Category Archives: Local News
BUSINESS BEAT: Creative Web Services offering discount to Coldwater Chamber members
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Creative Web Designing is offering a 10 percent discount for all Chamber members towards the design of a new website or...
Sep 02, 2020
Parole absconder arrested in Hillsdale but does not go quietly
HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) - A man described as a parole absconder from the Michigan Department of Corrections was captured Tuesday morning in Hillsdale but he did not go quietly. According to on line recor...
Sep 02, 2020
Branch County Summer of 2020 was hot and dry
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - With the Labor Day weekend approaching, that means the summer of 2020 is winding down. Branch County had a hot summer as there were 15 days between June 1 and August 31 when...
Sep 01, 2020
Fundraising match campaign announced to help Tibbits
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - To help the Tibbits Opera House deal with lost revenue from the closing of the theater because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Directors of the Tibbits Opera Foundation a...
Sep 01, 2020
Speeding motorcyclist crashes near Glen Oaks Community College
SHERMAN TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A 29-year-old man from Sturgis was airlifted to Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo on Monday evening after his sport bike crashed near Glen Oaks Community College. The St. Jos...
Sep 01, 2020
BUSINESS BEAT: Chamber asking for golf outing door prizes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The 38th annual Coldwater Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing is coming up on Friday, September 18 at Bella Vista Golf Course. Just like in the past, those who sign up will hav...
Sep 01, 2020
Semi hauling car parts catches fire on I-94
MARENGO TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB/WNWN) - A semi that was hauling car parts caught fire on Sunday on westbound I-94 near the rest area in Calhoun County's Marengo Township. The Michigan State Police reports ...
Aug 31, 2020 liz west / CC
Horse saddle among items taken in Burr Oak break in
BURR OAK TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Residents are being reminded to keep their barns and outbuildings secure after a several items were taken from a Burr Oak Township property late last week. The St. Josep...
Aug 31, 2020
Brief Monday morning power outage blamed on animal
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A brief power outage Monday morning for about 1,000 Coldwater Board of Public Utility customers is being blamed on an animal. CBPU Director Jeff Budd says a raccoon got into the...
Aug 31, 2020 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
BUSINESS BEAT: Promotions announced for CBPU IT Department
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Josh Smith and Craig Figueroa have both been promoted in the IT Department at the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities. Smith has been promoted to Systems Administrator and is pr...
Aug 31, 2020
