Category Archives: Local News
Branch Commissioners bring Indiana firm's 911 bid forward
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted on Thursday to bring forward an $8.2 million bid from J and K Communications of Columbia City, Indiana to be the vendor for a new ...
Apr 23, 2020
Hillsdale County Deputies investigating RR crossing incident
ALLEN TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Hillsdale County Sheriff's Office is looking into what they are describing as a “suspicious situation” concerning an Allen Township railroad crossing. The i...
Apr 23, 2020
Illinois woman arrested for high-speed chase through south Michigan
JACKSON, MI — An Illinois woman is in custody after a high-speed chase through lower Michigan. It began just after 9 p.m. Wednesday when a Michigan State Police trooper was attempting to stop th...
Apr 23, 2020
BUSINESS BEAT: BCAR asking for donations to food pantries
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Association of Realtors "Stuff the Van" Food Drive has been changed since the area food pantries have a urgent need for cash donations. Donations payable to "S...
Apr 23, 2020
BISD Board gives go ahead to renovate Careers Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch Intermediate School District Board of Education decided Wednesday to go forward with a future renovation project at the Branch Area Careers Center. The board al...
Apr 23, 2020
Lakeland has the most positive COVID-19 cases of all M.D.O.C facilities
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Lakeland Correctional Facility now has the highest number of prisoners who have been tested for COVID-19 in the Michigan Department of Corrections. In turn, the prison...
Apr 22, 2020
Where's the heat? Below normal temperatures expected to last
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A weather website is predicting below normal temperatures in Branch County will last into the month of May. The normal high for April 22 in Coldwater is 60 degrees but Wed...
Apr 22, 2020
Calhoun County PHD reports sixth COVID-19 death
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – The Calhoun County Public Health Department reported late Wednesday morning there has been a sixth death in its jurisdiction from COVID-19. It’s the first death r...
Apr 22, 2020
White drops out of Branch County Prosecutors race, endorses Stempien
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Prosecutor Val White will not seek a full term in office as she had originally planned. She is instead backing her Chief Assistant Prosecutor Zachary Stempie...
Apr 22, 2020
Six candidates on primary ballot for 58th District seat
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Six candidates filed with the Michigan Secretary of State’s office before Tuesday’s deadline in the race for the 58th District State House seat that has to be gi...
Apr 22, 2020
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