Category Archives: Local News
One minor injury reported in Monday crash at U.S. 12 and Michigan Avenue
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - One minor injury was reported following a two vehicle crash Monday afternoon at the intersection of U.S. 12 and Michigan Avenue. Coldwater Police say a woman who was injured was...
Oct 26, 2021
City of Coldwater asking for over $144,000 from state for storm costs
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater has filed an Application for Disaster Assistance as over $144,000 is being sought from the State of Michigan due to the storm of August 11 and 12. Branch C...
Oct 25, 2021
City brush pickup extended by one month, brush must be out by next Monday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater is extending its brush pickup by one month. Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker said during Monday's City Council meeting that brush must be out by next Mon...
Oct 25, 2021
Chehowski gets prison sentence of 50 months to 15 years for sex crime against 12-year-old girl
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man was ordered to serve between 50 months and 15 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered a no cont...
Oct 25, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Bronson Township armed robbery suspect lodged in St. Joseph County Jail
BRONSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 25-year-old man from Sturgis has been arrested following a Friday afternoon armed robbery in Bronson Township. Branch County Sheriff's Department Undersheriff Keith Eic...
Oct 25, 2021 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
Nearly two more inches of rain measured at Bloom Dairy Farm since midday Sunday
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The soggy weather of October continues to hang around. The Michigan State University Extension Service weather station at the Bloom Dairy Farm west of Coldwater has measured...
Oct 25, 2021 Diamond T Design
BUSINESS BEAT: State Farm and Agent Steve Franks makes donation to BCCADASV
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. In observance, agent Steve Franks and State Farm Insurance has partnered to make a $2,000 donation to the Branch County Coalition A...
Oct 25, 2021
Boyfriend charged in strangulation death of Colon woman
COLON, MI (WTVB) - St. Joseph County Sheriff Mark Lillywhite says the death of a Colon woman just over a week ago has been ruled a homicide by strangulation and that her boyfriend has been charged wit...
Oct 25, 2021
Sheriff Pollack confident local funds can be raised for BCSD drone
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff John Pollack is confident the community at large in the county will make the necessary donations to fund his proposal to purchase a drone for his departmen...
Oct 25, 2021 Branch County Sheriff John Pollack (Photo by MWC's Jim Whelan)
7.6% pay raise for Branch County employees to be considered by Board of Commissioners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With a recent audit showing an additional one million dollars in the county's fund balance, the Branch County Board of Commissioners on Thursday brought forward to next week's m...
Oct 23, 2021 Pictures of Money / CC
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