Category Archives: Local News
Reclassification requests submitted for three county positions so far
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - As the process for putting together Branch County's 2021 budget is getting underway, requests have been submitted to review the Undersheriff, Jail Administrator and Animal Contr...
Aug 20, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Branch County approaches 5,000 COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic.
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County is approaching 5,000 COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic in March of 2020 thanks to the recent spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. The Branch...
Aug 20, 2021 sergio santos / CC
New Ovid Township Supervisor Jeff O'Dell begins duties
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Jeff O'Dell has taken over as the new Ovid Township Supervisor. The Ovid Township Board of Trustees appointed him to the position during a special meeting last Friday aftern...
Aug 19, 2021 Courtesy Ovid Township web site
BUSINESS BEAT: Celebrate the St. Joe in Union City on August 28
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - The Union City Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with The Society for Historic Preservation, Union Township Library, Union City Parks and Rec and the Union Lake Community Asso...
Aug 19, 2021 Courtesy Union City Chamber of Commerce Facebook page
Coldwater ZBA turns down 85 foot sign height variance request
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A request from Birds of a Feather, LLC for an 85 foot sign height variance was turned down by the Coldwater Zoning Board of Appeals on Wednesday night. The owners of the Tree Ho...
Aug 19, 2021 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
All Consumer's Energy customers back on line after last week's storms
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The last of the Consumer's Energy customers in Branch County who lost their power following a week long series of storms are now back on line. The last of the power outages ...
Aug 19, 2021
St. Joe County Administrator asks residents to report storm damage
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - St. Joseph County Administrator Teresa Doehring is asking county residents to report property damage as the result of the severe weather on August 11 and 12, 2021. Residents w...
Aug 19, 2021 James / CC
CBPU thanks those who helped out after two big storms
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater BPU Director Jeff Budd says numerous people pitched in after two devastating storms knocked out power to roughly 1,650 CBPU customers last week. All CBPU electric cust...
Aug 18, 2021
Camden man drowns in Hillsdale County's Merry Lake, MSP investigating
AMBOY TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 68-year-old man from Camden drowned on Tuesday afternoon on Merry Lake in Hillsdale County's Amboy Township. Troopers from the Michigan State Police post in Jackson are i...
Aug 18, 2021
BUSINESS BEAT: PCRH offering Genius 3D Mammography starting August 25
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital will be offering Genius 3D Mammography exams beginning next Wednesday, August 25. According to a hospital news release, Genius 3D Mammograp...
Aug 18, 2021 Photo courtesy ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital
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