Category Archives: Top News Stories
Commissioners spend three hours interviewing 911 Director candidates
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners spent nearly three hours on Friday afternoon interviewing the five finalists for the 911 Directors job. The five finalists included Bran...
Aug 27, 2021 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sheriff asks Commissioners for help with manpower and equipment
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff John Pollack told Branch County Commissioners on Thursday his department is facing various manpower and equipment challenges as budget negotiations are get...
Aug 27, 2021 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
MSP find over 25 grams of meth and stolen tools in theft suspect's vehicle
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A 29-year-old Litchfield man who was wanted in Hillsdale County on a theft charge was taken into custody in Coldwater Friday morning during a traffic stop. The Michigan State Po...
Aug 27, 2021
Delaney, Scheetz and Graphics 3 honored during Chamber's 68th awards dinner
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Ken Delaney was named Citizen of the Year during the 68th Annual Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce Awards dinner which was held at the Ponds Thursday night. Coldwater High Scho...
Aug 26, 2021
Branch County July unemployment rate drops to 4.8 percent
EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Branch County was one of 77 counties in Michigan that saw a drop in it's unemployment rate during the month of July. Data released on Thursday by the Michigan Department of T...
Aug 26, 2021 Bytemarks / CC
After delays, B.A.C.C. renovation project now moving forward
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch Intermediate School District Superintendent Kris Jenkins and C.T.E. Assistant Superintendent Randy Sowles had a lot of good news about the renovation project at the Branc...
Aug 26, 2021 Branch Area Careers Center, Coldwater MI sign (courtesy of BACC)
Burns tells Health Board "already a lot going on" with COVID-19 in schools
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the COVID-19 Delta variant having an effect on the high number of cases in recent weeks, Health Officer Rebecca Burns indicated to the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community...
Aug 26, 2021 Bryan Alexander / CC
Quincy Village Council goes over storm related items during meeting
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - After their meeting was postponed last week in the aftermath of three storms between August 6 and 12, the Quincy Village Council went over several storm-related items Tuesday night...
Aug 25, 2021
MDHHS says Kalamazoo Region has become Michigan's COVID-19 hot spot
LANSING MI (WKZO AM/FM) - According to the state Health and Human Services Department, the Kalamazoo region which includes Branch County is the hotspot for COVID-19 in Michigan. Statistics show that t...
Aug 25, 2021 EpicTop10.com / CC
Miami man gets MDOC sentence of 57 months to 15 years in fatal stabbing at local hotel
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Miami man was ordered to serve between 57 months and 15 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Wednesday in Branch County Circuit Court following the stabbing deat...
Aug 25, 2021 Shelby L. Bell / CC
