Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Long line of vehicles for DQ half off sale
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Dairy Queen store at 559 East Chicago celebrated its first anniversary on Wednesday by offering everything on the menu 50 percent off. Indoor dining was not availa...
Dec 31, 2020
Former Gillespie Funeral Home SUP request scheduled for Planning Commission
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Planning Commission will be asked to approve a Special Land Use permit request Monday night from Southern Michigan Bank and Trust so that the former Gillespie Fune...
Dec 31, 2020 Courtesy of Southern Michigan Bank and Trust
NWS forecasters calling for icy conditions on New Year's Day
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - National Weather Service forecasters say it will be an icy start to 2021. Branch County is included in a Winter Weather Advisory which will be in effect from 11:00 a.m. unti...
Dec 31, 2020 Courtesy of the National Weather Service
Commissioner vote on 911 plan set for January 12
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A decision by the Branch County Board of Commissioners on a proposed 911 Service Plan and bylaws for the County has been scheduled for January 12. The Commissioners for a second...
Dec 30, 2020
Three arrested on warrants during Calhoun County narcotics investigation
CLARENCE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - Three persons were arrested on Tuesday as Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Detectives conducted a narcotics investigation in the 28000 block of N Drive North. The Ca...
Dec 30, 2020
Mixed precipitation leads to slick roads for Wednesday morning drivers
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The overnight snow and frozen precipitation made for some tricky driving conditions around Branch County on Wednesday morning. What started off as nearly an inch of snow Tue...
Dec 30, 2020 Arvell Dorsey Jr. / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Speedrack of Quincy looking to hire 80 new workers
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Apart from this year's expansion at Speedrack Products Group of Quincy, the company will be adding a state-of-the-art power coat painting line operation. They say in an ad in today...
Dec 30, 2020 Mike Cohen / CC
Robbers hit Sturgis phone store, police look for 4 suspects
STURGIS, MI (WTVB) - The series of area phone store robberies continued on Tuesday in St. Joseph County. Sturgis Police say four men robbed the Verizon Store on South Centreville Road at about 1:38 p....
Dec 30, 2020 Alan Cleaver / CC
Branch County November unemployment goes up slightly
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - After six straight months of declines, the unemployment rate in Branch County inched up slightly in November to four-point-three percent according to data released on Tuesday by t...
Dec 29, 2020 Bytemarks / CC
Winter Weather Advisory for snow and freezing rain mix tonight and Wednesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Slippery road conditions are expected tonight and Wednesday morning as a mixture of freezing rain and snow moves into the Branch County area. The National Weather Service in Nor...
Dec 29, 2020 A National Weather Service Northern Indiana graphic for December 29, 2020 (courtesy of NWS)
