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CBPU Board of Directors approve purchase of 12 transformers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater B.P.U. Board of Directors approved the purchase of 12 dual voltage transformers on Wednesday night at a cost of over $71,000. Electric Superintendent John Springha...
Jim Measel May 03, 2024 John Springhall, CBPU Electric Superintendent. Courtesy City of Coldwater You Tube Channel

Application for solar energy facility exemption certificate set for CW Township public hearing
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A public hearing is scheduled to be held during Monday night's Coldwater Township Board meeting on whether to grant a solar energy facility exemption certificate to Col...
Jim Measel May 03, 2024 Courtesy Coldwater Solar Facebook page

East part of new Alumni Field bleachers opened for Wednesday track meet
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - The Alumni Field renovation project in Union City is drawing to a close. The eastern half of the bleacher seats were finished on Wednesday just in time for Union City's home tr...
Jim Measel May 02, 2024 Courtesy Union City Community Schools Facebook page

Exchange and Interact Clubs partnering for "Kickoff to Summer" on June 1
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Exchange Club and Coldwater High School's Interact Club will be joining forces for the first ever "Kickoff to Summer" event on June 1 at the Branch County Fairgrou...
Jim Measel May 02, 2024

Names of Elkhart County plane crash victims released by friends, investigation continues
ELKHART COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - The names of the two men who died in a plane crash near Bristol, Indiana on Tuesday afternoon are now known. The small fixed wing aircraft took off from the Branch County M...
Jim Measel May 02, 2024 Courtesy Elkhart County Sheriff's Office Facebook page

CBPU Board approves budget which includes higher water and wastewater rates
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater B.P.U. Board of Directors approved their 2024-2025 budget which includes higher water and wastewater rates for the upcoming fiscal year on Wednesday night. B.P.U. ...
Jim Measel May 02, 2024

Several contested township races, COA millage renewal on August Primary ballot
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - There will be plenty of decisions Branch County voters will have to make in the August Primary. Besides trying to decide who will appear on the November General Election bal...
Jim Measel May 01, 2024 WyoFile WyoFile / CC

Two killed as plane traveling from Coldwater to Elkhart crashes in Indiana
ELKHART COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - A small fixed wing aircraft that took off from the Branch County Memorial Airport in Coldwater crashed in Elkhart County, Indiana on Tuesday afternoon, killing two persons....
Jim Measel May 01, 2024

Fire which destroyed barn at St. Joseph County Fairgrounds caused by shorted out power line
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - Centreville Fire Chief Dave Miracle says a shorted out power line caused last Saturday's fire which destroyed a barn at the St. Joseph County Fairgrounds and caused $2-point-8...
Jim Measel Apr 30, 2024

Bronson man enters guilty plea to fleeing from police in stolen vehicle
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Bronson man entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he was charged in connection with a high speed police pursuit in a st...
Jim Measel Apr 30, 2024 Chris Potter / CC
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