Category Archives: Local News

Gas prices drop around the area this week, but still higher than last year
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - It didn't take long for gas prices to recover from the protracted Independence Day holiday hikes across the state. In its daily canvassing of fueling centers, AAA Michigan's sta...
Ken Delaney Jul 9, 2024 Mike Mozart / CC

Business Beat: BACC OJT program featured during July 18 forum for local employers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - In an effort to bridge the gap between local talent and local companies, area employers will have the opportunity to discover partnership opportunities with the OJT (On the Job ...
Ken Delaney Jul 9, 2024 Branch Area Career Center OJT Program Coordinator Joe Sobeske (courtesy City of Coldwater/BCEGA)

New restroom facility for Rotary Park approved by City Council
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Another step in the renovation project at Rotary Park was taken by the Coldwater City Council last night. The council approved a plan to their landscape architect to purchase of...
Ken Delaney Jul 9, 2024 Courtesy City of Coldwater

City Council approves two-point-nine percent electric rate increase recommended by CBPU
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Despite an overall electric rate increase of two-point-nine percent, the director of the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities says city customers are still paying about 30% less ...
Ken Delaney Jul 9, 2024

UPDATE: Coldwater's Entertainment Under The Stars canceled for tonight
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater summertime tradition was set to resume tonight, but the 2024 kick-off for Entertainment Under The Stars is being postponed one week due to the threat of rain. The co...
Ken Delaney Jul 9, 2024 Courtesy Coldwater Recreation Department Facebook page

Neubecker hired as new Lakeland Elementary principal
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The administrative team at Coldwater Community Schools for the 2024-25 school year is now fully assembled, as the Coldwater Board of Education approved the hiring of Sarah Neube...
Sean Watson Jul 8, 2024 Changing of the guard: Gary Dancer, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Coldwater Community Schools and former Principal at Lakeland Elementary School, stands next to Sarah Neubecker, his successor in the Lakeland principal's office. (Photo by MWC's Sean Watson)

Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education annual organizational meeting tonight
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - As they begin a new fiscal year, the Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education will hold their annual organizational meeting tonight. It's a limited agenda, with a number o...
Ken Delaney Jul 8, 2024 Coldwater Community Schools logo

BUSINESS BEAT: Women Who Care of Branch County makes latest donation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - At the May Women Who Care of Branch County meeting, the group voted to give funds from the meeting to the Branch County Fair for The Grandest Drive. The amount donated at the on...
Ken Delaney Jul 8, 2024

Bronson City Council to get job description for Assistant to City Manager on Monday night
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - A job description for the newly created position of Assistant to the City Manager is on Monday night's Bronson City Council agenda. The new position was approved in the Fiscal Yea...
Jim Measel Jul 5, 2024 Courtesy of the City of Bronson Facebook page

CBPU Board approved two percent salary increase for Jakubczak following closed session evaluation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Board of Directors expressed their satisfaction with the job Paul Jakubczak is doing as Director Wednesday night as they approved a two p...
Jim Measel Jul 5, 2024
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