Category Archives: Local News
Branch County jobless rate up 1% in October
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County's unemployment rate went up one percent in October 2016 to 4.8 percent. According to figures released by the State of Michigan, the rate reflects a slight dr...
Dec 01, 2016
BUSINESS BEAT: JT's hosts recording session
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A live album will be recorded at JT's Billiard Bar and Grill in Coldwater Friday night. Coldwater resident and Nashville recording artist Scotty Butters will be making the...
Dec 01, 2016
Celebration of Lights for CHC coming next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The annual Community Health Center of Branch County Celebration of Lights will be held next Tuesday starting at 5:30 p.m. This is the 16th annual fundraising event. The do...
Dec 01, 2016
Cardinals battle Northwest in middle school hoops
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Legg Middle School 8th grade boys basketball teams both lost to Jackson Northwest Wednesday night. The A team lost 47-42. Spencer Rodesiler had 15 points while Cayrin ...
Dec 01, 2016
Tommy's House for women becomes reality
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – It's been several years in the planning, but Tommy’s House, a transitional home for women released from jail is now a reality. A ribbon cutting and open house for th...
Dec 01, 2016
Navy sailor reflects on those who served at Pearl Harbor
PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII (WTVB) – As the nation pauses to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred 75 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, the occasion has special meaning for a Coldwater, Michigan...
Nov 30, 2016
Green Party files recount petition in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – As expected, the Green Party filed petitions in Lansing Wednesday for a recount of the Presidential race in Michigan. The Michigan Secretary of State's office is estimating ...
Nov 30, 2016
City sponsors Christmas lighting contest again
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Who has the best Christmas light display in the City of Coldwater? The city is conducting a contest once again for the best decorated house in Coldwater. On line voting wi...
Nov 30, 2016
Thanksgiving night shoplifting leads to 3 arrests
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Three women from Hillsdale were arraigned Tuesday in Branch County District Court after they allegedly shoplifted over $1,700 worth of items from a pair of Coldwater store...
Nov 30, 2016
BUSINESS BEAT: Bronson native returns
STURGIS, MI (WTVB)- HaasCaywood PC has announced that Bronson native David R. Hughes has joined the firm as an associate attorney. His practice will focus in the areas of estate planning, family law a...
Nov 30, 2016
