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Union City cancels classes for next Tuesday due to Ryan Millirans memorial service
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - Classes in the Union City Community School District have been cancelled for next Tuesday, May 17 so that staff and students can attend a memorial service for Ryan Millirans. A ...
Jim Measel May 12, 2022 Ryan Scott Millirans

City Council gives positive recommendation to state for Jim's Place liquor license
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council passed a resolution Monday night that gave a positive recommendation for the state to issue a Banquet Facility Permit liquor license for Jim's Place B...
Jim Measel May 11, 2022 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Union City man injured in Narrows Road motorcycle crash
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Union City man was injured in a motorcycle crash on Tuesday afternoon on Narrows Road near the public access site. The Branch County Sheriff's Department says the cra...
Jim Measel May 11, 2022 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch

Commissioners schedule two public hearings on Quincy annex requests
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners scheduled two public hearings during their Tuesday meeting on a request from the Village of Quincy to approve the annexation of some pro...
Jim Measel May 11, 2022 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Budget amendments to City of Coldwater General Fund leave surplus of over $46,000
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved proposed budget amendments to the City's General Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30 on Monday night that will leave a surplus of over $4...
Jim Measel May 10, 2022 Pictures of Money / CC

Consumers Energy looking for potential solar power plant sites
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy has announced they want to work with landowners and communities to identify locations for utility-scale solar power plants that they say will provide clean, renew...
Jim Measel May 10, 2022 Jeremy Levine / CC

Ordinance on exhibition driving introduced by City Council
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council introduced an ordinance on Monday night that would allow police to crackdown on so called exhibition driving in the city. City Attorney Megan Angell s...
Jim Measel May 09, 2022

Bronson City Council approves five year contract with local POAM
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The Bronson City Council approved a new five year contract agreement with the local Police Officers Association of Michigan union on Monday night. The current agreement expires on...
Jim Measel May 09, 2022 Courtesy of the City of Bronson Facebook page

Platek ordered to serve 18 to 75 years in prison after pleading no contest to first degree child abuse
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man with a history of drug and abuse crimes was ordered to serve between 18 and 75 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit...
Jim Measel May 09, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

BCRC announces Preventive Maintenance Plan projects for 2022
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Road Commission has announced their Preventive Maintenance Plan for this year. It includes a project on U.S. 12 which is getting underway on Monday. Mainte...
Jim Measel May 09, 2022
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