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CCS district voters asked to approve two bonding proposals totaling $67 million on Tuesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Voters in the Coldwater Community School District will be asked to approve two bonding questions during Tuesday's election that would fund an expansion of Coldwater High School ...
Oct 30, 2021 Coldwater High School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Damp and dreary October closes with even more rain in Branch County
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - To say the weather was soggy and just flat out miserable during the month of October would be an understatement. More rain fell on Friday and Saturday as the damp and dreary...
Oct 30, 2021 life.in.colour / CC
BCSD offering public tours of new Branch County Jail beginning next Thursday.
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Public tours for the new Branch County Jail will start next Thursday, November 4. Branch County Sheriff John Pollack says tours will be offered throughout November but you will ...
Oct 29, 2021 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
Fire millage renewal on Tuesday's ballot in Bethel Township
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Voters in Bethel Township will be asked on Tuesday to renew a millage for five years that would help pay for fire protection and equipment. Bethel Township is one of six t...
Oct 29, 2021 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department
Five Branch County Townships have nothing on the ballot this Tuesday
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - With so few items on Tuesday's ballot, there will be some locations in Branch County where there will be no voting at all. Registered voters in Sherwood, Matteson, Bronson, ...
Oct 29, 2021 WyoFile WyoFile / CC
Over four hours of testimony heard in Ward preliminary exam, hearing to continue at later date
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Testimony in a Branch County District Court preliminary examination for a Coldwater man who in charged in connection with the April 12 death of a bicyclist north of Kinderhook l...
Oct 29, 2021 Chris Potter / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Southern Michigan Bank & Trust announces promotion of Eric Anglin
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Southern Michigan Bank and Trust President Kurt Miller has announced the promotion of Eric Anglin to the position of Executive Vice President Chief Strategy Officer and Head of ...
Oct 29, 2021 Photo courtesy Southern Michigan Bank & Trust
VanAken honored as Legg student of the month by Early Bird Exchange Club
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A promising future awaits the Coldwater Legg Middle School October student of the month. The recognition this week for 8th grader Rylie VanAken came Wednesday when she received ...
Oct 29, 2021 Coldwater Legg Middle School 8th grader Rylie VanAken at the middle school on Wednesday October 27, 2021 receiving from Judy Cumming of the Coldwater Early Bird Exchange Club the Club’s Young Citizenship Award.(photo courtesy Jim Whelan)
State says Branch County September unemployment rate dropped to 4 percent
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate had another drop in September according to data released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget. The ...
Oct 28, 2021 Bytemarks / CC
Risner gets 35 to 70 years in prison after Jackson County sex crime conviction
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man was given a prison sentence of between 35 and 70 years in Jackson County on Thursday after he was convicted of first degree criminal sexual conduct. The jury last ...
Oct 28, 2021 michael scott / CC
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