Category Archives: Top News Stories
MDOT spokesman says M-86 sinkhole apparently caused by "irrigation failure"
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A spokesperson for MDOT says a irrigation failure led to the small sinkhole opening up on West Colon Road near Wheeler Road on Tuesday. The sinkhole forced MDOT and the B...
Sep 04, 2024 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office
CHS 2024 Advanced Placement scores beat national averages
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Community Schools Grades 6 through 12 Advanced Studies Curriculum Chair Brian Stevens announced on Wednesday that the high school's Advanced Placement Scores readily b...
Sep 04, 2024 Coldwater Community Schools logo
Old Branch County Jail building demolished, crews finishing up work
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A 70-year-old building on North Marshall Road that once housed the Branch County Jail has been demolished. Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told the county's Planning Comm...
Sep 04, 2024 Courtesy Branch County government
Coldwater Solar project gets underway, preconstruction open house scheduled
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - After tax revenue agreements were approved this summer between Coldwater Solar and Coldwater and Ovid Townships, work is beginning around the project site. According to a st...
Sep 04, 2024 Courtesy Coldwater Solar Facebook page
Sinkhole forces shut down of M-86 between U.S. 12 and Wheeler Road
BATAVIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - The discovery of a sinkhole on West Colon Road near Wheeler Road led to a shut down of a portion of M-86 west of Coldwater on Tuesday. After the sinkhole was discovered, ...
Sep 03, 2024 Courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office
Thurston Woods Village announces plans to acquire Grand Vista Assisted Living of Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Thurston Woods Village of Sturgis has announce plans to acquire Grand Vista Assisted Living in Coldwater. Grand Vista consists of two 20-apartment assisted living communities. T...
Sep 03, 2024 Courtesy Thurston Woods Village
Commissioners scheduled to discuss Browne Aquatic Center on Thursday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to discuss funding for the Robert W. Browne Aquatic Center on Thursday morning. It was revealed earlier this summer that t...
Sep 03, 2024 The exterior of the Dr. Robert W. Browne Aquatic Center. (Photo courtesy Coldwater Community Schools)
BISD Head Start still needs 2024-2025 students to be fully enrolled
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After being told by the regional office last February that grant funding could be reduced if Head Start enrollment did not increase, Branch Intermediate School District Early Ed...
Sep 03, 2024 Photo courtesy of BISD Facebook page
Alumni Field renovation completed, ready for UC football home opener
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - The newly renovated Alumni Field will make its prime time debut this Friday night as the Union City Chargers play their first home football game of the 2024 season against the ...
Sep 03, 2024
Hops on Monroe patrons asked to fill out brief survey
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Another season of Hops on Monroe wrapped up on Thursday night and organizers want to hear from you. A brief survey is available by going to the Hops on Monroe Facebook page and ...
Aug 30, 2024 Courtesy Coldwater BPU and City of Coldwater
