Category Archives: Local News
Commissioners delay new deputy until after jail bond sale
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – With an important bond sale scheduled for early next year which will help finance the new Branch County Jail, the Branch County Board of Commissioners decided during their...
Ken Delaney Dec 14, 2018
Fake e-mail bomb threats also received locally
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Local authorities say the bomb threat emails sent around the country yesterday also reached West Michigan. According the Branch County 911 Central Dispatch Log, one of the...
Ken Delaney Dec 14, 2018
Commissioners make pick for new jail architect
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted to bring forward to Tuesday’s meeting the formal hiring of Byce-Securiture and Associates out of Kalamazoo to be the a...
Ken Delaney Dec 14, 2018
Program to serve victims of elder abuse
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Area Agency on Aging has announced the start of a new program that will serve the victims of elder abuse in the area. Program Director Laura Sutter says the new Servic...
Ken Delaney Dec 14, 2018
Treasurer with warning to commissioners on rating
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Treasurer Ann Vrablic told the Branch County Board of Commissioners Tuesday as they finish up work on the County's 2019 budget, it was important to keep the ...
Ken Delaney Dec 13, 2018
Angola mobile home destroyed by suspicious fire
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) – A fire which destroyed a mobile home in Angola early Thursday morning is being called suspicious by Angola Fire investigators. The fire at 1201 Apollo Drive was reported just...
Ken Delaney Dec 13, 2018
BUSINESS BEAT: Pop Up Shop coming
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) – The Hometown Gazette office at 208 North Broadway and the Scarlet Barn Photography Studio in Union City will be the location of a Holiday Pop In Pop Up Shop this Saturday...
Ken Delaney Dec 13, 2018
Cardinals and Chargers each with a pair of wins
RICHLAND, MI (WTVB) – In high school wrestling, Coldwater defeated Comstock 57-19 and Gull Lake 45-24 at the Gull Lake quad meet Wednesday night. Winning two matches for the Cardinals were: 112 ...
Ken Delaney Dec 13, 2018
Bronson 7th and 8th grade teams get tourney wins
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – In middle schoool boys basketball, the Bronson teams competed Wednesday night in the Big Eight Conference Tournament. The Viking eighth graders defeated Concord 44-12. Aden ...
Ken Delaney Dec 13, 2018
Barking dog may have saved homeowner's life
NOBLE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A family dog may have saved his owners life Wednesday afternoon when a house fire broke out in Branch County’s Noble Township. The fire at 930 Dutch School Road...
Ken Delaney Dec 13, 2018
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