Category Archives: Top News Stories
City Council approves $70,000 bid to update 2017 Master Plan
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a recommendation from City Planner Robert Hawley Monday night to award a $70,000 bid from Progressive Companies to update the city's Master P...
Apr 14, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater
City Council approves Brownfield TIF district plan for 17 properties
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a proposed plan Monday Night to establish a brownfield tax increment financing district for a group of properties including the first phase o...
Apr 14, 2025 Connor Zook from the Lansing environmental consulting firm of Triterra. Photo courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube channel
Coldwater earns 2024 Tree City USA recognition from Arbor Day Foundation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- The Arbor Day Foundation has named Coldwater a 2024 Tree City USA recipient , in honor of it's commitment to plant, grow, and maintain trees to benefit the community. The Arbor D...
Apr 14, 2025
Union City man killed in I-94 rollover crash
BATTLE CREEK, MI (WKZO AM/FM) ' A Union City man was killed in a rollover crash on I-94 in Battle Creek Friday evening. Around 10:15 p.m., troopers with the Michigan State Police were sent to the area...
Apr 12, 2025
Branch County deputies kept busy on first week of overnight patrols
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- Branch County sheriff Fred Blankenship says deputies were kept busy during the first week of the recently reinstated overnight patrols. The week of April 1st through the 8th Blan...
Apr 11, 2025 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
Blankenship announces jail inmate agreement with Macomb County during Commissioners meeting
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Sheriff Fred Blankenship announced during Friday's Branch County Board of Commissioners meeting that an agreement has been reached with Macomb County to house up t...
Apr 11, 2025 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office Facebook page
Palm Sunday tornadoes devastate Branch County, in 1965
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - April 11, 1965, Palm Sunday turned from a day of reverence to one of chaos in Branch County, as two monstrous F4 tornadoes tore through the region, leaving a long lasting scar. ...
Apr 11, 2025
Health department hopes grant funding can improve buggy safety for local Amish
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Local health department officials continue to work with the large Amish population in the area to increase safety in the wake of a number of car-bubby accidents. The Branch-Hill...
Apr 11, 2025
Community donates almost $50,000 for families that lost three children in fatal storm accident
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Over 700 people have donated a total of $49,283 so far in a GoFundMe appeal for Branch County families that lost three children as a tree fell on their vehicle during a seve...
Apr 11, 2025
Union City schools terminates Zierle following investigation
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB)- Union City Community Schools announced today that following the completion of the investigation and appropriate review of all evidence, that night custodian Ray Zierle is no lon...
Apr 10, 2025 Courtesy Union City Community Schools
