Category Archives: Top News Stories
MPSC approves Helix-Hiple transmission line to run through Branch County
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved the Helix-Hiple transmission line, a 55-mile, 345-kilovolt project set to cut through Branch County, connecting the Michigan-Ind...
Jul 10, 2025
Active shooter response training to take place next week at Coldwater High School
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Multiple Branch County law enforcement agencies will be conducting training exercises next week to prepare for the call they hope they never have to take, that of an active scho...
Jul 10, 2025
Proposed budget timeline presented to Branch County Commissioners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Under a timeline for putting together Branch County's 2026 budget, the Branch County Board of Commissioners would take final action on the proposed spending plan on November 25....
Jul 10, 2025 Ervins Strauhmanis / CC
Branch County Chief Public Defender job opening attracts four applicants
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The deadline for applications to be submitted for the open Branch County Chief Public Defender position passed last week. Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh told the Board ...
Jul 10, 2025 Premium_shots / Depositphotos.com
Insight Hospital Coldwater remains committed to serving Branch County residents
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With lots of attention brought to the sustainability of rural hospitals across the country in the past few weeks, on the heels of controversial legislative decisions on who and ...
Jul 10, 2025 Courtesy Insight Institute Facebook page
Coldwater H.D.C. approves request for Children's Museum sunflower
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater's Historic District Commission approved a Certificate of Appropriateness request from the Children's Museum of Branch County Wednesday afternoon for a sunf...
Jul 09, 2025 Children’s Museum of Branch County Executive Director Shana Grife. Courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube channel.
Changes could be coming to Branch County employee furlough days
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - For the past fourteen years in an effort to reduce utility costs, Branch County has authorized the use of employee furlough days that are generally piggybacked before or after a...
Jul 09, 2025 Courtesy of Branch County Government
Walberg says years of bad decision making may doom some rural hospitals
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- During a town hall style meeting in Coldwater on Tuesday, one of the big topics of discussion was the potential for some rural hospitals being forced to shutter operations as a r...
Jul 09, 2025
Coldwater Main Street director stepping down to take new job with City of Grand Rapids
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After some major accomplishments downtown the past few years, the Executive Director of Coldwater Main Street and the Branch County Economic Growth Alliance is taking a new role...
Jul 08, 2025 Coldwater Main Street Director Audrey Tappenden. Courtesy City of Coldwater
AUDIO Walberg addresses Big Beautiful Bill at Coldwater event
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A packed house jammed into the Hope Cafe in Coldwater Tuesday morning for the monthly Coffee, Conversation and Community event, that featured State Senator Jonathon Lindsey, Sta...
Jul 08, 2025
