Category Archives: Local News
City Council formally approves sale of 71-73 W. Chicago to Abdullahs
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a resolution and sales agreement with Ibrahim and Khalil Abdullah during a special meeting on Thursday so that the Abdullahs can purchase the...
Oct 27, 2023
Commissioners bring forward Sheriff's Department request to sell old vehicles
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Commissioners brought forward a request from Sheriff John Pollack during their work session on Thursday to sell at least four old vehicles. The oldest vehicle is a...
Oct 26, 2023 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
Burns gets positive evaluation from Health Board, receives $5,000 in merit pay
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Health Officer Rebecca Burns received a better than satisfactory evaluation recently from the agency's Board of Health. Meeti...
Oct 26, 2023 Courtesy Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Facebook page
Run Branch County seeks Commissioners support for new half marathon/5K run
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A new local non-profit agency that promotes running approached the Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday as they try to gather support for a...
Oct 26, 2023 Courtesy Run Branch County Facebook page
DTMB says Branch County unemployment rate dropped in September to 3.8 percent
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget reported on Thursday that Branch County's unemployment rate dropped in September to 3-point-8 percent after bein...
Oct 26, 2023 Kevin Smith / CC
Coldwater School Board accepts settlement in lawsuit against vaping manufacturers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education voted on Monday night to accept a proposed settlement of over $14,000 from Altria Group, Incorporated as part of a mass action...
Oct 26, 2023 Coldwater Community Schools logo
BUSINESS BEAT: Coldwater Post Office hosting job fair on Friday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The United States Postal Service is hiring. What's being called a Mega Job Fair will be held at the U.S. Post Office at 100 West Pearl in Coldwater on Friday from 11:00 a.m. unt...
Oct 26, 2023 Robert Geiger / CC
Coldwater man charged with four counts following domestic violence incident
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man is facing four charges following a weekend domestic violence incident at a residence on North Sprague Street. Following a Coldwater Police Department investigati...
Oct 25, 2023 Marco Verch Professional Photographer / CC
Bronson Fire Department help in freeing patient leg from grain auger
GILEAD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Rescue crews had to free a unidentified man from a piece of farm machinery on Tuesday night on Slisher Road in Gilead Township. Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says his de...
Oct 25, 2023 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department
Coldwater City Clerk says over 1,000 mailed absentee ballots were not delivered
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater announced on Wednesday that 1,025 absentee ballots for the November 7 City of Coldwater general election that were to have been mailed on September 29, 202...
Oct 25, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
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