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Will it ever end? More rain in the forecast for soaked area
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - What has turned into a soggy month of June will come to a close on Wednesday with some people wondering if it will ever stop raining. Since June 18, the M.S.U. Extension Ser...
Jun 29, 2021 Ralf Steinberger / CC
Fireworks and other activities highlight Branch County holiday weekend
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A full slate of 4th of July holiday activities will take place this weekend around Branch County. Some of the activities return after they had to be called off last year due...
Jun 29, 2021 Epic Fireworks / CC
Council approves buying blighted structures and Gillespie OPRA tax exemption
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council passed a resolution on Monday night which allows the city to buy two of four parcels the State of Michigan has foreclosed on in the city due to accumu...
Jun 28, 2021 Property at 27 Green Street. Photo courtesy City of Coldwater
Coldwater man sent to prison for dentist office break in
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man who was charged in connection with the January 21 break in of the Smile Avenue Family and Comestic Dentistry office was ordered to serve time in the Michigan Dep...
Jun 28, 2021 michael scott / CC
Gordon enters guilty pleas to 2 counts of attempted criminal sexual conduct
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater resident who was originally charged by prosecutors with six counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct entered into a plea agreement on Monday in Branch County C...
Jun 28, 2021 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Public being asked to assist investigators in Steuben murder case
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - The Steuben County Sheriff's Department is asking for the public to help them during the investigation into last week's murder of an Angola woman at a home on Lake James. S...
Jun 28, 2021 Lake James home where Angola woman was found murdered on Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Steuben County Sheriff's Department
South Angola Road three month bridge project scheduled to start next Monday
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Road Commission is letting residents know a portion of South Angola Road, also known as Old U.S. 27, in Ovid Township will be closed starting next Monday, ...
Jun 28, 2021
Work on U.S. 12 project in Coldwater set to start week of July 12
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker says in his report for Monday's City Council meeting that work on the Michigan Department of Transportation project on U.S. 12 between Western...
Jun 27, 2021 Downtown Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Another round of storms, Calhoun County put under Saturday night tornado warnings
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Another round of severe storms battered the area on Saturday night as a pair of tornado warnings were issued in Calhoun County. A severe thunderstorm nine miles south of Cli...
Jun 27, 2021 Tuncay / CC
Man injured in two vehicle crash near Tekonsha
TEKONSHA TOWNSHIP, MI (WNWN/WTVB) - A crash involving a Suburban and a semi just after midnight on Saturday morning seriously injured a man who was a passenger in the Suburban. The Calhoun County Sher...
Jun 26, 2021
