Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Ribbon Cutting/Business After Hours at Kick'n Kountry set for August 10
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The re-scheduled Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony and Business After Hours at Kick'n Kountry is set for Thursday, August 10 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:...
Jul 31, 2023 Courtesy Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce
Weather forces postponement of Quincy's Kids Day in the Park
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The possibility of inclement weather last Friday forced organizers of Quincy's "Kids Day in the Park" to postpone the event for a week. The Village of Quincy posted on its Facebook...
Jul 31, 2023 Courtesy Village of Quincy
Another round of heavy rain hits Branch County Saturday morning
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Another round of heavy rain went through Branch County early Saturday morning as a soggy month of July starts to come to a close. Most of the severe weather from this latest...
Jul 29, 2023 Roland Tanglao
Bronson awarded $234,000 grant from EGLE to identify PFAS contamination
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the City of Bronson has been awarded a $234,000 grant that would help the city identify any possible PFAS conta...
Jul 28, 2023 Courtesy City of Bronson Facebook page
Coldwater drivers asked to use caution Sunday during Wish A Mile Bike Tour
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Make A Wish Michigan will host the Wish A Mile Bicycle Tour which will pass through the City of Coldwater on Sunday. The bicyclists are expected to pass through the city from 10...
Jul 28, 2023 Courtesy Coldwater Department of Public Safety
Local health departments expect increase in state funding, amount unknown
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Local health departments around Michigan are expected to get a $25 million funding increase from the State of Michigan after Governor Whitmer and the legislature passed the "Mak...
Jul 28, 2023 Pictures of Money / CC
Branch County stays abnormally dry according to Drought Monitor
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Branch County continues to be abnormally dry according to the latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor which was released on Thursday. The reports shows most of the lower...
Jul 28, 2023 Courtesy U.S. Drought Monitor
BUSINESS BEAT: BCAR presents four scholarships from Bowers Memorial Fund
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Association of Realtors presented another four scholarship checks this week to local graduates. Each recipient was awarded a $500 scholarship from the Cliffie ...
Jul 28, 2023
NWS says 80 mph winds hit Lake Somerset area during Wednesday's storms
LAKE SOMERSET, MI (WTVB) - The National Weather Service says strong winds during the Wednesday afternoon thunderstorms caused some damage along a two-and-a-half mile stretch in the Lake Somerset area....
Jul 28, 2023 Courtesy Lake Somerset Facebook page
Health Agency issues another No Contact Advisory for portion of St. Joseph River
THREE RIVERS, MI (WTVB) - For the second time this month, there has been a discharge of untreated wastewater into the St. Joseph River at Three Rivers. Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Age...
Jul 27, 2023 Courtesy Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Facebook page
