Category Archives: Top News Stories
BHSJCHA asks Kent County visitors to get tested for COVID-19 and to monitor themselves
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announcing the first identified Michigan case of the Omicron variant being found in Kent County, the Branch-Hillsdale-S...
Dec 10, 2021 Tim Reckmann / CC
Board of Health meeting rescheduled for Monday, will be conducted on Zoom
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency meeting which was not conducted on Thursday has been rescheduled for Monday morning, December 13, at 8:00 a.m.. Administr...
Dec 10, 2021
Commissioners bring Correction Officers personal and sick extension request forward
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted on Thursday to bring forward to next week's meeting a request to allow Corrections Officers at the Sheriff's Department to carry o...
Dec 10, 2021 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
Seven persons escape injury in Friday morning crash on Grand Street
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Police say seven persons escaped injury Friday morning after their vehicle hit a parked vehicle on Grand Street between Taylor and West Pierce. The crash was reported ...
Dec 10, 2021 Coldwater Police vehicle (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Disagreement over COVID-19 protocols leads to postponement of Health Board meeting
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Chaos and anger erupted Thursday morning as a scheduled meeting of the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Board of Health was not held due to a disagreement bet...
Dec 09, 2021
Man wanted in Las Vegas for alleged child sex crimes arrested in Tekonsha Township
TEKONSHA TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A man who was wanted by police in Las Vegas for alleged sex crimes involving children was arrested on Wednesday by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department. Accordin...
Dec 09, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
Staffing levels at Branch County 911 Central Dispatch improve
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The manpower situation has improved at Branch County 911 Central Dispatch. After being shorthanded for most of the last couple of years which forced some dispatchers to work 18 ...
Dec 08, 2021 Scary Side of Earth / CC
Suspect arrested by CCSD in Marshall as part of human trafficking operations investigation
MARSHALL, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A Battle Creek man was taken into custody on Monday as part of a investigation into human trafficking operations that target children. Calhoun County Sheriff's Deputies and ...
Dec 08, 2021 Courtesy Calhoun County Sheriff's Office Facebook page
Wind driven fire destroys farm house on Caudill property, home occupant taken to PCRH
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A raging fire destroyed a decades old farmhouse on Tuesday on the Caudill property at 523 West Central Road and caused nearly $285,000 worth of damage. Bronson Fire Chief ...
Dec 08, 2021 Photo courtesy of Bronson Fire Department Facebook page
Prosecutors file two first degree criminal sexual conduct charges against Bronson man
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Bronson man who was facing three charges after he allegedly choked a woman in his South Matteson Street apartment on November 16 is now facing two counts of first degree crimi...
Dec 07, 2021 Blogtrepreneur / CC
