Category Archives: Local News
Local, State officials on board for ballistic missile base at Fort Custer
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) – Branch County Commissioners earlier this year passed a resolution of support and so did the Michigan House and yesterday, the Michigan Senate approved a resolution urgi...
May 08, 2015
Quincy baseball splits with Reading; Bronson drops two to Mendon
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, yesterday in baseball, Quincy split their Big 8 doubleheader at home with Reading with the visiting Rangers winning the opener 11-3 be...
May 08, 2015
Report: Gov. Snyder won't run for President in '16
LANSING, MI (WTVB) – Politico is reporting that Michigan Governor Rick Snyder will not make a run for president in 2016. The website cites a pair of anonymous sources close to the Republican gov...
May 07, 2015
National Day of Prayer events held locally at Coldwater Free Methodist Church
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Today is the National Day of Prayer. A recent Pew Research poll says more than half of Americans say they pray every day. About 20 percent say they rarely pray, if ever. A...
May 07, 2015
Local physicians ask for donations to aid Nepal earthquake victims
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A pair of physicians at the Community Health Center of Branch County who are natives of Nepal have put out the call for area residents to come to the aid of the thousands ...
May 07, 2015
BUSINESS BEAT: BACC students part of Michigan Envirothon State Competition
AUGUSTA, MI (WTVB) – Twenty four teams of high school students from across the state will be competing during the three-day Michigan Envirothon State Competition at the Fort Custer Training Cent...
May 06, 2015
No injuries during apartment house fire in Coldwater Tuesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – An overheated extension cord is getting the blame for a fire yesterday afternoon in Coldwater at a two story apartment house. Firemen found smoke showing from the rear of ...
May 06, 2015
BUSINESS BEAT: Tibbits Boosters honors volunteers, names Linda Ives Volunteer of the Year
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Tibbits Boosters honored its volunteers and named Linda Ives its volunteer of the year at its annual volunteer reception April 28 at the Tibbits Opera House. Nearly 100 vo...
May 06, 2015
AUDIO: Branch County voters join in rejecting sales tax increase for road repairs
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County voters also joined others in the state in turning down the proposed 1% increase in Michigan's sales tax to fund roads with the issue falling in the county 5,...
May 06, 2015
AUDIO: Coldwater School District voters overwhelmingly reject two bond proposals, Union City voters approve sinking fund renewal
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- The No vote won the day in the Coldwater School District and also across Michigan in the resounding rejection of Proposal One with a mostly light turnout for Tuesday's elections....
May 06, 2015
