Category Archives: Local News
MSP investigating report of stolen trailer
ATHENS TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan State Police are investigating the theft of a utility trailer in Athens Township which took place during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Troopers say the utili...
Sep 09, 2020
9-11 program to be held in downtown Coldwater on Friday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The 19th anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon will be observed Friday evening at the Four Corners in downtown Coldwater. The Bran...
Sep 09, 2020 John Cunniff / CC
Marshall Superintendent reports 2 high school students test positive for COVID-19
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - Two Marshall High School students have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in recent days. Marshall Superintendent Doctor Randy Davis wrote a letter to parents on Monday when ...
Sep 09, 2020
BUSINESS BEAT: Munchkinland Group Child Care celebrates 40th anniversary
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Munchkinland Group Child Care home is celebrating its 40th anniversary this month. Owned and operated by Barb Mosher since September 1, 1980, Munchkinland is located at 122 ...
Sep 09, 2020
Preliminary autopsy report shows police shot man who drove towards them
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - Michigan State Police say a preliminary report from an autopsy indicates 22-year-old Andrew Blowers of Marshall died from multiple gunshot wounds early Saturday morning foll...
Sep 09, 2020
Commissioners okay COA board recommendations on Burnside fixes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - In hopes the ongoing problems with the heating, ventilation and air conditioning at the Burnside Senior Center in Coldwater can finally be rectified, the Branch County Board of ...
Sep 08, 2020 Burnside Senior Center (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Planners recommend retail pot businesses only be allowed in General Business District
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - On a 6-3 vote, the Coldwater Planning Commission recommended to the City Council on Tuesday night that they remove the Coldwater Zoning Ordinance provision for allowing retail m...
Sep 08, 2020 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Soggy start to the school year, area reports of 2 to 3 inches of rain
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - It was a soggy start to the school year on Tuesday morning after a summer in which parts of Branch County had to endure moderate drought conditions. The M.S.U. Extension Ser...
Sep 08, 2020 VV Nincic / CC
Crash, hit and run incident on Long Lake under investigation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Department is investigating a crash involving two watercraft that took place on Friday evening on Long Lake. It happened at about 6:00 p.m. when the ...
Sep 08, 2020
BUSINESS BEAT: BCAR awards Bowers Scholarships to 10 students
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Although COVID-19 restrictions prevented them from holding their annual "Cliffie Bowers Memorial Scholarship" fundraiser, the Branch County Association of Realtors were stil...
Sep 08, 2020
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