Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Tibbits offices remaining partially open for holiday shopping
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The offices for the Tibbits Opera House will remain partially open in order to accommodate holiday requests for gift certificates, gift shop items and end-of-year donations. To ...
Nov 23, 2020 Photo courtesy of the Tibbits Opera House
Algansee Twp home damaged in fire, family loses pets
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - An Algansee Township family lost nearly a dozen pets on Sunday morning when a fire broke out in their home. Quincy firefighters were called to 1013 Lester Road which is ...
Nov 23, 2020 A home on Lester Road was damaged in a Sunday fire. Photo courtesy of Quincy Fire department
Parts of the area get measurable snow
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Reports from National Weather Service observers indicate most of Branch County missed out on the first measurable snowfall of the season on Sunday. While there was a coverin...
Nov 23, 2020 Gavin Stewart / CC
Branch Area Food Pantry distributes holiday food
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Area Food Pantry conducted their annual distribution of holiday food boxes to 1,200 families on Saturday. The boxes are full of food for both Thanksgiving and Christm...
Nov 22, 2020
City Council scheduled to introduce zoning code change ordinance
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council will be asked on Monday night to introduce an ordinance that will replace the current Zoning Code with a newly organized ClearZoning format by the Det...
Nov 22, 2020
Quincy Chain of Lakes Tip-Up Festival latest event to be cancelled
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Concerns over gatherings and the safety of those attending has led the Quincy Chain of Lakes Tip-Up Committee to cancel the 59th annual version of the event originally set for Febr...
Nov 21, 2020 The building that serves as the headquarters for the Quincy Chain of Lakes Tip-Up Festival on Tip-Up Island (courtesy of Quincy Tip-Up Committee)
BISD resumes face-to-face at Waldron and 2 Early Childhood
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch ISD Superintendent Kris Jenkins says in an effort to balance Free Appropriate Public Education and maintain a safe learning environment, they have decided to return to fa...
Nov 20, 2020
New BCSD deputy sworn in, inmate cells arrive at new jail site
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The newest member of the Branch County Sheriff's Department was sworn in this week. New Road Patrol Deputy Dakota Fox started his duties on Monday. He was undergo field training...
Nov 20, 2020 Branch County Sheriff's Deputy Dakota Fox (courtesy of the BCSD)
911 Board schedules special Wednesday meeting for consultant report
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County 911 Communications Board has scheduled a special Zoom meeting for Wednesday morning at 11:00 a.m. on a pair of matters. They are scheduled to get a report from...
Nov 20, 2020 Alex Smith
Prosecutors file charges against suspect in Matteson Township shooting incident
MATTESON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Prosecutors have filed four charges against a suspect following a shooting incident in Matteson Township last week. 28-year-old Travis McCann was arraigned...
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