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Schools officials look for ways to increase revenue to keep aquatic center open
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the operation in the red by over $300,000 per year, Coldwater Community Schools officials are working with the city and others to find a way to keep the Dr. Robert W. Brown...
Ken Delaney Jun 26, 2024 The competition pool at the Dr. Robert W. Browne Aquatic Center. (Photo courtesy Browne Aquatic Center)

Coldwater Community Schools to start use of therapy dogs
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Community Schools will join other Branch County districts this fall in the use of therapy dogs. The Coldwater Board of Education approved a request to utilize school t...
Jim Measel Jun 25, 2024 sssss1gmel / Depositphotos.com

Calloway sent to MDOC after admitting guilt to fleeing from police
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Bronson man was ordered to serve a prison sentence of between four and ten years on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he was charged in connection with a high speed ...
Jim Measel Jun 25, 2024 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Mother Nature is unrelenting, another round of severe weather pounds the area
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - A fast moving line of storms rocked the area on Tuesday morning with yet another round of severe weather. The storms that moved in from the north darkened the skies during t...
Jim Measel Jun 25, 2024 Photo courtesy of Brie Smith

Board, teachers approve new contract for Coldwater Education Association members
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After ratification by both union members and the Board of Education, Coldwater Community Schools and the Coldwater Education Association have a new three year contract. The deal...
Ken Delaney Jun 24, 2024 Coldwater Community Schools logo

Work on Phase One of Western Meadows project scheduled to start July 8
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Work is scheduled to begin on the first phase of the Western Meadows project on Monday, July 8. City Manager Keith Baker said during Monday night's City Council meeting that the...
Jim Measel Jun 24, 2024 Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker. Courtesy City of Coldwater

City Council approves $30,000 offer to buy two vacant parcels from local couple
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council formally approved an offer on Monday night to buy two vacant parcels of land on Pheasant Run Drive from David and Monica Lowder who want to build two ...
Jim Measel Jun 24, 2024 Courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube Channel

Consumers Energy announces agreement to purchase battery storage
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy has announced an agreement that the company says will add 100 megawatts of battery storage to their clean energy arsenal through a partnership with Jupiter Power....
Jim Measel Jun 24, 2024

Two taken into custody following vehicle and foot pursuit in Sturgis
STURGIS, MI (WTVB) - Two persons were taken into custody after a vehicle and foot pursuit took place on Sunday in Sturgis. St. Joseph County Undersheriff Jason Bingaman says several deputies assisted ...
Jim Measel Jun 24, 2024 Dick Thomas Johnson / CC

10-year-old Coldwater girl rescued from Messenger Lake drowning
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A ten-year-old Coldwater girl is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo after she was rescued from Messenger Lake at the public beach on...
Jim Measel Jun 24, 2024 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
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