branch county

Michigan's Governor declared a state of emergency for Branch, Hillsdale, and St. Joseph Counties after severe storms and winds devastated the area.

Not many people in the Village heard what happened to cut their power. But employees and a guest at the village DPW and Electric building sure did.

Ovid Township in South Central Branch County is facing a dilemma of sorts. And something of a disruption. The Township Supervisor has resigned.

Thousands of homes and businesses throughout southern Michigan are without power this morning. Consumers Energy, Indiana-Michigan Power, and DTE Energy, all have crews in the field working to get service restored.

Michigan State Police are searching for a Coldwater man accused of driving impaired and causing the death of a bicyclist in April.

Indiana man accused of operating under the influence and striking an Amish buggy and killing three children entered a plea of no contest.

13-year-old Landen Risner from Sherwood in rural Branch County has died. Landen was critically injured when he and several siblings were struck by a vehicle as they were riding their bicycles near their home.

Michigan State Police Troopers are reporting a break in the hit and run crash where three children on bicycles were run down Monday afternoon just outside the Village of Sherwood in Branch County.

Three kids riding bikes near Sherwood in Branch County were run down by an SUV yesterday afternoon. State Troopers are asking for your help to locate the hit-and-run driver.

The proposed solar power generating operation in Branch County known as Coldwater Solar hasn’t even won regulatory approval to get development underway. But it is working to create goodwill in the area with what executives say is just the first of many rounds of community support grant fundin…