Category Archives: Local News

City election filing deadline passes, no opposition for Mayor and four Council members
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Aside from Coldwater Mayor Tom Kramer and four members of the City Council who are up for election in 2023, no one else filed to run in this year's city elections before Tuesday...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Children's Museum of Branch County opens new downtown Coldwater location
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Children's Museum of Branch County opened its doors for the first time at its new location in downtown Coldwater on Wednesday morning. After spending five years in the Fairf...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2023 Courtesy Children's Museum of Branch County Facebook page

Corner Farmer's Market moving back to northwest part of Four Corners Park this summer
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After having to be moved last year, a popular summer time event in Coldwater will be going back to its old location. The Corner Farmers Market will be moving back to the northwe...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2023 Courtesy Corner Farmer's Market Facebook page

BUSINESS BEAT: Next Realtors/Chamber Coffee Hour to feature discussion on cybercrime
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The next monthly Coffee Hour that will be hosted by the Branch County Association of Realtors and the Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce will be held next Tuesday, May 2 at 8:00...
Jim Measel Apr 26, 2023 Courtesy Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce Facebook page

Coldwater Rite Aid store closes, prescriptions moved to nearby Walgreen's
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There is one less drug store in Coldwater. The struggling drug store chain Rite Aid has shut down its store at 450 East Chicago. Prescription records have been moved across the ...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Photo by MWC's Justin Lopshire

Coldwater School Board approves three year Superintendent's contract with Flynn
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Paul Flynn will take over as the new Superintendent of the Coldwater Community School District on July 1, 2023 after the district's Board of Education approved his three year co...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel

City Council schedules public hearing for May 8 on downtown office building rehab project
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council scheduled a public hearing for May 8 on Monday night on a proposed rehabilitation project concerning proposed office space at 32 Tibbits Plaza and 50 ...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Courtesy City of Coldwater

BUSINESS BEAT: Limited edition of "Bronson-Opoly" board game available from Bronson Chamber
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - It's been eight years since Bronson Celebrated its 150th Birthday and now back by popular demand the Bronson Chamber of Commerce have available a limited edition "Bronson-Opoly" B...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Bronson Chamber of Commerce

DDA awards $5,000 from Building Improvement Program for work at 22 West Chicago
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Downtown Development Authority has awarded $5,000 from its Building Improvement Program to William and Cheryl Flickinger for faade renovations that have taken plac...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Photo courtesy City of Coldwater

Police looking for stolen City of Hillsdale Public Works truck
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - The Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department is asking residents to be on the lookout for a stolen Hillsdale City Department of Public Works truck. The license plate on the navy bl...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Courtesy Hillsdale County Sheriff's Department
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