Author Archives: Jim Measel
Family Video closing all stores including Coldwater location
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Family Video store at 571 East Chicago along with other Family Video stores will be closing their doors sometime in the near future. The company started 42 years a...
Jan 06, 2021 Kzoo Cowboy / CC
CFD dealing with deliberately set field fire on south side
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater firefighters had to take care of a deliberately set field fire which broke out early Wednesday morning on the south side of the city. Fire Chief Dave Schmaltz says som...
Jan 06, 2021 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BUSINESS BEAT: SMB&T says some stimulus payments maybe delayed
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Southern Michigan Bank and Trust says they have been made aware that customers who used H&R Block for their tax services may be noticing a delay in getting their stimulus ch...
Jan 06, 2021
M.D.H.H.S. fines Spangler's $11,000 for violating state orders
JONESVILLE, MI (WTVB) - Spangler's Family Restaurant in Jonesville was one of nearly a dozen establishments around Michigan that have been cited and fined in recent weeks for violating COVID-19 restri...
Jan 05, 2021 Scott McLeod / CC
Calhoun COVID-19 positivity rate just over 7 percent
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Calhoun County Public Health Department reported on Tuesday that there has been a cumulative total of 7,009 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 184 deaths attributed to th...
Jan 05, 2021
Less Branch County COVID-19 cases but deaths reach 69
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency reported on Tuesday that while just nine new COVID-19 cases were reported in Branch County, the county's number of COVID-...
Jan 05, 2021 sergio santos / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: ProMedica offers Outpatient Behavioral Health services
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The holiday season is over and the winter weather has settled in. Winter brings with it an increase in the number of people who deal with depression and the winter blahs. A decr...
Jan 05, 2021 ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Electrical short thought to have caused Bronson house fire
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - An electrical short is believed to have started a house fire late Monday night in Bronson which caused about $30,000 worth of damages to a home at 230 Compton Street. Bronson Fire...
Jan 05, 2021
Planning Commission approves Gillespie Special Use Permit request
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Planning Commission approved a Special Land Use permit request Monday night from Southern Michigan Bank and Trust in the hopes it will lead to the former Gillespie...
Jan 04, 2021 Courtesy of Southern Michigan Bank and Trust
Hazelbaker named Commission Chair, Kolcz selected Vice-Chair
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Randall Hazelbaker was selected as the Chair of the Branch County Board of Commissioners for 2021 during their organizational session on Monday morning. In addition, the Commiss...
Jan 04, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
