Category Archives: Local News
Gas nearly $4 in Coldwater, prices much cheaper in nearby communities
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Tired of gas prices near $4 a gallon in Coldwater? It might be worth the drive to find considerably cheaper gas prices in some nearby communities. Severe weather that knocke...
Jul 27, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC
Microsurfacing set to take place on several Coldwater streets
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Weather permitting, the City of Coldwater will be microsurfacing several streets during the upcoming week. Microsurfacing is a road maintenance tool that corrects or prevents ce...
Jul 27, 2024 Courtesy City of Coldwater Facebook page
Commissioners start County Administrator interviews on Tuesday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Interviews will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday with six candidates who have made the first cut in their bid to replace the retiring Bud Norman as Branch County Administrator. ...
Jul 27, 2024 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
Crews continue to tear down old Branch County Jail
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After falling behind due to a longer than expected abatement period, the demolition of the old Branch County Jail is continuing. County Administrator Bud Norman told County Comm...
Jul 26, 2024 Photo courtesy of Josh Englehart
CCS Superintendent says 2025 state education budget has unanswered questions
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - School officials across the state now know how much funding they will get from Lansing after Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a $23.4 billion education spending plan for Fiscal ...
Jul 26, 2024 Courtesy Coldwater Community Schools
City urges drivers to avoid Cardinal Drive during upcoming road work
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater says a milling and repaving project on a portion of Cardinal Drive will start soon. About 170 feet of Cardinal Drive between Grand Street and Edison Court ...
Jul 26, 2024
Branch County Road Commission schedules more sealcoat maintenance work
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Another round of sealcoat maintenance road work by the Branch County Road Commission is scheduled to start on Monday, July 29. Weather permitting, crews will be working at 2...
Jul 26, 2024 Branch County Road Commission
BUSINESS BEAT: PCRH hosting 85 year celebration on August 14
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital will be offering a free night of music and food as part of the celebration of over eight decades of hospital service to the community. They...
Jul 26, 2024 Courtesy ProMedica Coldwater Regional Hospital Facebook page
Branch County V.A. Director Charles Scott announces plans to retire
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There will be a changing of the guard in Branch County government when 2025 arrives. Branch County Department of Veterans Affairs Director Charles Scott has informed the county ...
Jul 25, 2024 Courtesy Branch County Veterans Affairs Facebook page
2024 Branch County Fair Court announced, queen and king program on August 4
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The members of the 2024 Branch County Fair court have been announced by fair organizers. The four queen candidates are Elly Brewer, Alexa Graham, Alivia Burlingame and Olivia Ur...
Jul 25, 2024 The 2024 Branch County Fair Court are (L-R) Elly Brewer, Alexa Graham, Cameron Converse, Alivia Burlingame and Olivia Uren
Photo courtesy of Branch County Fair
