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Stolen vehicle and police pursuit suspect has cases bound over to Circuit Court
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - One of two suspects who is facing numerous charges after a pair of vehicles were stolen and a police pursuit took place in Coldwater has had his cases bound over to Branch Count...
Jan 27, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
All three Community Health Agency counties remain at high risk for spread of COVID-19
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns reported to the Agency's Board of Health on Thursday that all three counties remain at a high ri...
Jan 27, 2022 Jernej Furman / CC
Committee scheduled to meet Friday to go over applications for County Register of Deeds
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A three member committee consisting of Branch County Clerk Terry Kubasiak, Prosecuting Attorney Zach Stempien and Probate Court Judge Kirk Kashian is scheduled to meet on Friday...
Jan 26, 2022 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Teen from England arrested in child sex computer probe which started in Sherwood Township
SHERWOOD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 17-year-old boy from England was arrested about a week ago following a Michigan State Police investigation involving an alleged computer incident in which the victim w...
Jan 26, 2022 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Pansophia Academy in Coldwater closes for the rest of the week due to COVID-19 and other illnesses
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Pansophia Academy in Coldwater announced in a social media post Tuesday night they are closed for the rest of the week due to the number of COVID-19 cases and other illnesses in...
Jan 26, 2022 Courtesy Pansophia Academy
City of Bronson lifts boil water advisory after samples come back negative for bacteria
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The City of Bronson has lifted the boil water advisory issued last Saturday night after water samples came back negative for the presence of bacteria. As required during a boil wa...
Jan 25, 2022 Jenn Durfey / CC
Sloan gets five years of probation and must register as sex offender for downloading child porn
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man who was found by the Michigan State Police last July to be in possession of sexually explicit materials involving children was ordered to serve five years of pro...
Jan 25, 2022 Patrick Feller / CC
Ohio man badly injured on South Fremont Road as vehicle hits deer and tree
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A Edon, Ohio man was badly injured Monday night when his vehicle struck a deer and then hit a tree just north of the Michigan-Indiana state line. Michigan State Police...
Jan 25, 2022 Dan Perry / CC
Council instructs staff to go forward with proposed Children's Museum move to Taylor's
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council instructed city staff on Monday night to go forward with the proposed move of the Branch County Children's Museum to the former Taylor's Stationers bu...
Jan 24, 2022 Taylor's Stationers in downtown Coldwater before it closed in 2016. Photo courtesy of Taylor's Stationers
MSP: Police agencies around southern Michigan investigating numerous fraud complaints
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police at Jackson said on Monday that multiple police agencies in southern Michigan have been handling numerous fraud complaints where victims have lost $15,000 or ...
Jan 24, 2022
