Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: El Cunado moving into former JT's building
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After being empty since last November when the American Dreams Italian Steakhouse went out of business, there is activity at the old JT's building at 50 East Chicago in Coldwate...
Sep 6, 2024 Courtesy El Cunado Mexican Cuisine Facebook page
M-86 west of Coldwater reopened after sinkhole repairs are made
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - What had been a frustrating two days for drivers west of Coldwater ended on Thursday afternoon as M-86 was reopened between U.S. 12 and Wheeler Road after a sinkhole was ...
Sep 5, 2024 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
County Commissioners approve Aquatic Center funding request
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Browne Aquatic Center will be getting some financial help from Branch County. The Branch County Board of Commissioners suspended work session rules Thursday morning and appr...
Sep 5, 2024 The exterior of the Dr. Robert W. Browne Aquatic Center. (Photo courtesy Coldwater Community Schools)
Commissioners vote to begin County Administrator negotiations with Walsh
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted on Thursday morning to begin contract negotiations with former Meridian Township Manager Frank Walsh to be the next Branch County ...
Sep 5, 2024 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BUSINESS BEAT: Coffee Hour to spotlight homelessness in Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Association of Realtors and the Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting their monthly Coffee Hour on Tuesday, September 10 at the Hope Cafe' startin...
Sep 5, 2024
Matteson Township house fire causes nearly $20,000 worth of damage
MATTESON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The cause of a Matteson Township house fire that broke out late Wednesday afternoon is being called electrical in nature by Bronson Fire Department officials. Bronson Fi...
Sep 5, 2024 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page
County Commissioners to hear request to help fund Browne Aquatic Center
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Mayor Tom Kramer and Coldwater Community School District Board of Education President Doctor Ed Lake are scheduled to present a plan to Branch County Commissioners dur...
Sep 4, 2024 The competition pool at the Dr. Robert W. Browne Aquatic Center. (Photo courtesy Browne Aquatic Center)
MDOT spokesman says M-86 sinkhole apparently caused by "irrigation failure"
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A spokesperson for MDOT says a irrigation failure led to the small sinkhole opening up on West Colon Road near Wheeler Road on Tuesday. The sinkhole forced MDOT and the B...
Sep 4, 2024 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office
CHS 2024 Advanced Placement scores beat national averages
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Community Schools Grades 6 through 12 Advanced Studies Curriculum Chair Brian Stevens announced on Wednesday that the high school's Advanced Placement Scores readily b...
Sep 4, 2024 Coldwater Community Schools logo
Old Branch County Jail building demolished, crews finishing up work
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A 70-year-old building on North Marshall Road that once housed the Branch County Jail has been demolished. Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told the county's Planning Comm...
Sep 4, 2024 Courtesy Branch County government
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