Category Archives: Top News Stories
Branch County unemployment rate goes up to 4.5%, analyst calls increase typical for June
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate in June went up a half percent from the previous month to four-point-five percent according to data released Thursday by the Michigan Department ...
Jul 28, 2022 Bytemarks / CC
COVID-19 cases on the upswing, more hospitalizations reported at PCRH
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There has been an increasing number of COVID-19 cases in recent weeks thanks in part to the spread of the variant Omicron BA.5. BA.5 is said to be much more contagious than its ...
Jul 28, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Branch County voters to decide a number of millage proposals next Tuesday
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Four millage proposals are on the ballot for all Branch County voters during next Tuesday's Primary. Voters will be asked to renew a Branch District Library millage for the ...
Jul 28, 2022 Alan Cleaver / CC
Health Agency says no Monkeypox cases in Michigan's St. Joseph County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency says there has no confirmed cases of Monkeypox Virus within the jurisdiction. There is a reported case of Monkeypox in St...
Jul 27, 2022
D.D.A. Board address $164,000 funding gap in Children's Museum/Taylor's building project
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The efforts to relocate the Children's Museum of Branch County to the former Taylor's Stationers store at 60 West Chicago Street in Downtown Coldwater have hit a financial snag ...
Jul 27, 2022 Taylor's Stationers in downtown Coldwater before it closed in 2016. Photo courtesy of Taylor's Stationers
Kolassa hired as Quincy Police Chief, Loomis steps down as Village Council President
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The Quincy Village Council approved the hiring of Mike Kolassa as new Quincy Police Chief during a special meeting on Tuesday and directed Village Manager Brittany Butler to enter ...
Jul 27, 2022 Quincy Village Council. Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
Coldwater City Council approves computer network security upgrades
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved almost $240,000 worth of computer network security upgrades for the city and the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities on Monday night. While t...
Jul 26, 2022 Richard Patterson / CC
Baker tells Council closing about to take place on seventh Thompson Blvd. lot
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker reported to the City Council on Monday night that the City will soon close on the seventh lot sale to Allen Edwin Homes of Portage. The Counci...
Jul 26, 2022
Commissioners give COA permission to go out of state to purchase new medical transportation van
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners gave two representatives from the Commission on Aging permission on Tuesday to travel to Delphos, Ohio next week in order to purchase a ...
Jul 26, 2022 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Branch Area Careers Center accepts $25,000 donation in memory of Earl Mock
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Area Careers Center has been given a $25,000 donation by Maxine Mock in memory of her brother Earl Mock. Mock was a lifelong farmer in St. Joseph and Branch Counties....
Jul 26, 2022 Dustin Scharer, Assistant Superintendent of CTE graciously accepts the donation from Maxine Mock. Photo courtesy of Branch I.S.D..
