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More gas pains for Branch County drivers, 20 cent spike sends price up to $4.99
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The pain at the pump keeps getting worse as for all intents and purposes, five dollar gas has arrived in Branch County. There was another 20 cent spike at several service st...
Jun 03, 2022 Photo courtesy of Sheila Taylor
NWS says high winds and low humidity will elevate fire danger Friday afternoon
NORTH WEBSTER, IN (WTVB) - Branch County is included in an area that the National Weather Service says has a elevated fire danger for Friday afternoon. Forecasters say winds will become northwest this...
Jun 03, 2022 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page.
Commissioners hold public hearing on request from land owner to annex 40 acres into Village of Quincy
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The first of two public hearings on a request from a property owner to annex nearly 40 acres of land in Quincy Township into the Village of Quincy was held during Thursday's Bra...
Jun 02, 2022 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Dowagiac man dies in Thursday morning St. Joseph County crash
CONSTANTINE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 20-year-old Dowagiac man was killed early Thursday morning in a St. Joseph County one vehicle crash. Sheriff Mark Lillywhite reports the crash took place on Youngs ...
Jun 02, 2022
Utility companies in Michigan including CBPU face possible power shortfalls this summer
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There are concerns about a potential shortfall of power for utility companies in most of Michigan this summer. Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Director Paul Jakubczak told t...
Jun 02, 2022
County Planning Commission schedules September 7 public hearing on Master Plan
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The process of getting an updated Branch County Master Plan on the books is continuing. The Branch County Planning Commission on Wednesday morning approved the scheduling of a p...
Jun 01, 2022 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
U.S. Magistrate dismisses Moms for Liberty civil rights complaint against Health Agency and Reading Schools
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WTVB) - A federal magistrate has thrown out a civil rights lawsuit filed against the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency and Reading Community Schools by the Branch a...
Jun 01, 2022 Cal Injury Lawyer
Man shot in head during Hillsdale County neighbor dispute, MSP investigating
LITCHFIELD, MI (WTVB) - An ongoing neighbor dispute apparently led to the shooting of a man early Wednesday morning in Hillsdale County. The Michigan State Police in Jackson say they were dispatched a...
Jun 01, 2022
Another 20 cent spike on Tuesday as gas prices in Coldwater rise to $4.79 at some stations
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - As expected, gas prices spiked by 20 cents around Coldwater again on Tuesday with some stations selling gas for as high as $4.79 a gallon. Patrick De Haan from GasBuddy said bef...
Jun 01, 2022 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
MDOT announces shut down of four miles of I-94 for 15 Mile Road bridge demolition
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced that a four mile portion of I-94 will be totally closed this weekend to allow for demolition of the 15 Mile Road bridge ov...
May 31, 2022
