Category Archives: Top News Stories
Butler steps down as Quincy Village Manager
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - After five years on the job in what she called a difficult atmosphere, Quincy Village Manager Brittany Butler has stepped down. The Village Council accepted her resignation at a sp...
Mar 27, 2025 Quincy Village Manager Brittany Butler (MWC photo by Jim Whelan)
Burns tells Health Board flu activity starting to decline; says Measles Response Plan is being reviewed
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After a rough winter for illnesses, Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns told the agency's Board of Health on Thursday that Michigan'...
Mar 27, 2025 Courtesy Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Facebook page
Annual report indicates one in five Branch County residents in "fair or poor" health
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The annual County Health Rankings report was presented to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Board of Directors during their monthly meeting on Thursday. Th...
Mar 27, 2025 AndrewLozovyi / Depositphotos.com
Police say man assaulted in downtown Coldwater late Tuesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Police say a man was assaulted by a homeless person in downtown Coldwater late Tuesday evening. Just after 11:00 p.m. the Coldwater Police Department was called about a man stan...
Mar 26, 2025 z1bjkeee / Depositphotos.com
DDA Board recommends streetscape improvements over Randall Plaza reconstruction to City Council
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Downtown Development Authority Board recommended to the City Council Wednesday morning that a streetscape improvement project in the downtown area be pursued and not the rec...
Mar 26, 2025 Courtesy Coldwater Main Street
DDA Board approves mural for Children's Museum, plans announced for mural at 25 West Chicago
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - If everything goes according to plan, art will be busting out throughout downtown Coldwater in the near future. The Downtown Development Authority Board gave their approval on W...
Mar 26, 2025 Courtesy Coldwater Main Street
Commissioners give formal support to companies seeking broadband grants
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners gave their formal support to three companies Tuesday who are seeking federal grants for broadband projects in the county. Surfinternet o...
Mar 25, 2025 ipeema / Depositphotos.com
Michigan lawmakers, including Lindsey, petition U.S. Supreme Court to throw out voter-approved election laws
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Nearly a dozen Michigan Republican lawmakers, including Branch County's representative in the State Senate Jonathan Lindsey, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare several v...
Mar 25, 2025 State Senator Jonathan Lindsey
Traffic stop in Coldwater leads to multiple charges for Homer man
COLDWATER,MI (WTVB) - A Homer man is facing multiple charges following a traffic stop in Coldwater Monday. The Coldwater Police Department stopped 30-year-old Bradley Earl Burd at the intersection of ...
Mar 25, 2025 AVFC / Depositphotos.com
Coldwater Community Schools drinking water Filter First initiative to be helped by $226,000 grant
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Community Schools has received a major grant to help them comply with new state requirements on drinking water in Michigan schools and daycares. The Department of Envi...
Mar 25, 2025
