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Branch Area Food Pantry holiday food distribution set for Saturday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Area Food Pantry Holiday Food Distribution is scheduled for this Saturday, November 23 from...
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Reading man injured as pickup truck and cattle trailer crashes into train
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - A pickup truck pulling a trailer which contained 43 head of cattle crashed into a train operat...
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LOCAL NEWS
Father arraigned, released on bond in the death of his three-year-old in hot car
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DDA Board approves work plans for 2025 Main Street events
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Branch Area Food Pantry holiday food distribution set for Saturday
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Reading man injured as pickup truck and cattle trailer crashes into train
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DDA Board approves establishing non-endowed fund with BCCF
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BUSINESS BEAT: Michigan Gas Utilities partnering with police to stop scams
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STATE NEWS
Secretary of State Benson cheers passage of bills restricting firearms at polling locations
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Two bills have been passed by lawmakers that would restrict firearms at polling locations while th...
Nov 19, 2024
Former Coldwater prison guard gets jail time/probation for meth possession
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A former corrections officer at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater was sentenced on Monda...
Nov 19, 2024
Gas prices up 9-cents a gallon in Michigan
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's more expensive to fill the gas tank in Michigan compared to last Monday. Triple-A Michigan s...
Nov 18, 2024
General Motors announces lay offs
DETROIT -- General Motors Co. today laid off roughly 1,000 people with a majority of those apparently working out of the auto...
Nov 16, 2024
Kalamazoo man headed for prison dies while trying to escape transport van
BIG RAPIDS, MI - A Kalamazoo man has died while apparently trying to escape a sheriff's department transport van in Mecosta C...
Nov 15, 2024
LOCAL SPORTS
Harper Creek and K Christian volleyball teams advance to MHSAA semifinals
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - Harper Creek and Kalamazoo Christian have advanced to the semifinals of the M.H.S.A.A. girls volley...
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Legg MS boys basketball teams win three games against Hastings
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Legg Middle School boys basketball teams won three out of four games against Hastings on Tuesday n...
18h ago
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All Big 8 Conference High School Football team for 2024 announced
UNDATED (WTVB) - The All Big 8 Conference football team for 2024 has been announced. Branch County players are highlighted in...
Nov 19, 2024
MHSAA Football Tournament moves into semifinal round next weekend
UNDATED (WTVB) - The field in the M.H.S.A.A. 11 player Football Tournament has been reduced to 32 teams as regional champions...
Nov 17, 2024
Legg Middle School boys hoop teams battle Jackson Northwest
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Legg Middle School boys basketball teams took on Jackson Northwest on Thursday night. No score was...
Nov 15, 2024
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NATIONAL NEWS
US says 13.5 tons of deadly gas released at Texas refinery in Oct incident
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Wednesday that 27,000 pounds (13.5 tons) of de...
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US arrests homeless man in New York Stock Exchange bomb plot
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement on Wednesday arrested a homeless Florida man and charged him with plotting ...
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Rosenworcel to step down as US Federal Communications Commission chair on Jan. 20
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said on Wednesday she will step d...
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Iceland volcano erupts for the tenth time in three years
OSLO (Reuters) - A volcano near Iceland's capital erupted late on Wednesday for the tenth time in three years, spewing founta...
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Trump likely to pick Johns Hopkins surgeon, COVID mandate critic Makary for FDA, sources say
By Stephanie Kelly and Nathan Layne (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will likely choose Johns Hopkins surgeon an...
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