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Apple Fest in downtown Coldwater to feature new vendor lay out on September 17
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Apple Fest will have a different layout when this year's annual event is held in downtown Coldwater. Economic Development Coordinator Audrey Tappenden told the Downtown Developm...
Aug 31, 2022
DDA Board approves Taylor's building repayment and lease agreements
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Downtown Development Authority Board approved repayment and lease agreements for the former Taylor's Stationers store Wednesday morning during a special meeting. Efforts to ...
Aug 31, 2022 Taylor's Stationers in downtown Coldwater before it closed in 2016. Photo courtesy of Taylor's Stationers
Branch County Democratic Party HQ grand opening set for Thursday evening
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The grand opening of the Branch County Democratic party headquarters at 31 West Chicago in Coldwater will be held Thursday evening. The event will take place from 6:00 p.m. unti...
Aug 31, 2022 David / CC
Some Branch Consumers customers may not get power back until Friday.
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Consumer Energy crews continue to restore electric service to southern Michigan customers but according to the outage page on the utility's web site, some Branch County resi...
Aug 30, 2022
Over 350 Consumers Energy crews working to restore power.
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy says they will have over 350 crews working on Tuesday to help restore power in the southern half of the Lower Peninsula. After nearly 175,000 customers lost power...
Aug 30, 2022 Courtesy Consumers Energy
Thousands without power after Monday's severe storms
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A line of severe thunderstorms that packed wind gusts of nearly 60 miles per hour raced through the area late Monday afternoon leaving thousands without power. Branch County...
Aug 29, 2022
Tompkins enters pleas to meth and stalking charges as part of plea bargain
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man who was facing numerous methamphetamine and aggravated stalking charges entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court. ...
Aug 29, 2022 Chris Potter / CC
BCSD and UCPD assist St. Joe deputies during early Monday morning chase
COLON, MI (WTVB) - A pursuit which started in Colon ended Monday morning when the 17-year-old driver crashed in Calhoun County just north of the Branch County line. According to authorities, the teen ...
Aug 29, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC
Commission on Aging to begin offering meals for qualified seniors on October 1
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There will be a change in the way meals are served for qualified seniors in Branch County on October 1 following action last Thursday by the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Communit...
Aug 29, 2022
August turning out to be a soggy month in Branch County
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Monday's rainfall is adding to an already soggy month of August in Branch County. As of 7:00 a.m. Monday morning, the M.S.U. Extension Service weather station at the Bloom D...
Aug 29, 2022 VV Nincic / CC
