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Council hears from 4th Ward resident about rendering plant smells
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A 4th Ward resident gave the Coldwater City Council an earful Monday night about the smell which has been coming from the rendering plant on Jay Street for years. April Rose sai...
Jim Measel Mar 31, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube channel

Jakubczak gives power outage report to Coldwater City Council
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Director Paul Jakubczak gave a detailed report to the Coldwater City Council Monday night about the previous night's power outage in parts of...
Brett Briscoe Mar 31, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube channel

Power outage update
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- It was a long night for many waiting for power to be restored after Sunday's storms pushed through the area. Consumers Energy says they still have over 3 thousand without power i...
Brett Briscoe Mar 31, 2025 Denise Krebs / CC

Most of Coldwater left in the dark following storms
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB)- Sunday's storms knocked out power to most of the city of Coldwater. Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Director Paul Jakubczak says the city has three incoming transmission line...
Brett Briscoe Mar 30, 2025

Severe storms push through Branch County, some damage
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Multiple lines of storms pushed through Branch and surrounding counties Sunday evening triggering several tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings in Branch, St. Joseph, Cal...
Brett Briscoe Mar 30, 2025 A photo of the sky on the north side of Coldwater, MI, taken from the AYSO Creal Soccer Complex at State St and Marshall Road at 5:39 p.m. March 30, 2025 (photo courtesy of Jenn Clark)

Branch County pursuit ends in arrest of Bronson man in Indiana
NOBLE TOWNSHIP, MI- (WTVB) One person is in custody following a Saturday afternoon police chase that began in Branch County's Noble Township and ended in Steuben County, Indiana. Saturday afternoon th...
Brett Briscoe Mar 30, 2025
Branch County man faces CSC charges for reported ongoing sexual relationship with minor
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A night custodian with the Union City Community Schools faces multiple drug, weapons, and criminal sexual conduct charges after police searched his home north of Coldwater and s...
Ken Delaney Mar 29, 2025

Community college remains a popular choice for Branch County graduates
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - While a two-year community college remains a popular choice for many graduating students across Branch County, the Coldwater and Bronson school districts last year had the highe...
Ken Delaney Mar 29, 2025 ArturVerkhovetskiy / Depositphotos.com

Members of Coldwater's Haitian community face revocation of Temporary Protected Status in August
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Members of the growing Haitian community and their employers in the Coldwater community are facing an uncertain future as a Temporary Protected Status is scheduled to canceled b...
Ken Delaney Mar 28, 2025 (courtesy haitiantimes.com)

Butler steps down as Quincy Village Manager
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - After five years on the job in what she called a difficult atmosphere, Quincy Village Manager Brittany Butler has stepped down. The Village Council accepted her resignation at a sp...
Ken Delaney Mar 27, 2025 Quincy Village Manager Brittany Butler (MWC photo by Jim Whelan)

