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Brand case bound over to Circuit Court after he waves preliminary exam
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The case of a Sturgis man who has been charged with allegedly robbing a Bronson area woman at gunpoint in her home last October has been bound over to Branch County Circuit Cour...
Mar 24, 2022 Chris Potter / CC
BISD board approves $1,500 COVID bonus for Early Education staff members
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch Intermediate School District Board of Education approved a request Wednesday to give Early Education staff members a one-time $1,500 "COVID Bonus" from American Rescu...
Mar 24, 2022 Photo courtesy of BISD Facebook page
D.D.A. Board review lease and loan repayment draft agreements on Taylor's building
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater D.D.A. Board went over a five year draft lease agreement with the Children's Museum of Branch County on Wednesday morning. This follows the D.D.A.'s recent decisio...
Mar 23, 2022 Taylor's Stationers in downtown Coldwater before it closed in 2016. Photo courtesy of Taylor's Stationers
D.D.A. board selects "Family-Focused Experience" for downtown transformation strategy
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - As part of the Downtown Development Authority's participation in the Main Street Select Level program, the Coldwater D.D.A. board Wednesday morning chose a transformation strate...
Mar 23, 2022
Bronson man given two to five year prison sentence following St. Joseph County fatal crash
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - A Bronson man was ordered to serve two to five years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday following a fatal crash last October in St. Joseph County. A St. Josep...
Mar 22, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
UC School Board approves agreement with architects for Alumni Field bleacher replacement project
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - The Union City Community Schools Board of Education approved an agreement with the Benton Harbor architectural firm of Wightman and Associates on Monday night for a project tha...
Mar 22, 2022 Courtesy Union City Community Schools
MSP investigating Monday night armed robbery of iPhone XR at Rick's Party Store
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers are investigating an armed robbery that took place late Monday night in the parking lot at Rick's Party Store on North Angola Road just south of C...
Mar 22, 2022
Severe Weather Awareness Week in Michigan, residents can sign up for Code Red Weather Warnings
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - With the change from winter to spring, it's time to get ready for possible stormy weather during Severe Weather Awareness Week in the State of Michigan. Severe weather and t...
Mar 21, 2022 Damage from August 12, 2021 storm on Grand Street. (Photo by MWC's Jim Measel)
New Branch County Marine Patrol boats ordered but may not arrive for several months
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Department may have to play a waiting game on two new boats that have been ordered for the Marine Patrol. Sheriff John Pollack told the Board of Comm...
Mar 21, 2022 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
Branch County Police agencies switch over to new 800 megahertz radios on Monday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Law enforcement departments around Branch County will switch over to the new 800 megahertz emergency radio system on Monday morning. Training for law enforcement personal took p...
Mar 21, 2022 Pacific Southwest Forest Service, USDA / CC
