Category Archives: Local News
Branch Pride hoping to raise $175,000 for new men's homeless shelter
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Organizers for Branch Pride says they are close to opening a new low barrier men's homeless shelter. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has gifted them 17 beds...
Apr 11, 2023 Courtesy Branch Pride
Public hearing on recreational marijuana held in Bronson, majority express opposition
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - Bronson City Manager Brandon Mersman says the majority of citizens who spoke to the Bronson City Council on Monday night stated they were against having recreational marijuana fac...
Apr 11, 2023 Courtesy City of Bronson Facebook page
After State refusal to revise precinct maps, City and Township amend PA 425 agreement
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council passed an amendment to an agreement between the City and Coldwater Township on Monday night which ensures that the voters in a new apartment complex o...
Apr 11, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Knaack tells Council about anger from nearby residents over proposed Trail Tree expansion
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - One week after the Coldwater Planning Commission approved a Special Land Use Permit with numerous contingencies for the proposed Trail Tree manufactured home park expansion betw...
Apr 11, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Bronson Fire Department seeking proposals for concrete removal and replacement
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The Bronson Fire Department is requesting proposals for the removal and replacement of over 3,200 square feet of concrete. There are three different concrete pads to be removed an...
Apr 11, 2023 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department Facebook page
BUSINESS BEAT: Biz Aid Recycling of Coldwater offers option to recycle boat wrap
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Biz Aid Recycling, an indoor drop-off recycling center located in Coldwater, is participating in a state-organized recycling initiative to collect boat wrap from winter storage....
Apr 11, 2023 Photo courtesy of Second Story Marketing
Branch County included in Fire Weather Watch for Wednesday afternoon
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Branch, Hillsdale, St. Joseph and Steuben Counties are included in a Fire Weather Watch that has been issued by the National Weather Service in Northern Indiana for elevated...
Apr 11, 2023 D4E / CC
Smullen enters into plea agreement following February catalytic converter theft
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man who was arrested February 12 for trying to steal a catalytic converter from a vehicle parked on Industrial Avenue entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors ...
Apr 10, 2023 Blogtrepreneur / CC
Allen sent to prison for 18 months to 10 years after pleading no contest to assault and domestic violence charges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A man who entered no contest pleas to charges of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder and domestic violence was sent to the Michigan Department of Correc...
Apr 10, 2023 Brendan Riley / CC
Douglas Autotech now known as JTEKT Column Systems North America Corporation
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The Bronson employer that was formerly known as Douglas Autotech Corporation is now known as JTEKT Column Systems North America Corporation. The new name went into effect on April...
Apr 10, 2023
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