Category Archives: Local News
Odette given prison sentence of five to 22 1/2 years for child sex crimes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Butler Township man was ordered to serve up to 22 1/2 years in prison on Monday morning in Branch County Circuit Court after entering no contest pleas to charges of being in a...
Sep 26, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Members of Coldwater Police and Code Enforcement Departments accept new positions
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A five year member of the Coldwater Police Department has accepted a law enforcement position with Michigan State University. City Manager Keith Baker says in his report for Mon...
Sep 26, 2022 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Calhoun County man wins $500,000 playing Michigan Lottery "Black Pearls" instant game
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Lottery announced on Monday that a 38-year-old Calhoun County man won $500,000 playing the Black Pearls instant game. The lucky player chose to remain anonymou...
Sep 26, 2022 Courtesy Michigan Lottery
Calhoun County schedules October scrap tire and household hazardous waste collections
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Calhoun County has scheduled both a household hazardous waste and scrap tire collection for the month of October. The collecttion of scrap tires is scheduled for Monday, Oc...
Sep 26, 2022 Courtesy Calhoun County government
BUSINESS BEAT: Ribbon cutting and grand opening scheduled for Coach Eby Home Store
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A ribbon cutting and grand opening has been scheduled for the new Coach Eby Home Store. It will be held next Tuesday, October 4 from 12 noon until 5:00 p.m.. The Coach Eby Home ...
Sep 26, 2022
Putnam proposal on Monday's City Council agenda
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A proposal from a local non-profit group for the future use of the old Putnam Funeral Home building at 11 East Chicago is scheduled to come before the Coldwater City Council on ...
Sep 26, 2022 The former Putnam Funeral Home in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Coldwater gets $20,000 grant for downtown public restrooms
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater announced on Friday it will receive a $20,000 grant for creating downtown public restrooms thanks to a Capital Improvement grant program offered by the Mic...
Sep 23, 2022 (Courtesy Downtown Coldwater Facebook page)
Union City Senior Center to be formally dedicated during Saturday Open House
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - A building which has stood in Union City since 1851 will be formally dedicated on Saturday as the Union City Senior Center. It has taken four years and cost $210,000 to flip th...
Sep 23, 2022 Photo courtesy of Village of Union City Facebook page
Third edition of Hoptoberfest set for next Friday night on South Monroe Street
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The third edition of Hoptoberfest on South Monroe Street in downtown Coldwater will be held on a Friday night this year. The event which pays tribute to Coldwater's German herit...
Sep 23, 2022 Photo courtesy of Second Story Marketing
Health Board approves Burns merit pay, schedules contract negotiations for October
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency Board of Health approved $5,000 in merit pay for Health Officer Rebecca Burns on Thursday and scheduled contract negotiat...
Sep 23, 2022
