Category Archives: Local News
Unemployment rate down slightly in February
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The unemployment rate in Branch County during February 2018 held nearly steady at 4.9%, after being at 5% in January. According to figures from the Michigan Department of ...
Apr 2, 2018
BUSINESS BEAT: Gander Outdoors now open
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) -The Gander Outdoors outlet in the Willowbrook Village plaza reopened this weekend under new management. It has a slightly different name after the Gander Mountain parent chain we...
Apr 2, 2018
Special display for National Crime Victims’ Rights Week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Every year, millions of Americans are affected by crime and next week, everyone entering the Branch County Courthouse will be reminded on 3 days about crime and its impact...
Apr 2, 2018
A chilly month of April predicted
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – There will be times this week you will do a double take at the calendar. Spring officially arrived two weeks ago but this week's weather at times will make you think we ar...
Apr 2, 2018
Burns Park expansion goes to Planning Commission
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – An expansion of a senior housing project on Coldwater’s northeast side will come before the city’s Planning Commission tonight. The owners of Burns Park senior...
Apr 2, 2018
Ag department head to tour Branch County Tuesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Two major agricultural production facilities in Branch County will be part of the “Back to Our Roots” RV tour for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue Tu...
Apr 2, 2018
Goodie Shop changing hands, staying in family
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – After running the Goodie Shop for over two decades, Brian Webber will be retiring on Saturday. He has sold the restaurant on North Monroe Street to his daughter Veronica a...
Mar 31, 2018
City looks for help in getting $20,000 parks grant
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The City of Coldwater is asking for help from area residents in getting a $20,000 grant to spruce up the city’s parks. For the fourth year in a row, the National Rec...
Mar 31, 2018
Senior center to team with hospital for lunches
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Commission on Aging Board has chosen ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital to be the lunch service vendor at the Burnside Senior Center. After recently p...
Mar 31, 2018
Area farmers could receive water use assistance
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Michigan farmers in the St. Joseph River watershed have until May 18, 2018, to submit applications for the current round of conservation financial assistance from the U...
Mar 31, 2018
