Category Archives: Top News Stories
Wortz introduces bills would cover group prenatal care through insurance, Medicaid
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - State Rep. Jennifer Wortz of Quincy this week announced a bipartisan plan to support group prenatal care, an innovative service that allows pregnant moms to bond and support each ...
Jun 27, 2025 Courtesy Jennifer Wortz for State Representative Facebook page
Locally grown produce continues to highlight Coldwater Farmers Market
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Farmers Market will kick off this weekend for its 11th season. The market will run Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., starting Saturday and running through September...
Jun 27, 2025
Van Havel honored for heroic actions in skies of above Iraq
WASHINGTON, DC (WTVB) - This week, Congressman Tim Walberg (MI-05) hosted a ceremony to present Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey Van Havel with the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor award from the U.S. ...
Jun 27, 2025
Branch County unemployment rate rises to 5.0 percent in May
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County's unemployment rate rose to 5.0 percent in May, following along with most counties in the state. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says ...
Jun 27, 2025 Jernej Furman / CC
House panel approves Rep. Wortz plan to expedite repeal of Hillsdale County ban on Sunday bar sales
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - The House Committee on Regulatory Reform on Thursday approved Rep. Jennifer Wortz's bill to empower local voters to repeal Hillsdale County's ban on Sunday liquor sales at bars an...
Jun 26, 2025 AllaSerebrina / Depositphotos.com
Coldwater man extradited from Florida convicted of sexually assaulting minor female
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man recently recently extradited from Florida has been convicted by a Branch County Circuit Court jury of two counts of First-Degree Criminal Sexual Conduct and one ...
Jun 26, 2025
Quincy hires John Denney as next superintendent
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - The Quincy Community Schools Board of Education Wednesday night selected John Denney to be the district's next superintendent. Denney has served as superintendent of Hanover- Horto...
Jun 26, 2025
Walsh proposes new Branch County budget process to Commissioners
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Frank Walsh wants to make some changes to the county's budget process this year. He told the Branch County Board of Commissioners Tuesday he will pre...
Jun 26, 2025 GotCredit / CC
Coldwater receives $15,000 Main Street Vibrancy Grant
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Wednesday that Coldwater is one of nine communities around Michigan have been awarded a total of $130,250 in grants to support downtown enhance...
Jun 25, 2025
DDA Board approves Children's Museum of Branch County mural and sunflower design
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Downtown Development Authority Board approved the design of a mural of flowers as well as the final design of a sunflower that will be installed on the side of the...
Jun 25, 2025 Courtesy of Elemental Artistry LLC and City of Coldwater
