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Detroit woman enters guilty plea to supplying drugs that killed Lakeland prison inmate
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Detroit woman has plead guilty to supplying methamphetamine to a Lakeland Correctional Facility inmate that led to his death. 24-year-old Dezaray Shenique Brown-Bobo was origi...
Ken Delaney Jul 10, 2024 chrisdorney / Depositphotos.com

Cole Ford and Consumers Energy step up EV charging efforts
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - While one local car dealer has installed a number of fast chargers for electric vehicles, Consumers Energy says it expects to power 1,500 new fast charging locations for electri...
Ken Delaney Jul 10, 2024 elenathewise / Depositphotos.com

Hope Cafe receives Match On Main grant from MEDC
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A downtown Coldwater non-profit restaurant and retail store has received a $20,278 grant under the Michigan Economic Development Corporation's (MEDC) Match on Main program. The ...
Ken Delaney Jul 09, 2024 (courtesy Branch County Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence)

City Council approves two-point-nine percent electric rate increase recommended by CBPU
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Despite an overall electric rate increase of two-point-nine percent, the director of the Coldwater Board of Public Utilities says city customers are still paying about 30% less ...
Ken Delaney Jul 09, 2024

UPDATE: Coldwater's Entertainment Under The Stars canceled for tonight
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater summertime tradition was set to resume tonight, but the 2024 kick-off for Entertainment Under The Stars is being postponed one week due to the threat of rain. The co...
Ken Delaney Jul 09, 2024 Courtesy Coldwater Recreation Department Facebook page

Neubecker hired as new Lakeland Elementary principal
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The administrative team at Coldwater Community Schools for the 2024-25 school year is now fully assembled, as the Coldwater Board of Education approved the hiring of Sarah Neube...
Sean Watson Jul 08, 2024 Changing of the guard: Gary Dancer, Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Coldwater Community Schools and former Principal at Lakeland Elementary School, stands next to Sarah Neubecker, his successor in the Lakeland principal's office. (Photo by MWC's Sean Watson)

Bronson City Council to get job description for Assistant to City Manager on Monday night
BRONSON, MI (WTVB) - A job description for the newly created position of Assistant to the City Manager is on Monday night's Bronson City Council agenda. The new position was approved in the Fiscal Yea...
Jim Measel Jul 05, 2024 Courtesy of the City of Bronson Facebook page

CBPU Board approved two percent salary increase for Jakubczak following closed session evaluation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Board of Directors expressed their satisfaction with the job Paul Jakubczak is doing as Director Wednesday night as they approved a two p...
Jim Measel Jul 05, 2024

CFD request for new pickup truck on Monday's City Council agenda
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A request from the Coldwater Fire Department to purchase a new F-150 pickup truck which is included in the 2024-2025 fiscal year budget is on Monday night's City Council agenda....
Jim Measel Jul 05, 2024 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Coldwater BPU Board approves overall 2.9 percent electric rate increase, Council to take action Monday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities Board of Directors approved an overall electric rate increase of two-point-nine percent Wednesday night that is scheduled to take effect ...
Jim Measel Jul 04, 2024
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