Category Archives: Local News
Theatre reported to be financially strong despite challenges of 2021
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the addition of entertainment and check presentations, Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council, Inc. held its annual meeting as a combined virtual and in-person event a...
Jan 30, 2022
Sperbeck estate donates $27,000 to City of Coldwater to benefit youth in community
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater has been gifted over $27,000 by the estate of Paul W. Sperbeck. City Manager Keith Baker reported during last Monday's City Council meeting that the money ...
Jan 28, 2022
Health Agency to begin distribution of KN95 masks in Branch, Hillsdale and St. Joseph Counties on Tuesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Health Officer Rebecca Burns reported during Thursday's Board of Health meeting that the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency along with Region 3-C of the Area Ag...
Jan 28, 2022 dronepicr / CC
Quincy Village Council scheduled to take action on one year contract for Butler Tuesday night
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The Quincy Village Council is scheduled to take action during a special meeting Tuesday night on an employment contract with Village Manager Brittany Butler. The one year contract ...
Jan 28, 2022 Quincy Village Manager Brittany Butler (MWC photo by Jim Whelan)
Two Mental Health First Aid Training sessions scheduled for March and April
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Pines Behavior Health and the Branch County Suicide Prevention Coalition will be hosting a pair of Mental Health First Aid Training sessions in March and April. A Youth Mental H...
Jan 28, 2022
BUSINESS BEAT: Chamber announces they're in the process of bringing back YPBC
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that they are in the process of bringing back the Young Professionals of Branch County. The group has been put on hold due t...
Jan 28, 2022 Coldwater Chamber of Commerce (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Branch County December unemployment drops slightly to 3.9 percent
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate dropped slightly in December to three-point-nine percent according to data released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Ma...
Jan 27, 2022 Bytemarks / CC
Fink says Governor's State of the State lacked "majorly in pertinent information"
ADAMS TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - 58th District Republican State Representative Andrew Fink said Governor Gretchen Whitmer's virtual State of the State speech on Wednesday night was "just another Zoom meeti...
Jan 27, 2022 Courtesy State Representative Andrew Fink
Stolen vehicle and police pursuit suspect has cases bound over to Circuit Court
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - One of two suspects who is facing numerous charges after a pair of vehicles were stolen and a police pursuit took place in Coldwater has had his cases bound over to Branch Count...
Jan 27, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
All three Community Health Agency counties remain at high risk for spread of COVID-19
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns reported to the Agency's Board of Health on Thursday that all three counties remain at a high ri...
Jan 27, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
