Category Archives: Local News
Commissioners bring forward request from BCSD to re-hire retired Corrections Sergeant to work part time
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners brought forward a request from Sheriff John Pollack during their work session on Friday to re-hire a recently retired Corrections Sergea...
Apr 01, 2022 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office
Quincy High School Band travels to Walt Disney World for Spring Break
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The Quincy High School band left for Walt Disney World in Orlando on Friday morning for a trip they have been planning for since March of 2021. The Quincy band trip happens every f...
Apr 01, 2022
Tickets for Tibbits Summer Theatre now on sale, season begins on June 16
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Tickets went on sale for the 59th consecutive season of Tibbits Summer Theatre on Friday. Tibbits 2022 Summer Theatre Season will feature three musicals. The season will open on...
Apr 01, 2022 Professional actors perform in Tibbits Summer Theatre’s 2021 production of “The Fantasticks.” Tickets for the 2022 season which includes “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change;” “Godspell;” “Nunsense;” and Neil Simon’s comedy “Barefoot in the Park” are now on sale at Tibbits.org.
Commissioners discuss how county should distribute $451,000 in state marijuana funds
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners gave County Administrator Bud Norman some ideas during their Friday work session on how the county should spend the $451,000 it received...
Apr 01, 2022 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Community Health Agency to begin offering second COVID-19 booster vacine
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency said on Friday they will begin offering residents 50 and older, and moderately or severely immunocompromised individuals ...
Apr 01, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Chamber annual golf outing set for September 9 at Bella Vista
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that their annual golf outing has been scheduled for Friday, September 9. This year's outing will be held at Bella Vista Gol...
Apr 01, 2022 Coldwater Chamber of Commerce (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Three Rivers Police ask for assistance in search for man missing since Christmas Day
THREE RIVERS, MI (WTVB) - The Three Rivers Police Department is asking for the public's help in trying to find a man who has been missing for over three months. Chief Scott Boling says 66-year-old Dav...
Apr 01, 2022 Courtesy Three Rivers Police Department
Just one contested GOP race for County Commissioner as filing deadline approaches
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The filing deadline for candidates to get on the August 2 Primary ballot is coming up in just over two weeks and so far there is just one contested Republican race for County Co...
Apr 01, 2022 DonkeyHotey / CC
Draft agreement on offer to buy vacant lot introduced by City Council
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved the introduction of a draft sales agreement on Monday night after the city received a $4,000 offer to purchase a vacant lot at 212 Henry Stre...
Mar 31, 2022
Branch County's February unemployment rate up slightly to 4.4 percent
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate went up slightly in February to four-point-four percent according to data released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management ...
Mar 31, 2022 Bytemarks / CC
