Category Archives: Local News
County wants to move 911 and Payroll Supervisor positions to non-union management
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners brought forward a request during their Wednesday work session to move the 911 Supervisor and the Payroll Supervisor positions to non-uni...
Sep 24, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Quincy's Pints in the Park and Union City's Farm to Fork set for Saturday
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Two of the bigger autumn events in Branch County which began just a few years ago will take place on Saturday. The fifth edition of Pints in the Park will start at 4:00 p.m....
Sep 24, 2021
Prosecutors file three additional charges in murder case of Lake James woman
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) - Steuben County Prosecutors have filed three additional charges against a man who is accused of murdering his former Lake James neighbor. According to State of Indiana on line court...
Sep 24, 2021 Courtesy Steuben County Sheriff's Department
BUSINESS BEAT: UC Chamber of Commerce hosting Farm to Fork on Saturday
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - The Union City Chamber of Commerce will be hosting Farm to Fork from 3:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday. Food will be served starting at 5:00 p.m.. The meal will feature loc...
Sep 24, 2021
Heavy rain ends, between three to four inches reported throughout the area
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The heavy rain which started Tuesday night and did not end until mid afternoon on Thursday afternoon left behind fairly consistent rainfall totals of between three and four ...
Sep 24, 2021 Diamond T Design
Branch County judge issues temporary restraining order to release football players from quarantine
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The statewide advocacy group Let Them Play Michigan is claiming its first victory of the new school year over county health department quarantine rules, after a Branch County ju...
Sep 24, 2021 Let Them Play Michigan rally at the state Capitol in Lansing, Michigan (courtesy of Let Them Play Michigan)
Branch County unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in August
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County saw a drop in it's unemployment rate during the month of August. Data released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget sho...
Sep 23, 2021 Bytemarks / CC
Union City woman charged with being possession of meth and stun gun
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Union City woman is facing three felony charges after she allegedly was in possession of methamphetamine and a stun gun when she was stopped by the Michigan State Police on Tu...
Sep 23, 2021 Chris Potter / CC
Angry parents blast Health Department quarantine policy for school kids
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Angry parents blasted Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns during Thursday's Board of Health meeting over her quarantine orders of sc...
Sep 23, 2021 Tim Reckmann / CC
Bob Swick named as new Branch County 911 Director, begins new duties on October 11
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Bud Norman announced on Thursday that Robert "Bob" Swick has accepted the position of being the county's new 911 Director. Swick previously worked wi...
Sep 23, 2021
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