Category Archives: Local News
New U.S. Census Bureau report shows dramatic drop in median incomes across Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County's economy may be enjoying a correction in the right direction since 2009. But looking at a decade of survey results, broken down in a pair of time periods, a...
Dec 04, 2015
Road rage results in one semi tractor trailer run off I-69
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) – Police say it was a case of trucker road rage on I-69. Michigan State Police are looking for a semi driver who forced another semi into a ditch in Calhoun County's Convis T...
Dec 04, 2015
Branch County unemployment rate at 4.2% in October
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County's jobless rate held basically steady in October at 4.2% compared to 4.1% in September while a year ago, it was 5.2%. 125 fewer people in the county were work...
Dec 04, 2015
Coldwater High School honors AP Scholars
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Coldwater High School this week is celebrating the announcement that 35 CHS students were named as Advanced Placement scholars following the 2014-2015 academic school year...
Dec 04, 2015
Opening game for Bronson girls basketball team tonight
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, there were no varsity events on the schedule Thursday for the second straight day but tonight, Bronson begins its girls basketball seaso...
Dec 04, 2015
Branch County clerk has safety concerns in wake of concealed gun law licensing changes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Clerk Terry Kubasiak and her staff are concerned for their safety because of changes to Michigan's gun laws. For years, county gun boards approved or denied ...
Dec 04, 2015
Quiet night in high school sports, Bronson girls set to tip off season Friday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, there were no events happening yesterday and it's the same for today as the transition from the fall to winter season schedule started...
Dec 03, 2015
WMU law school professors debate gun control issue
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) – The San Bernadino mass killings yesterday in California have once again sparked the debate over whether there should be tighter restrictions on gun sales and ownership. Tw...
Dec 03, 2015
Slick roads cause numerous accidents on I-69 Wednesday evening
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Slick roadways that developed Wednesday evening in Branch County led to a rash of accidents including a half dozen crashes along I-69 near Coldwater with several rollovers...
Dec 03, 2015
Gas station skimmer suspects formally charged in Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Bond was continued yesterday in Branch County District Court at a $1 million for each of the two suspects from Florida accused of installing skimming devices on gasoline p...
Dec 03, 2015
