Author Archives: Jim Measel
911 Board told new director will not be hired before plan is ready
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County 911 Board Chair Keith Baker and told the board on Wednesday that a new 911 Director will not be hired before a service plan agreement is put together. Jean Ratkows...
Nov 12, 2020 Tyler Silvest / CC
Governor, health officials, say state is now in the worst part of the pandemic
LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the state is "in the worst part of this pandemic to date." The Governor and the state's medical director Dr. Joneigh Khaldun spoke Th...
Nov 12, 2020
Branch County man in custody following Matteson Twp shooting incident
MATTESON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police at Marshall say a 28-year-old Branch County man is in custody in LaGrange County, Indiana following a shooting incident at a residence in the 900 b...
Nov 12, 2020 Daniel / CC
Bronson City Hall closing to the public starting on Friday
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - Due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Branch County, Bronson City Hall will be closed to the public starting on Friday until further notice. The office will be available to...
Nov 12, 2020
HCSD releases fatal victim's name in Friday motorcycle crash
READING TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department has released the name of the motorcyclist who was killed in a crash last Friday morning on Bankers Road west of South Allen Road...
Nov 12, 2020
BUSINESS BEAT: Consumers Energy recruiting military vets for line work
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy is recruiting military veterans with electric experience to join its new Basic Electric Lineworker Apprentice program. The job pays $35 an hour following 1...
Nov 12, 2020 Photo courtesy of Consumers Energy
Baker thanks voters for Branch 911 surcharge approval
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker thanked Branch County voters during Wednesday's 911 Board meeting for approving an enhanced 911 central dispatch surcharge request last week s...
Nov 11, 2020 Scary Side of Earth / CC
Branch District Library going back to curbside service on Monday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch District Library has announced that effective this Monday, November 16 they will be moving back to Stage 4 of their COVID-19 Response Plan which means all branches wi...
Nov 11, 2020 Branch District Library, Coldwater Branch (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
COVID-19 spike continues, 60 new Branch cases reported on Wednesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The staggering daily numbers of COVID-19 cases continued on Wednesday as the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency reported 60 new Branch County cases bringing the...
Nov 11, 2020 Navy Medicine
Veterans Day program held at Coldwater American Legion post
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Men and women who served the United States in the military were honored on Wednesday during a Veterans Day ceremony in front of the Coldwater American Legion Post #52 on West Ch...
Nov 11, 2020 Marines
