Category Archives: Local News
Jail time ordered for driver involved in 2021 injury crash at Marshall and Taylor
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A former Coldwater man who was charged in connection with a crash in April of 2021 near the intersection of Marshall and Taylor was ordered to serve six months in the Branch Cou...
Feb 26, 2024 Chris Potter / CC
UC man who led police on high speed chase goes to MDOC on drug and weapons charges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Union City man was sentenced to serve 29 months to 10 years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday after he led police on a high speed chase while driving a motor...
Feb 26, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
BUSINESS BEAT: Knights of Columbus sponsoring showing of Jesus Christ Superstar
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The showing of the 1973 movie Jesus Christ Superstar at the Tibbits Opera House on March 23 now has the support of the Coldwater Council of the Knights of Columbus. The screenin...
Feb 26, 2024 Courtesy Tibbits Opera House
Gilead Township barn fire causes $850,000 worth of damage
GILEAD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Four fire departments responded to a barn fire east of Gilead Lake on Sunday night which caused about $850,000 worth of damage. Bronson Deputy Fire Chief Ken Stutzman says...
Feb 26, 2024 (Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page)
City Council to interview second City Attorney candidate on Monday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council is scheduled to interview the second of two finalists for the City Attorney's position following their meeting on Monday night. Current City Attorney ...
Feb 25, 2024 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Baker says weekly yard collection may start early if mild weather continues
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The groundhog may have been right about an early spring. After Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow on February second, the weather for the most part has been unseasonable m...
Feb 25, 2024 Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker. Courtesy City of Coldwater
Commission on Aging looks for operating millage renewal on the August ballot
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the current operating millage for the Branch County Commission on Aging expiring later this year, the agency's board of directors this week recommended the Branch County Bo...
Feb 23, 2024
Early in-person voting slow at Dearth Center this week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Heading into the final three days of early in-person presidential primary voting in Branch County, only 200 people took advantage of the option through Thursday. Branch County C...
Feb 23, 2024 Alan Cleaver / CC
Single-wide mobile home in Matteson Township damaged in Thursday afternoon fire
MATTESON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Crews from two fire departments were on the scene for around one hour Thursday afternoon for a blaze at a home in Branch County's Matteson Township. The Bronson Fire Dep...
Feb 23, 2024 Robert Couse-Baker / CC
Pay increases part of new contract ratified with Meijer, all employees will need to be union members
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - 25,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 951, which includes workers at the Coldwater Meijer store, voted this week to ratify new contracts with the retail...
Feb 23, 2024
