Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Harbor Freight Tools opening store on North Willowbrook Road this summer
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Harbor Freight Tools, which calls itself America's go-to store for quality tools at the lowest prices, has announced that it will be opening a new store in Coldwater at 373 Nort...
Jun 3, 2022 Courtesy Harbor Freight Facebook page
More gas pains for Branch County drivers, 20 cent spike sends price up to $4.99
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The pain at the pump keeps getting worse as for all intents and purposes, five dollar gas has arrived in Branch County. There was another 20 cent spike at several service st...
Jun 3, 2022 Photo courtesy of Sheila Taylor
NWS says high winds and low humidity will elevate fire danger Friday afternoon
NORTH WEBSTER, IN (WTVB) - Branch County is included in an area that the National Weather Service says has a elevated fire danger for Friday afternoon. Forecasters say winds will become northwest this...
Jun 3, 2022 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page.
Litchfield man formally charged in connection with alleged shooting of neighbor
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - A Litchfield man was formally charged during an arraignment on Wednesday afternoon in Hillsdale County District Court with allegedly shooting his neighbor in the back of the hea...
Jun 2, 2022 Rumble Press / CC
Commissioners hold public hearing on request from land owner to annex 40 acres into Village of Quincy
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The first of two public hearings on a request from a property owner to annex nearly 40 acres of land in Quincy Township into the Village of Quincy was held during Thursday's Bra...
Jun 2, 2022 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Dowagiac man dies in Thursday morning St. Joseph County crash
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 20-year-old Dowagiac man was killed early Thursday morning in a St. Joseph County one vehicle crash. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite reports the crash took place on Youngs ...
Jun 2, 2022
BUSINESS BEAT: Saturday ribbon cutting scheduled for Good, Better, Best Shop
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A ribbon cutting ceremony has been scheduled for 5:45 p.m. this Saturday afternoon, June 4, at The Good, Better, Best Shop at 101 West Chicago in downtown Coldwater. It's been t...
Jun 2, 2022
Utility companies in Michigan including CBPU face possible power shortfalls this summer
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There are concerns about a potential shortfall of power for utility companies in most of Michigan this summer. Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Director Paul Jakubczak told t...
Jun 2, 2022
County Planning Commission schedules September 7 public hearing on Master Plan
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The process of getting an updated Branch County Master Plan on the books is continuing. The Branch County Planning Commission on Wednesday morning approved the scheduling of a p...
Jun 1, 2022 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
U.S. Magistrate dismisses Moms for Liberty civil rights complaint against Health Agency and Reading Schools
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) - A federal magistrate has thrown out a civil rights lawsuit filed against the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency and Reading Community Schools by the Branch a...
Jun 1, 2022 Cal Injury Lawyer
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