Category Archives: Local News
Police officers assaulted while investigating domestic violence complaint at the Community Health Center of Branch County
COLDWATER,MI (WTVB) – A Michigan State Police trooper and a Coldwater City Police officer were assaulted overnight in the emergency room at the Community Health Center of Branch County by a dome...
Apr 06, 2015
Grass and structure fires keep Branch County firefighters busy over Easter weekend
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) – Fire departments across the Branch County area were put to the test over the Easter weekend with a handful of grass and field fires along with several structure blazes. Than...
Apr 06, 2015
Branch County high school sports scene mostly quiet due to Spring Break week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – In Branch County high school sports, it's Spring Break week and that means it's a mostly quiet schedule until a week from today when classes resume, although there are som...
Apr 06, 2015
HS Sports: MHSAA classifications announced, Coldwater boys shot put record falls
UNDATED (WTVB) – While the high school sports schedule in Branch County is on Spring Break hiatus until this coming Thursday, when Union City is scheduled to host Parma Western in a baseball dou...
Apr 04, 2015
Barn fire in Bethel Township causes $50,000 in damages
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – A possible electric short was cited as the cause of an early-morning barn fire in Bethel Township. Bronson firefighters were called to the scene around 3:30 this mor...
Apr 04, 2015
Enbridge sued by Marshall resident over illness caused by oil spill
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) – Enbridge may not have spent its last dollars on the aftermath of that huge oil spill in Calhoun County after all, if Chance Lowery gets his way. Lowery sued the pipeline fi...
Apr 04, 2015
Gas pricing heading back up around Branch County for Easter weekend
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Just in advance of one of the busier travel holidays of the year, gas prices have taken leap at many pumps in Branch County and across Southwest Michigan. Prices have gone...
Apr 03, 2015
Branch County's jobless rate now back below 6%
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Branch County's jobless rate has dropped back down under 6%. The February number released by the state this week pegged the rate at 5.4%. It was 6% even in January to begi...
Apr 03, 2015
Some governmental office closings, Way of the Cross procession planned for Good Friday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Christians today are solemnly marking Good Friday, the traditional date when Jesus Christ was crucified outside Jerusalem. A reminder that on this Good Friday, the Branch ...
Apr 03, 2015
High school sports scene quiet for Spring Break, MHSAA moves wrestling finals out of Battle Creek
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – the beginning of Spring Break today means there's very little on the high school sports schedule around Brach County until a week from Monday, April 13 when classes resume...
Apr 03, 2015
