COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Commissioners yesterday got the latest breakdown on what their options are for dealing with the county’s stressed out pension plan fund.

As for the good news, more indications the Lakeland Correctional facility isn’t going to close any time soon. Commissioner Rod Olney, who is on the Prison’s Community liaison committee, said rumors of a shutdown persist, but he told the Board, be rest assured, the facility is alive and well. Olney said in fact, the Coldwater prison recently had 45 more inmates transferred there after they made it known they had bed space available and according to Olney, another 40 or so additional prisoners could be headed to Lakeland.