Category Archives: Local News
Burr Oak Township clerk told not to administer elections until further notice over absentee ballot snafu
BURR OAK TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Burr Oak Township Clerk has been told by the Michigan Bureau of Elections to not administer elections until further notice due to the alleged improper mailing of abs...
Aug 03, 2022 Tony Webster / CC
Calhoun County Senior Fair returns September 8 after COVID-19 cancellations
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WTVB) - Calhoun County Senior Services has announced the Calhoun County Senior Fair will return September 8 after it had been cancelled the past two years due to COVID-19. In the pas...
Aug 03, 2022
Lindsey Trumps LaSata in 17th District State Senate battle; Fink and Walberg defeat Primary challengers
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The next State Senator from the newly drawn 17th District will be from Branch County. Bronson native Jonathan Lindsey won the Republican Primary on Tuesday as he trounced in...
Aug 03, 2022 Courtesy Jonathan Lindsey for State Senate Facebook page
Library millage renewal approved by large margin; fire protection millage proposals all pass
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Branch County voters overwhelmingly approved the renewal of a Branch District Library millage for the next eight years on Tuesday. It passed by a margin of 4,733 yes to 2,78...
Aug 03, 2022 Branch District Library, Coldwater Branch (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
McClellan wins GOP Primary for Board of Commissioners 5th District seat
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Long time Quincy School Board member Alan McClellan won Tuesday's Republican Primary for the 5th District seat on the Branch County Board of Commissioners. McClellan won Alg...
Aug 03, 2022 Courtesy Quincy Community Schools
Branch County 2022 Primary Results (Governor, Congress, House, Senate)
22 out of 22 precincts reporting ---GOP Governor--- *Tudor M. Dixon 2,244 Ryan D. Kelley 1,149 Ralph Rebandt 178 Kevin Rinke 1,384 Garrett Soldano 1,290 ---GOP Congress 5th District--- *Tim Walberg 4,...
Aug 02, 2022 Rusty Clark ~ 100K Photos / CC
Branch County 2022 Primary Election Results
---GOP County Commissioner District #5--- 5 out of 5 precincts reporting Daniel Dickerson 229 *Alan McClellan 540 Rod Olney 427 ---Proposals--- 22 out of 22 precincts reporting BRANCH COUNTY LIBRARY M...
Aug 02, 2022 GPA Photo Archive
Road Commission announces more seal coating projects starting on Wednesday
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Road Commission has announced that weather permitting, sealcoat maintenance road work will continue Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Work will be performed on Ce...
Aug 02, 2022 Branch County Road Commission
Coldwater man facing eight charges following child porn computer investigation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man was formally charged with seven counts of aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material during an arraignment last Saturday in Branch County District ...
Aug 02, 2022 Chris Potter / CC
Gas leak forces evacuation of Dearth Center, primary voting stopped for 20 minutes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A gas leak at the Dearth Community Center in Coldwater just a few minutes after the polls opened on Tuesday morning forced an evacuation of the building and stopped Primary Elec...
Aug 02, 2022 Dearth Community Center
Fri Jul 17
Battle Creek, MI, USA
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