Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Coldwater BPU earns Smart Energy Provider recognition
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities has earned a Smart Energy Provider designation from the American Public Power Association. The designation was presented on Tuesday durin...
Nov 16, 2022
Prosecutors dismiss charges in Royer case "based upon new information"
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The case of a Coldwater man who was facing three charges in connection with the death of his infant daughter has been dismissed by Branch County Prosecutors based upon new infor...
Nov 15, 2022 Rumble Press / CC
Watkins named new Bronson Mayor, Earl now Vice Mayor, Mersman's contract extended
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - It looked like a game of musical chairs at the start of Monday night's Bronson City Council meeting. During their first meeting after the General Election, the City Council voted ...
Nov 15, 2022 Courtesy City of Bronson Facebook page
Former Hillsdale County deputy enters guilty plea to misconduct in office
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced on Tuesday that a former Hillsdale County Sheriff's Deputy has entered a guilty plea to a charge of misconduct in office. 46-year-o...
Nov 15, 2022
Bronson City Council approves 4-way stop for South Douglas and Compton Streets
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - After getting a number of letters from nearby property owners, the Bronson City Council approved a request on Monday night to change the intersection of South Douglas and Compton ...
Nov 15, 2022 Courtesy City of Bronson Facebook page
Coldwater sidewalk repair project delayed until next spring
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker told the City Council that a project to repair sidewalks has been delayed to next spring. Baker said they ran out of time for the work to be d...
Nov 15, 2022 (Courtesy Downtown Coldwater Facebook page)
BUSINESS BEAT: Two BCSD Correction Officers complete academy training
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office has announced that Corrections Officers Richard Norton and Tristian Spaulding recently completed a local corrections officer training academy ...
Nov 15, 2022
Coldwater City Council approves one year lease with local Putnam's renovating group
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a one year lease on Monday night with a non-profit corporation formed by community members who want to turn the former Putnam Funeral Home at...
Nov 15, 2022 The former Putnam Funeral Home in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Rodriguez sent to prison after entering no contest plea to 2nd degree CSC
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) A Coldwater man was sent to prison on Monday morning in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered a no contest plea to a charge of second degree criminal sexual conduct. 36-yea...
Nov 14, 2022 michael scott / CC
Painting and improvement work on Bronson water tank concludes
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - The City of Bronson's water tower painting and improvement project has been completed. City Manager Brandon Mersman says the tower was put back in service on October 29, 2022. He ...
Nov 14, 2022 Courtesy City of Bronson
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