Category Archives: Local News
With Judge Coyle retiring, Commissioners bring Magistrate job posting forward
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After a long career on the bench, Branch County Magistrate David T. Coyle is planning to retire at the end of the year. The first step to finding a new Magistrate took place on ...
Jun 03, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BUSINESS BEAT: Century Bank and Trust is hiring for several positions
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Century Bank and Trust says they are hiring motivated and dedicated employees. They are looking to hire front line team members in Branch, Hillsdale and St. Joseph Counties. The...
Jun 03, 2021
MSP looking for suspect who scared kids and stole woman's purse
NOTTAWA TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are looking for a man who stole a woman's purse from a vehicle in St. Joseph County after scaring the victim's two children. State Pol...
Jun 03, 2021
Broken poles disrupts power to industrial customers in Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - 14 industrial customers on Race Street between Butters Avenue and Jay Streets on Coldwater's southwest side lost power Wednesday evening. Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Dir...
Jun 02, 2021
Attorney demands entire body cam footage in Oscar Herrera death be released
READING TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - An attorney representing the family of a man who was shot to death by a Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department deputy in late April is demanding the County release the ent...
Jun 02, 2021
DTE Energy request for special Planning Commission meeting on solar rejected
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Planning Commission Chair Debbie Lounds revealed during Wednesday's meeting that she had been contacted by D.T.E. Energy concerning the Commission's position on so...
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Updated Branch County Master Plan almost ready for review
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An updated Branch County Master Plan is almost ready to be reviewed. Patrick Hudson of the Southcentral Michigan Planning Council updated the Branch County Planning Commission o...
Jun 02, 2021 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Coldwater Strawberry Fest in need of volunteer block captains
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Strawberry Fest will return to downtown Coldwater on June 19 after it was one of numerous events around Branch County that had to be called off in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pande...
Jun 02, 2021
Bronson getting water management grant of over $469,000 from state
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The City of Bronson will get a Drinking Water Asset Management grant of over $469,000 from the State of Michigan as part of the MI Clean Water plan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer anno...
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BUSINESS BEAT: Chamber accepting applications for part-time work
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce is looking for part time help who would start in August. The Chamber is accepting resumes for a Membership Coordinator. The part time posi...
Jun 02, 2021
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