Category Archives: Local News
MDHHS reports new Branch County COVID-19 cases went up slightly over last week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With COVID-19 restrictions being lifted on Tuesday throughout the entire state of Michigan, the latest statistics from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services show ...
Jun 21, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
City announces home improvement grants available to eligible 1st Ward residents
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater announced on Monday it is partnering with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to award home maintenance and improvement grants to eligible hom...
Jun 21, 2021 Courtesy City of Coldwater
NWS says they have not confirmed any tornadoes in Branch County storms
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The National Weather Service office in northern Indiana issued a statement on Monday which said as of 7:00 a.m. they have not confirmed any tornadoes occurred with storms that r...
Jun 21, 2021 Photo courtesy of Amy Roberts
BUSINESS BEAT: CB&T temporarily closes Autobank due to construction
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Century Bank and Trust announced last week that due to road construction on North Monroe Street, its Autobank location will be temporarily closed. Century is asking residents to...
Jun 21, 2021
Tornado warning issued in Branch County as storms knock down trees and power lines
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A series of severe storms which at one point prompted a tornado warning battered Branch County and the surrounding area Sunday night and early Monday morning leaving in its ...
Jun 21, 2021 Credit- Storm Chaser Ryan Harriott via Twitter
Golfers injured at Riverside Golf Club in BC when tree falls on cart
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 75-year-old man was seriously injured while a 74-year-old woman from Coldwater suffered scrapes and cuts after a tree fell on their golf cart Friday afternoon at the ...
Jun 20, 2021
Two sides reach agreement on Batavia Township compost site
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An agreement has been reached between Batavia Township and Cornelius Farms Manager Fred Cornelius over a compost site near the intersection of M-86 and Hodunk Road. The agreemen...
Jun 20, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
CHA and Branch District Library partner on COVID-19 vaccines
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Thanks to a partnership between the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency and the Branch District Library, the health agency's mobile clinic will be offering COVID...
Jun 20, 2021 Alachua County
Medical event leads to Steuben County motorcycle crash
STEUBEN TOWNSHIP, IN (WTVB) - A medical event may have led to a Saturday afternoon motorcycle crash in Steuben County which injured an Angola man. The Steuben County Sheriff's Department says the cras...
Jun 20, 2021
Another uptick in crashes being reported on Branch County lakes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff John Pollack told the Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday the Marine Patrol is seeing another uptick in boating accidents so far t...
Jun 18, 2021
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