Author Archives: Jim Measel
County seeks state deadline extension for Designated Assessor
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County has been trying in recent weeks to get enough governmental units in the county to agree to having a local Designated Assessor. There was a December 31 deadline to ...
Jan 07, 2021 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BCSD losing another road patrol deputy on the 17th
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The already short handed Branch County Sheriff's Department will be losing another road patrol deputy later this month. Branch County Sheriff John Pollack told the Board of Comm...
Jan 07, 2021 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
Coldwater man facing 10 charges in child sex crime case
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man was arraigned on Thursday afternoon in Branch County District Court on ten charges involving child sex crimes. 68-year-old Dennis Roger Watson was booked at the ...
Jan 07, 2021
BUSINESS BEAT: Culy's Jewelry announces new owners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Culy's Jewelry in downtown Coldwater has new owners and the family owned and operated business will stay in the family. The new owners as of New Year's Day are Laura Trojanowski...
Jan 07, 2021
MHSAA announces sites for football finals
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan High School Athletic Association has announced the sites for the upcoming football finals. The 8-Player Finals will be held on Saturday, January 16 at the Legacy...
Jan 06, 2021 Justin Russell / CC
Coldwater BPU Butters Avenue substation almost ready
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Engineering and Technical Services Director Jim Odneal reported to the CBPU Board of Directors on Wednesday that the load for the Butters Ave...
Jan 06, 2021
Walberg "strongly condemns" U.S. Capitol violence
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVB) - Michigan Seventh District Republican Congressman Tim Walberg denounced the violence at the U.S. Capital on Wednesday which took place as a joint session of Congress was being...
Jan 06, 2021 USCapitol
Whitmer, MDHHS announce next phases of vaccines to start Monday
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and officials from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have announced that the state will be moving to the next phase of COVID-...
Jan 06, 2021 Official U.S. Navy Page / CC
Police look for vehicle that hit St. Joe County gas station
PARK TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Police are looking for a suspect after his vehicle struck a gas station building in St. Joseph County on Monday afternoon. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite says the hit and run crash...
Jan 06, 2021 Ken Hawkins / CC
MHSAA will allow limited spectators for football and girls volleyball tourneys
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan High School Athletic Association announced on Wednesday that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will allow a limited numbers of spectators for ...
Jan 06, 2021
