Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Unemployment Insurance Agency employer seminars to be held in Kalamazoo
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) – Area employers will have an opportunity to learn more about the state's unemployment insurance tax and benefit programs at the Unemployment Insurance Agency's (UIA) 2015 E...
Aug 20, 2015
Road repair funding plan now stalled until after Labor Day
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – A funding solution to fixing Michigan's crumbling roads will wait until after Labor Day. House Speaker Kevin Cotter spoke after the House adjourned last night without a comp...
Aug 20, 2015
Coldwater girls golf team starts fall high school sports season with 7th place finish in opening tournament
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, the 2015 fall season schedule got started yesterday with Coldwater Girls golf and the Lady Cardinals finished seventh out of 12 teams ...
Aug 20, 2015
Even though situation is easing, sheriff says overcrowding of female inmates remains a problem at Branch County Jail
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Sheriff John Pollack continues to take steps to address the chronic problem of having way too many female inmates at the County Jail. Pollack this week share...
Aug 20, 2015
Steve Dutcher, longtime owner and operator of Dutcher Funeral Home, passes away in Florida
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Family and friends and the Coldwater community are remembering Steve Dutcher, the former Coldwater resident who passed away Tuesday at the age of 75 in Ft. Lauderdale, Flo...
Aug 19, 2015
Old 27 Motor Car Tour rolls into Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The annual Old 27 Motor Car Tour made a stop in Coldwater Tuesday and Wednesday, with the cruisers heading north for their final destination in Cheboygan this weekend. Amo...
Aug 19, 2015
Suspicious activity call leads Calhoun County Sheriff's Department deputies to murder suspect
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – Calhoun County Sheriff’s Department deputies were asked to check out some suspicious door to door salesmen in Eckford Township and ended up arresting a suspected ...
Aug 19, 2015
Senator Shirkey key player in road funding negotiations
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Branch County's representative in the Michigan Senate, Mike Shirkey, is one of six state lawmakers on a House-Senate conference committee scheduled to meet today to discuss ...
Aug 19, 2015
BUSINESS BEAT: Kellogg Community College Foundation announces new nursing scholarship
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – The Kellogg Community College Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of a new nursing scholarship made possible through the generosity of local resident Ber...
Aug 19, 2015
High school golf and tennis scheduled to kick-off fall sports season today
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, the 2015 fall season is scheduled to start today, but with thunderstorms likely, the weather could be a factor as the Coldwater girl's...
Aug 19, 2015
