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Branch County unemployment rate edges up to 5.2% in January
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Not seasonally adjusted jobless rates rose in all 18 Michigan labor market areas for January, includin...
Mar 22, 2025
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Timeline in place for screening and interviews for new BISD superintendent
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- With the deadline for applications now April 22, the Branch Intermediate School District Board of Educa...
Mar 21, 2025
LOCAL NEWS

Branch County unemployment rate edges up to 5.2% in January
Mar 22, 2025
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Commissioners bring forward Bailiff/Court Security Deputy pay request
Mar 22, 2025

Steuben County fugitive wanted on rape charges arrested in Florida
Mar 21, 2025

Branch County Sheriff's Office accepting applications for Road Patrol Deputy
Mar 21, 2025

Timeline in place for screening and interviews for new BISD superintendent
Mar 21, 2025

Business Beat: Adventure Zone opens outdoor attractions
Mar 21, 2025
STATE NEWS

Mayor of Sarnia, Ontario requests all U.S. flags be removed from city properties
SARNIA, ONTARIO (WKZO AM/FM) - The mayor of Sarnia, Ontario has issued a request to have all U.S. flags removed from city pro...
Mar 20, 2025
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State House approves $3.1-billion plan to fund road fixes in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The state House has approved a $3.1-billion plan to fund fixing Michigan's roads. House Speaker Ma...
Mar 20, 2025
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Even though they haven't announced yet, James and Dixon lead Republican race for governor in 2026
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A new poll from Mitchell Research and Communications shows Congressman John James and Tudor Dixon ...
Mar 20, 2025

Car crashes into multiple vehicles in Kalamazoo gas station parking lot, injuring at least two people
KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A speeding vehicle veered off the road and into a gas station lot on South Westnedge Avenue in K...
Mar 19, 2025

Michigan House passes bill lowering income taxes to 4.05%
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The Michigan House has approved a bill to lower income taxes to 4.05% from the current 4.25%. The ...
Mar 19, 2025
LOCAL SPORTS

Union City baseball and softball teams start spring sports season at White Pigeon
WHITE PIGEON, MI (WTVB) - While the 2024-25 winter sports season in Michigan will conclude Saturday with the MHSAA Girls Bask...
Mar 22, 2025

CHS boys swim team finish 14th at MHSAA D3 finals, Otto earns all state honors in 50 freestyle
YPSILANTI, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater boys swim and dive team had a successful finish to their season over the weekend at the ...
Mar 16, 2025

Coldwater alum headed to postseason
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) - Brandon Downs a 2023 graduate of Coldwater High School and a sophomore guard at Kalamazoo Valley Commu...
Mar 14, 2025

Four Coldwater players make I-8 All Conference girls basketball team
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Four members of the Coldwater Cardinals girls basketball team have been named to the 2024-25 Interstat...
Mar 14, 2025

Coldwater Boys swim/dive team competing at MHSAA D3 Finals
YPSILANTI, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater will be well represented at the M.H.S.A.A. Division Three Swimming and Diving Finals on Frid...
Mar 13, 2025
NATIONAL NEWS
Trump says Kansas City Chiefs to visit White House
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he will host the Kansas City Chiefs American football team at the White House fo...
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Chuck Schumer holds firm, rejecting calls to quit as top Senate Democrat
By Ryan Patrick Jones (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday dismissed calls from some Democratic law...
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Trump will not defy judge's order on Venezuelan deportations, border czar says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration will not defy a judge's order blocking the use of war powers to deport alleged...
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Trump's regulatory freeze throws US fishing industry into chaos
By Valerie Volcovici, Leah Douglas and Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's regulatory freeze has injected chao...
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At least four people dead in South Korea's wildfires
SEOUL (Reuters) - At least four people have died and six have been injured in a series of wildfires in South Korea, as firefi...
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