Author Archives: Jim Measel

At last minute, City Council meeting cancelled for Monday night
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Monday night meeting of the Coldwater City Council has been cancelled. The cancellation was announced just 90 minutes before the scheduled start of the meeting. The city pos...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2021

Coldwater City Council members and Mayor Kramer file for re-election
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Four Coldwater City Council members along with Coldwater Mayor Tom Kramer have all filed to run for another term in office. Seeking another term are Travis Machin in the First W...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2021 FutUndBeidl / CC

City of Bronson fire hydrant flushing set for May 3 and 4
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The City of Bronson will be flushing its fire hydrants on Monday, May 3 and on Tuesday, May 4 as part of regular routine water main cleaning, The flushing will begin 12:01 a.m. on...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2021 Bill Smith / CC

Soggy Walk a Mile in Their Shoes held on South Monroe
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The cold, wet and miserable weather on Saturday morning cut short the activities surrounding the 11th annual Walk A Mile in Their Shoes fundraising event sponsored by the Branch...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2021

BUSINESS BEAT: Chamber schedules summer of '21 events
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce has scheduled three events for the upcoming summer after the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed some plans in 2020. The Chamber Golf Classic is s...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2021

Coldwater man escapes serious injury when vehicle crashes into tree
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Department says safety restraints and airbags limited the injuries suffered by a Coldwater man on Saturday afternoon when his small SUV stru...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2021 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch

Injured woman flown out following Gilead Township horse accident
GILEAD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A woman had to be flown out on Sunday evening after a horse fell on her in the 400 block of West Southern Road in Gilead Township. Life Care Ambulance and the Bronson Fire...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2021 Paul Townley

Coldwater High School students return to in person classes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Ninth through 12th grade students at Coldwater High School will be coming back to in person classes four days a week starting on Monday. Principal Bill Milnes says they will con...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2021 Coldwater High School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

UC baseball sweeps Vandercook Lake, Zweng throws no-hitter
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - The Union City Chargers won four baseball games in a span of 24 hours on Friday and Saturday. After sweeping Leslie on Friday, the Chargers took a pair from Vandercook Lake by ...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2021

U.S. 12 project on west side of Coldwater on City Council agenda
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A major road project on the west side of Coldwater is on Monday night's Coldwater City Council agenda. The Council will be asked by City Manager Keith Baker to approve a resolut...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2021

