it was important to revisit the Disney classic &qu...
Dec 19, 2024