Author Archives: Jim Measel
Planners recommend retail pot businesses only be allowed in General Business District
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - On a 6-3 vote, the Coldwater Planning Commission recommended to the City Council on Tuesday night that they remove the Coldwater Zoning Ordinance provision for allowing retail m...
Sep 08, 2020 Elsa Olofsson / CC
Soggy start to the school year, area reports of 2 to 3 inches of rain
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - It was a soggy start to the school year on Tuesday morning after a summer in which parts of Branch County had to endure moderate drought conditions. The M.S.U. Extension Ser...
Sep 08, 2020 VV Nincic / CC
Crash, hit and run incident on Long Lake under investigation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Department is investigating a crash involving two watercraft that took place on Friday evening on Long Lake. It happened at about 6:00 p.m. when the ...
Sep 08, 2020
Veteran race driver Terry Wilber honored at Butler Motor Speedway
BUTLER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - It was an emotional season-ending program at Butler Motor Speedway on Saturday night as the memory of veteran race driver Terry Wilber was honored. Wilber passed away last...
Sep 08, 2020
High school sports resume but with COVID-19 protocols under E.O. #176
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With last week's announcement by the Michigan High School Athletic Association that Football, Boys Soccer and Girls Volleyball seasons can begin, Coldwater High School Athletic ...
Sep 08, 2020
BUSINESS BEAT: BCAR awards Bowers Scholarships to 10 students
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Although COVID-19 restrictions prevented them from holding their annual "Cliffie Bowers Memorial Scholarship" fundraiser, the Branch County Association of Realtors were stil...
Sep 08, 2020
MDOT plans work on west side of Coldwater in 2023
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Michigan Department of Transportation Engineer told the Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session Thursday that they have construction plans for U.S. 12 o...
Sep 08, 2020
Branch County H.S. Sports for Tuesday, September 8, 2020
---Cross Country--- Coldwater and Potterville at Concord ---Boys Soccer--- Kalamazoo Hackett at Coldwater Adrian Lenawee Christian at Quincy ---Boys Tennis--- Bronson at Buchanan, canceled due to rain...
Sep 07, 2020
Back to School on Tuesday, new challenges await students and staff
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Summer vacation is over as it's back to school in one form or another on Tuesday for students in the Coldwater, Bronson and Quincy school districts as well as the Branch Int...
Sep 07, 2020 GotCredit / CC
Motorcyclist killed in Steuben County crash
ANGOLA, IN (WTVB) - The Indiana State Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle accident which took place Sunday night west of Angola. The fatal victim has been identified as 42-year-old James C. "C...
Sep 07, 2020
