Category Archives: Local News
Coldwater City Council formally approves 3-point-6 acre east side rezoning
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A proposal to rezone 3-point-6 acres of vacant land west of U.S. 12 and Fiske Road from A-1 One Family Residential District to C-4 General Business District was given final appr...
Jan 10, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BUSINESS BEAT: Craft Out Loud! store in downtown Coldwater going out of business
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A downtown Coldwater business that opened in June of 2020 will be closing the doors in the near future. The owners of Craft Out Loud! at 67 West Chicago have announced "with gre...
Jan 10, 2023
Number of large items collected by Republic in Coldwater went up during 2022
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - More large items were picked up by Republic Waste Services in the City of Coldwater during 2022 compared to the previous year. City Manager Keith Baker told the Coldwater City C...
Jan 10, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Parts of Branch County experiencing moderate drought conditions
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Information from the Integrated Drought Information System says the northern part of Branch County is seeing moderate drought conditions as 2023 gets underway. The southern ...
Jan 9, 2023 Courtesy U.S. Drought Monitor
Verrill sentenced to 5 to 15 years in MDOC after entering no contest pleas to three sex crime charges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Bronson man who was charged with numerous sex crimes was ordered to serve concurrent prison sentences of five to 15 years on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court. 76-year-old...
Jan 9, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Annual Tibbits Opera Foundation and Arts Council meeting scheduled for January 26
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The annual meeting of the Tibbits Opera Foundation & Arts Council, Inc. which will review the theatre's 2021-2022 fiscal year has been scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, J...
Jan 9, 2023 The popular Popcorn Theatre, featuring the professional Tibbits Summer Theatre company, returned to the historic theatre this summer for the first time since COVID. This is just one of the aspects of the 2021-2022 fiscal year for the Tibbits Opera Foundation to be reviewed at the theatre’s annual meeting January 26, 2023.
BUSINESS BEAT: BCAR starts monthly Coffee Hour programs on Tuesday morning
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Association of Realtors is rolling out a new Coffee Hour program at the Hope Cafe in Downtown Coldwater beginning on Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m.. Each month's...
Jan 9, 2023
Friday night crash in Hamilton, Indiana injures seven including five children
HAMILTON, IN (WTVB) - Seven persons including five children were injured Friday in a crash at the intersection of Railroad Street and Homestead Drive in Hamilton, Indiana. The Steuben County Sheriff's...
Jan 8, 2023
Rural Fremont man jailed in alleged Friday beating
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - The Steuben County Sheriff's Office is investigation a report of a battery causing serious injury that occurred at a residence in Fremont, Indiana on Friday afternoon. At around 4...
Jan 7, 2023
Overloaded electrical circuit probable cause of Saturday garage fire
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - An overloaded electrical circuit is being listed as the probable cause of a Saturday morning structure fire in Coldwater Township. The Coldwater Fire Department was ini...
Jan 7, 2023 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
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