Category Archives: Local News

UNDATED (WTVB) – Figures released recently by the State of Michigan showed Branch County's unemployment rate dropped a half percent in November to 4.3 percent. The county's estimated labor force...

(UNDATED) - Voters rejecting a 20 year millage for a new Branch County Jail was the top news story of 2016 according to WTVB News. * The “No” votes prevailed on August 2nd 3,312-2,227. Bra...

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man was formally arraigned on six charges including three counts of resisting, assaulting or obstructing police officers on Thursday morning in Branch County D...

COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A special meeting for the Branch County Board of Commissioners will be held this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. on what is the final day of business for the county in 2016. The pu...

UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) – With the start of the new year, the Victorian Villa Inn in Union City will be starting its 36th year of business. The Inn opened for business in January of 1982 after the...

THREE RIVERS, MI (WTVB) – A 19-year-old wanted for homicide in Colorado was arrested on Wednesday night in Three Rivers. The identity of Gerard Bryant Allison was confirmed by police in Colorado...

UNDATED (WTVB) – St. Joseph County is included in a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of southwest Michigan and northern Indiana which is in effect from 3:00 p.m. Thursday afternoon until 10:00 ...

COMSTOCK, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater freshman girls basketball team won the championship of a holiday tournament hosted by Comstock on Wednesday night as they rallied from a nine point halftime d...

BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – Police and fire units had more than just a mobile home fire to deal with late Wednesday morning in Branch County’s Bethel Township as a man who was described as suicid...

HOMER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A 26-year-old Union City man was arrested on Wednesday morning following an investigation into a drive by shooting on Christmas Eve in Calhoun County's Homer Township...