Category Archives: Local News
Two-vehicle accident in Algansee Township injures three
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon in Algansee Township left three people injured. According to Branch County Sheriff’s Deputies, 40-year-old Paul Tucke...
Jan 09, 2016
"Battle Cry Michigan" to replace Michigan Grassroots Powwow for Tea Party activists
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – There will be no Michigan Grassroots Powwow for conservative activists this year. According to MIRS News, the organizer of last year’s event, beleaguered former S...
Jan 09, 2016
Public comment period underway for DNR Wildlife Strategic Plan
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The public comment period on a five-year Wildlife Division Strategic Plan being formulated by the state Department of Natural Resources is underway. The Guiding Principles a...
Jan 09, 2016
HS Basketball: Coldwater boys claim first place in Interstate 8; Bronson boys picks up first win
UNDATED (WTVB) – Coldwater and Bronson picked up boys basketball wins Friday night, while girls hoops teams from Coldwater, Quincy, Union City, and Tekonsha suffered setbacks. In boys basketball...
Jan 09, 2016
BUSINESS BEAT: Theresa Gillette named Community Health Center November Employee of the Month
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Theresa Gillette was recently named the Community Health Center of Branch County (CHC) November Employee of the Month. She has been an employee of CHC since May of 1998. T...
Jan 08, 2016
City officials try to help residents brace for major road construction in Coldwater later this year
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – You can't say we didn't warn you. Those words aren't on the letter the City of Coldwater mailed out at the end of December to a number of business and residential property...
Jan 08, 2016
Angry building contractors confront Branch County commissioners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) -About a dozen of Branch County's busiest building contractors have a big beef with the county's primary building inspector and now County Commissioners know all about it. The cou...
Jan 08, 2016
Quincy boys basketball rolls past Reading, Coldwater boys swim team picks up first ever win
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports last night, in Boys basketball, Quincy cruised to a 63-18 win at home over Reading. Quinn Eifrid had 19 points, Nathan Karney added 11 poi...
Jan 08, 2016
Animal control gas chamber to be shut down in Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The controversy concerning Branch County's Animal Control Shelter gas chamber will soon be a dead issue. The machine that's been used to euthanize strays in the county, al...
Jan 07, 2016
Economist says slightly negative downturn in December "no cause for alarm"
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WVB) – The West Michigan economy turned slightly negative in December, but a regional economist says "there is no cause for alarm"., and also says it occurs every year because ...
Jan 07, 2016
