Category Archives: Local News
Several events planned for downtown Coldwater this holiday season
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas in downtown Coldwater, after Coldwater Board of Public Utilities work crews spent the day Thursday decorating the downtown for the up...
Nov 20, 2025
Commissioners bring forward request for DNR watercraft controls investigation on Long Lake
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Following a public hearing during their work session on Thursday, the Branch County Board of Commissioners brought forward a resolution to next week's regular meeting that reque...
Nov 20, 2025 Courtesy Branch County Government
What can you expect to pay for a traditional Thanksgiving meal this year?
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The average cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in Michigan for 10 people this year is approximately $51.80, or about $5.18 per person. This is below the national average ...
Nov 20, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com
Michigan Senate advances Lindsey's bipartisan Medical Debt Protection Act
LANSING, MI (WTVB) - A significant bipartisan legislative package aimed at providing relief to Michigan residents burdened by medical debt is advancing through the state Senate. The three-bill package...
Nov 20, 2025 State Senator Jonathan Lindsey
Coldwater Master Plan survey results unveiled at community open house
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - What do people most like about Coldwater? For respondents of the city's Master Plan update general survey, it's parks and recreation facilities and programs, the proximity to I-...
Nov 20, 2025
Woman arrested on drug charges during Wednesday morning traffic stop arraigned, and is now listed as a Coldwater resident
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- The woman arrested on multiple drug charges during a traffic stop in Bronson Township just after midnight Wednesday morning was arraigned in Branch County District Court late Wed...
Nov 19, 2025 Feverpitch / Depositphotos.com
High-voltage transmission line replacement work causes delays on I-69
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Daytime traffic tie-ups are expected through Friday on I-69 south of Coldwater as crews pull high-voltage transmission lines across the expressway. Michigan State Police are sto...
Nov 19, 2025 mrdoomits / Depositphotos.com
162-year-old Quincy flour mill set for closing in January
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Star of the West Milling Company is set to close its flour mill in Quincy on or around January 1, 2026, a move the company attributed to the age and limited capacity of the facilit...
Nov 19, 2025
Angola woman arrested on drug charges following traffic stop in Bronson Township
BRONSON TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - An Angola woman is in the Branch County Jail today facing multiple drug charges following a late night traffic stop in Bronson Township. According to Sheriff Fred Blanken...
Nov 19, 2025
DDA Board agrees to sponsorship of 2026 Cultural Jubilee
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Downtown Development Authority Board of Directors approved a resolution Wednesday morning which allows the D.D.A. to be one of the sponsors for next May's Cultural Jubilee. ...
Nov 19, 2025 Photo Courtesy of Coldwater Community Center at the Beech House Facebook page.
