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Tea Party Dispute With City Of Coldwater Posted July 30, 2010

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COLDWATER (WTVB) - A possible dispute brewing between the City of Coldwater and a local chapter of the Tea Party has been settled for now. The disagreement arose over the group’s placement of a sign in the four corners park downtown announcing its event for tomorrow afternoon, Branch County Tea ...More

Summer Activities In Branch County Posted July 30, 2010

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COLDWATER (WTVB) - Classic car buffs in the Branch County area, and there are lots of them are gearing up for one of their favorites events of the summer, the Remember the Alamo Cruise, which runs tomorrow afternoon and evening in downtown Coldwater. It’s part of what promises to be ...More

Oil Spill No Threat To Branch County Posted July 30, 2010

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COLDWATER (WTVB) - State Representative Ken Kurtz says he’s been told that there’s no threat to any rivers or groundwater in northern Branch County from this week’s huge crude oil spill in the Marshall area where dozens of homeowners were advised yesterday to evacuate because of rising concerns ...More

More Manpower Coming To Help With Oil Spill Posted July 30, 2010

More Evacuations In Spill Area Posted July 30, 2010

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MARSHALL (WKZO) -- The Calhoun County Health Department is expanding the evacuation of homes along the Kalamazoo River. Their most recent air quality tests are showing unacceptably high levels of benzene in the air, enough to pose a health concern to the occupants of 30 to 50 homes. Spokesperson Bridgette Richenbaugh ...More

No Answers On Lake Levels Posted July 29, 2010

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COLDWATER (WTVB) - Township and County officials and the general public who attended yesterday’s meeting in Coldwater with a DNRE water and land management analyst didn’t get a lot of their questions on lake levels and no wake zones answered, but were told the issues they raised will be ...More

Estimates Now Say A Million Gallons Leaked Posted July 29, 2010

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MARSHALL (WKZO) - The accusations are flying this morning as the clean-up of the Kalamazoo River in Calhoun County isn’t going as well as some had hoped and the facts are beginning to conflict from source to source. The EPA and Enbridge say the oil has advanced 25-miles down the ...More

Today May Be Critical For Oil Containment Posted July 29, 2010

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MARSHALL (WKZO) - Today could be a critical one in the effort to contain the oil spill in Calhoun County. The EPA says that Enbridge has been low-balling the numbers. They estimate over a million gallons of crude oil has leaked and it’s been moving down the Kalamazoo River at ...More

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