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Increased fertilizer cost putting extra stain on Branch County farmers as planting season nears
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Farmers in Branch County are grappling with a sharp rise in operating costs as fertilizer prices surg...
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Crews work to get Union Lake ready for summer boating season
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - Crews and specialized dive teams worked through the weekend of April 18, 2026, to clear hazardous und...
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LOCAL NEWS
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Increased fertilizer cost putting extra stain on Branch County farmers as planting season nears
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Crews work to get Union Lake ready for summer boating season
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LOCAL SPORTS
Coldwater softball improves to 13-0 with sweep of Lakeview
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Cardinal softball team continues to roll in the month of April, starting off the week wi...
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Cardinal girls soccer gets game-winner in last minute; Orioles blank Vikings
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - Aivry Chavez's goal off a direct free kick with 25 seconds left lifted Coldwater to a 3-2 Interstat...
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Victory on the tennis courts for Coldwater and Bronson
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater girls tennis team defeated Pennfield 7-1 Monday evening. Coldwater swept the doubles ...
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Orioles third, Vikings fourth, Chargers sixth at Springport jamboree
PARMA, MI (WTVB) - Springport hosted the second Big 8 Conference boys golf jamboree of the season Monday afternoon at Burr Oa...
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Weekend wins for Coldwater and Bronson girls soccer
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Cardinal girls soccer team improved to 3-2-1 on the season as they blanked Battle Creek ...
Apr 19, 2026
STATE NEWS
Michigan's average gas price down 15¢
DEARBORN, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - It's 15¢ cheaper per gallon to buy gas in Michigan than last week. Triple-A Michigan says th...
22h ago
Pure Michigan's "For Every Season of You" Spring/Summer Tourism Campaign Underway
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 20, 2026) - With the unofficial start of the state's spring/summer tourism season - Holland's T...
22h ago
AG Nessel seeking 61% cut in Consumers Energy rate hike request
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wants regulators to cut the rate hike request of Consumers E...
Apr 17, 2026
Poll shows dead heats in Democratic U.S. Senate, Republican gubernatorial primaries
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll finds former Detroit public health official Abdul El-Sayed and state Senator Mallory Mc...
Apr 17, 2026
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State House Speaker Hall Lays Out GOP Budget Overview
YouTube video courtesy Michigan House Republicans LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 17, 2026) - Now that state lawmakers are back...
Apr 17, 2026
NATIONAL NEWS
Analysis-With tariffs stalled, Trump's China policy drifts
By Michael Martina WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - When President Donald Trump returned to office in 2025, he vowed to use t...
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Earthquake of 6 magnitude hits off Indonesia's Timor island, geophysics agency says
JAKARTA, April 21 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6 magnitude struck offshore Indonesia's Timor island, ...
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.5 strikes Colombia-Ecuador border, GFZ says
April 20 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck the Colombia-Ecuador border region on Mond...
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EPA, DOJ file complaint over Potomac River after sewage leak
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Monday filed a complaint against the District of Columbia Wat...
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King Charles honours 'darling mama' on what would have been her 100th birthday
By Michael Holden LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - King Charles paid a tender tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth on Tuesd...
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