Category Archives: Top News Stories
Wal Mart store robber given prison sentence of 19 months to 15 years
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man who was charged in connection with a robbery last September at the Coldwater Walmart store was ordered to serve between 19 months and 15 years in prison on Monda...
Jun 21, 2021 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
MDHHS reports new Branch County COVID-19 cases went up slightly over last week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With COVID-19 restrictions being lifted on Tuesday throughout the entire state of Michigan, the latest statistics from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services show ...
Jun 21, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
City announces home improvement grants available to eligible 1st Ward residents
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater announced on Monday it is partnering with the Michigan State Housing Development Authority to award home maintenance and improvement grants to eligible hom...
Jun 21, 2021 Courtesy City of Coldwater
NWS says they have not confirmed any tornadoes in Branch County storms
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The National Weather Service office in northern Indiana issued a statement on Monday which said as of 7:00 a.m. they have not confirmed any tornadoes occurred with storms that r...
Jun 21, 2021 Photo courtesy of Amy Roberts
Tornado warning issued in Branch County as storms knock down trees and power lines
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A series of severe storms which at one point prompted a tornado warning battered Branch County and the surrounding area Sunday night and early Monday morning leaving in its ...
Jun 21, 2021 Credit- Storm Chaser Ryan Harriott via Twitter
Two sides reach agreement on Batavia Township compost site
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An agreement has been reached between Batavia Township and Cornelius Farms Manager Fred Cornelius over a compost site near the intersection of M-86 and Hodunk Road. The agreemen...
Jun 20, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
CHA and Branch District Library partner on COVID-19 vaccines
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Thanks to a partnership between the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency and the Branch District Library, the health agency's mobile clinic will be offering COVID...
Jun 20, 2021 Alachua County
Lightning strike being blamed for garage and structure fire on East Central Road
ALGANSEE TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A lightning strike from storms that rumbled through Branch County Friday morning is being blamed for a fire southeast of Archer Lake which destroyed a home, a garage and...
Jun 18, 2021 Courtesy Quincy Fire Department Facebook page
Friday morning storms knock out power for hundreds in Branch County
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A line of storms that featured lightning, heavy rain and strong winds roared through Branch County Friday morning. The storms knocked out power for hundreds of Consumers Ene...
Jun 18, 2021 texaus1 / CC
Two cases of Delta variant reported in Branch County, Burns "very concerned"
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns says she is very concerned about two positive cases of the highly contagious B.1.617.2 COVID-19 ...
Jun 17, 2021
