COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Board of Commissioners will be asked during their work session on Thursday morning to bring forward to next weeks regular meeting the naming of Valerie White as Attorney Magistrate for Branch County.
She has been selected by District Court Judge Brent Weigle to take over from David T. Coyle who is retiring as Magistrate.
Coyle served five terms as Branch County District Court judge from 1978 until 2008. He then became the court’s Magistrate when Weigle took over as District Court judge on January 1, 2009.
Weigle is asking for a formal resolution from the Commissioners approving his selection of White which will be effective on November 15.
Formal action by Commissioners would take place next Tuesday afternoon.
White is a former Branch County Prosecutor who was appointed to the position in early 2019 to serve out the balance of Ralph Kimble’s term.
She was serving as the Chief Assistant Prosecutor when she was “relieved of her duties” by current Branch County Prosecutor Zack Stempien in May.
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