Category Archives: Local News
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...
Nov 20, 2020 Best Law
COVID-19 surge leads to cancellation of local Christmas events
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With new COVID-19 restrictions in Michigan through at least December 8, the Branch County Historical Society has cancelled their traditional Christmas WASSAIL that was originall...
Nov 20, 2020 Courtesy of Branch County Historical Society
BUSINESS BEAT: SERVPRO offers holiday safety tips to prevent fires
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Family gatherings will be smaller this year and fire damage restoration specialist Aaron Popp of SERVPRO of Branch and South Calhoun Counties says, "It's as important to keep sa...
Nov 20, 2020
Fire northeast of Angola causes $500,000 worth of damage
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) - Thursday's strong winds hampered the efforts of nearly a dozen fire departments from northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio as a blaze northeast of Angola caused almost a half millio...
Nov 19, 2020
Commissioners set December 22 public hearing on E-911 service plan
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners waved board rules and passed a resolution on Thursday which schedules a December 22 public hearing on a tentative amended 911 service pl...
Nov 19, 2020 Scary Side of Earth / CC
Sun Sep 6
Battle Creek, MI, USA
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Humidity: 57%
