Category Archives: Local News
Governor Snyder signs $28 million measure for emergency funding for Flint
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) – The Governor Friday signed a $28 million measure for emergency funding for Flint. To a chorus of applause from assembled lawmakers at a Michigan Press Association lunch...
Jan 30, 2016
Voter initiative to prohibit discrimination against women, LGBT community suspended for now
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – A voter initiative to amend the Michigan Constitution to prohibit discrimination against women and the LGBT community has run out of steam, at least for this election cycle....
Jan 30, 2016
Water filters may not be filtering out harmful lead in Flint
FLINT, MI (WTVB) – U.S. health officials, the Governor and Flint officials are now urgently warning residents to get their water tested or test it themselves, because the filters they have been ...
Jan 30, 2016
Deadline to sign up for Obamacare for 2016 is Sunday
WASHINGTON, DC (WTVB) – Tomorrow is this year's deadline for signing up for healthcare coverage for this year under the Affordable Care Act, or as it is more popularly known, "Obamacare". Comput...
Jan 30, 2016
Single pickup truck crash claims life of Coldwater man
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Sheriff's Department is investigating an early Friday afternoon fatal traffic accident that took the life of a Coldwater man. The pickup truck crash hap...
Jan 30, 2016
AUDIO: Coldwater, Union City induct new members to respective Athletic Halls of Fame
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, five out of the six Friday night varsity basketball games played by county teams ended up in the loss column but there were plenty of ...
Jan 30, 2016
"Hydrate Vehicle City" effort at Coldwater High School collects almost 300 cases of water for Flint residents
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Residents of Flint, Michigan will soon be receiving almost 300 additional cases of water, thanks to a special drive hosted at Coldwater High School Friday. People were enc...
Jan 30, 2016
Michigan Attorney General's office orders testing of all un-submitted rape kits
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The Michigan Attorney General's office says it will spend $1.7 million testing rape kits that were never submitted to State Police labs for processing. Authorities in Branch...
Jan 29, 2016
AUDIO: Walberg billed aimed at ending wasteful spending signed into law
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTVB) – President Obama yesterday signed into law 7th District Michigan GOP Congressman Tim Walberg's bipartisan bill to increase government accountability and reduce wasteful s...
Jan 29, 2016
Excessive illness closes St Charles Borromeo Elementary Friday, Coldwater students have day off for Records Day
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB0 – We're approaching what is normally the beginning of the height of the flu season and one of the first apparent indications of that in Branch County has arrived. No school ...
Jan 29, 2016
