Category Archives: Local News
Branch County June unemployment up slightly to 5.1 percent
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate in June went up by a tenth of a percent to five-point-one percent according to data released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Techn...
Jul 22, 2021 Sean MacEntee / CC
Burns tells Health Board masks are required on school buses under CDC order
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Under terms of an order from the Centers for Disease Control, face masks are required for those who take public transportation. Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agen...
Jul 22, 2021
DeGraw gets 10 year prison sentence following Kinderhook gun threat against estranged wife
FORT WAYNE, IN (WTVB) - An incident in Kinderhook Township in August of 2019 has led to a Fremont, Indiana man getting a 10 year federal prison sentence. According to a news release issued by the U.S....
Jul 22, 2021 Photo courtesy of Steuben County Sheriff's Department
Union City permanent electrical repairs continue, outage now planned for Saturday
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - The Village of Union City is planning for an electrical outage of at least five hours Saturday morning beginning at 8:00 a.m. in order to tie the entire electrical grid into th...
Jul 22, 2021
Health Agency reports increase in Branch County COVID-19 cases
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency is reporting an increase in Branch County COVID-19 cases when compared to the previous week. Nine new cases were reported...
Jul 22, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Ribbon cutting next Thursday for Triple E Lawn Care and Snow Removal
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting has been scheduled for 4:00 p.m. next Thursday afternoon, July 29th for Triple E Lawn Care and Snow Removal. The ribbon cutti...
Jul 22, 2021
Sturgis man dies in Tuesday St. Joseph County motorcycle crash
FLORENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 47-year-old Sturgis man was killed Tuesday afternoon in St. Joseph County when his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck. The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Offic...
Jul 22, 2021
ZBA tables 85 foot sign variance to allow for Planning Commission review
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Zoning Board of Appeals tabled a request from the owners of an adult use recreational marijuana establishment at 894 East Chicago on Wednesday evening who were see...
Jul 21, 2021 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Renovation at BACC behind schedule, BISD Board approves 2 year deal with BIO
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch Intermediate School District Superintendent Kris Jenkins told the B.I.S.D. Board of Education on Wednesday the renovation project at the Branch Area Careers Center is beh...
Jul 21, 2021
Two millage renewal questions to be decided by UC Community School voters on August 3
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - Voters in the Union City Community School district will be asked on August 3 to approve millage renewals for operating and sinking funds. The sinking fund proposal will allow t...
Jul 21, 2021
