Category Archives: Local News
Starting line dispute with AD leads to Bilsborrow resigning as CHS coach
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A dispute between Coldwater High School Athletic Director Todd Farmer and Cross-Country / Track Coach Jim Bilsborrow over the type of starting line that was to be used for dista...
Jun 29, 2022 Austris Augusts / Unsplash
Warrant issued for Dylan Brand after missed court hearing, $100,000 bond revoked
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Prosecutor's Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of 27-year-old Dylan Brand of Sturgis. A warrant has been issued for Contempt of Court in Branch ...
Jun 29, 2022 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Coldwater School Board approves renewal of School Resource Officer agreement
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education Monday night approved the renewal of an agreement to keep a School Resource Officer at Coldwater High School. Coldwater police...
Jun 29, 2022 Coldwater High School (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
City announces "Birdies and Brews" will open at 41 West Chicago this summer
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater and the Branch County Economic Growth Alliance announced on Wednesday that Birdies & Brews, a new interactive entertainment business, is on schedule to...
Jun 29, 2022
Whelan reports to school board on Republic and Fremont School properties
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater School Superintendent Terry Ann Whelan brought the district's school board up to date on a couple of properties Monday night. The district entered into a $350,000 purc...
Jun 29, 2022 Coldwater Community Schools logo
BUSINESS BEAT: Kids Art Rocks reception next Tuesday at Tibbits Opera House
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A reception in honor of student artists who have submitted works as part of the The Arts Alive Kids' Art Rocks! gallery show at Tibbits Opera House will be held at 6:00 p.m. on ...
Jun 29, 2022 Student artist Landon Longstreet poses with his winning 2021 Kids’ Art Rocks! submission. The annual Kids’ Art Rocks! contest, which is currently on display in the Tibbits Art Gallery, will conclude with an artist reception on July 5.
Teenage girl charged in false bomb threat at Bronson High School
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Prosecutors have charged a teenage girl with allegedly making a false bomb threat at Bronson High School on March 9. 18-year-old Morgan Payge Fill was arraigned on...
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City Council approves new fire engine for CFD, Mayor expresses discomfort with only one bid
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - On a 6-3 vote, the Coldwater City Council gave Fire Chief Dave Schmaltz permission on Monday night to enter into a contract with Spencer Manufacturing of South Haven to build an...
Jun 28, 2022 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
City Council approves change order so that Perkins Street can be fixed
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a change order to the Michigan/Washington/Perkins Reconstruction Project on Monday night which will allow crews to repair East Perkins from S...
Jun 28, 2022
Another Batavia Township break in reported, MSP are investigating
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police Troopers say they are investigating a report of a breaking and entering in the 300 block of West Chicago in Batavia Township that took place on Mond...
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