Category Archives: Local News
County Commissioners bring updated County Master Plan forward for final formal action
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An updated Branch County Master Plan is one step away from going into effect after a public hearing was held on Thursday during the Branch County Board of Commissioners work ses...
Mar 18, 2022 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Commissioners approve alternate insurance plans that reduces premiums for county employees
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners suspended board rules and approved a pair of alternate health insurance plans for county employees during their work session on Thursday...
Mar 18, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Chamber and B.A.C.C. host Career Day for area high school freshmen
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - It could not be held the last couple of years because of the COVID-19 pandemic but Career Day returned on Thursday for Branch County high school freshmen. Nearly 1,000 freshmen ...
Mar 18, 2022 Photo courtesy Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce
Eby Center director tells Rotary members about today's young people being digitally connected
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Young people today are living in a culture that is greatly different since the beginning of the 21st century becoming the first generation to have always been digitally connecte...
Mar 17, 2022 Photo by MWC's Jim Whelan
Branch County's January unemployment rate goes up to 4.3 percent
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate went up in January to four-point-three percent according to data released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management &...
Mar 17, 2022 Kevin Smith / CC
Rodriguez bound over to Circuit Court in second CSC case filed against him
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A second criminal sexual conduct case filed against a Coldwater man has been bound over to Branch County Circuit Court after he waved his District Court preliminary exam on Thur...
Mar 17, 2022 Chris Potter / CC
Branch County Road Commission lifting weight restrictions on Monday morning
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Road Commission has announced that weight restrictions will be lifted on Branch County roads as of 6:00 a.m. this Monday morning, March 21, 2022. The weight re...
Mar 17, 2022
Branch County Sheriff's Department still trying to fill open Corrections Officer positions
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff John Pollack reported to the Bronson City Council on Monday night they are still dealing with a shortage of corrections officers. Pollack told the Council ...
Mar 17, 2022 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
BUSINESS BEAT: Grand Opening and ribbon cutting scheduled for Blush and Ivory Bridal Company store
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting and grand opening for the recently opened Blush and Ivory Bridal Company store in downtown Coldwater on Friday,...
Mar 17, 2022
State Horse Welfare Coalition offering $1,500 reward for information about abandoned pony
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Horse Welfare Coalition is offering up to a $1,500 Reward for information concerning a pony which was found abandoned last month in Hillsdale County. The pony was f...
Mar 17, 2022 Courtesy Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department
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