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Three Branch County Sheriff's Department Corrections Deputies promoted to Sergeant
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Department has announced that three Corrections Deputies within the Sheriff's Office have been promoted to Sergeants. Brian Spaulding, Austin Nichols...
Apr 04, 2022 Photo courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Department Facebook page
MSP investigating theft of ATV on Southern Road in California Township
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating the theft of ATV in the 800 block of Southern Road in California Township. Troopers say the theft was believed to have...
Apr 04, 2022
Commissioners bring forward vehicle request from Juvenile Division of Probate Court
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted on Friday to bring forward to their April 12 meeting a request from the Juvenile Division of Probate Court to sell the 2011 Ford C...
Apr 02, 2022 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Commissioners bring forward request from BCSD to re-hire retired Corrections Sergeant to work part time
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners brought forward a request from Sheriff John Pollack during their work session on Friday to re-hire a recently retired Corrections Sergea...
Apr 01, 2022 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office
Tickets for Tibbits Summer Theatre now on sale, season begins on June 16
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Tickets went on sale for the 59th consecutive season of Tibbits Summer Theatre on Friday. Tibbits 2022 Summer Theatre Season will feature three musicals. The season will open on...
Apr 01, 2022 Professional actors perform in Tibbits Summer Theatre’s 2021 production of “The Fantasticks.” Tickets for the 2022 season which includes “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change;” “Godspell;” “Nunsense;” and Neil Simon’s comedy “Barefoot in the Park” are now on sale at Tibbits.org.
Commissioners discuss how county should distribute $451,000 in state marijuana funds
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners gave County Administrator Bud Norman some ideas during their Friday work session on how the county should spend the $451,000 it received...
Apr 01, 2022 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Community Health Agency to begin offering second COVID-19 booster vacine
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency said on Friday they will begin offering residents 50 and older, and moderately or severely immunocompromised individuals ...
Apr 01, 2022 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Just one contested GOP race for County Commissioner as filing deadline approaches
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The filing deadline for candidates to get on the August 2 Primary ballot is coming up in just over two weeks and so far there is just one contested Republican race for County Co...
Apr 01, 2022 DonkeyHotey / CC
Branch County's February unemployment rate up slightly to 4.4 percent
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate went up slightly in February to four-point-four percent according to data released Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management ...
Mar 31, 2022 Bytemarks / CC
Some area stations now selling gas for far less than $4 a gallon
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Gas prices in parts of Branch County have dropped well below the $4 mark after the Russian invasion of Ukraine just over a month ago led to record highs at the pump. You may...
Mar 31, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC
