Category Archives: Top News Stories
Branch County Commissioners approve Airport Manager employment agreement
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners approved an employment agreement with Branch County Memorial Airport Manager Joe Best during their meeting on Tuesday. County Administra...
Jan 12, 2023 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Former Hillsdale County deputy gets three years probation for misconduct in office
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Former Hillsdale County Sheriff's Deputy Todd Barkley was given his sentence on Wednesday in Jackson County after he entered a guilty plea to a charge of misconduct in office. The...
Jan 11, 2023
Karen Hargreave named to the Branch County Community Foundation Board of Directors
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Community Foundation has announced that Karen Hargreave has been named to their Board of Directors. She is a long-time resident of Quincy where she has served ...
Jan 11, 2023 Photo courtesy Branch County Community Foundation
Bronson City Council discusses urban chickens, decide to send matter to city's Planning Commission
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - Whether or not residents in the City of Bronson should be allowed to have chickens was discussed during Monday night's Bronson City Council meeting. After the matter was brought u...
Jan 11, 2023 Andri Koolme / CC
Northbound I-69 traffic affected by crash involving pair of semis, one lost load of dog food
TEKONSHA, MI (WTVB) - A broken down semi that was hauling dog food was struck by another semi early Wednesday morning on northbound I-69 in northern Branch County. The crash affected drivers until the...
Jan 11, 2023
Commissioners pass resolution against DNR reclassification of Prairie River.
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution on Tuesday that is against the Michigan D.N.R.'s reclassification of the Prairie River from west of Bronson to the c...
Jan 10, 2023 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Coldwater City Council formally approves 3-point-6 acre east side rezoning
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A proposal to rezone 3-point-6 acres of vacant land west of U.S. 12 and Fiske Road from A-1 One Family Residential District to C-4 General Business District was given final appr...
Jan 10, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Number of large items collected by Republic in Coldwater went up during 2022
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - More large items were picked up by Republic Waste Services in the City of Coldwater during 2022 compared to the previous year. City Manager Keith Baker told the Coldwater City C...
Jan 10, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Verrill sentenced to 5 to 15 years in MDOC after entering no contest pleas to three sex crime charges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Bronson man who was charged with numerous sex crimes was ordered to serve concurrent prison sentences of five to 15 years on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court. 76-year-old...
Jan 09, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Annual Tibbits Opera Foundation and Arts Council meeting scheduled for January 26
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The annual meeting of the Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council, Inc. which will review the theatre's 2021-2022 fiscal year has been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, J...
Jan 09, 2023 The popular Popcorn Theatre, featuring the professional Tibbits Summer Theatre company, returned to the historic theatre this summer for the first time since COVID. This is just one of the aspects of the 2021-2022 fiscal year for the Tibbits Opera Foundation to be reviewed at the theatre’s annual meeting January 26, 2023.
