Category Archives: Local News
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)
Hillsdale Hospital eases surgery patient visitor policy with drop in COVID-19 cases
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - With COVID-19 cases in Hillsdale County showing a decrease, Hillsdale Hospital has announced it is once again allowing a single visitor for surgery patients. "We have continuall...
Dec 29, 2020
Walberg votes against increasing stimulus checks to $2,000
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WTVB) - After initially voting in favor of the original COVID-19 relief package last week, Seventh District Republican Congressman Tim Walberg was in the minority on Monday as he vot...
Dec 29, 2020 Dustin Moore / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: SMB&T donates $10,000 to food bank
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - On behalf of their valued customers, Southern Michigan Bank and Trust recently made a $10,000 donation to the South Michigan Food Bank to be distributed to local food banks thro...
Dec 29, 2020 Courtesy of Southern Michigan Bank and Trust Facebook page
Tue Oct 27
Battle Creek, MI, USA
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