COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Four decades of public health service in Branch County is about to be recognized. Next week, the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency will be kicking off the celebration of their 40^th year anniversary as a district health department.

The agency will  also be reporting on the passage of a new interlocal agreement between the three counties that will take the local health departments into the future.  In honor of the milestone, the courthouses in Coldwater and Centreville as well as the Hillsdale County  Library will be sites for the display of memorabilia of public health from years gone by.