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This season's COVID-19 and Flu vaccines now available at BHSJCHA
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency announced on Friday that the 2023-24 COVID-19 and Flu vaccines are now available at your primary care provider's office, ...
Jim Measel Oct 27, 2023 NIAID / CC

City of Coldwater loses out to Bridgman for MML Community Excellence Award
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The flipping of the former Taylor's Stationers building into the new site of the Children's Museum of Branch County in downtown Coldwater was among the four finalists for the Co...
Jim Measel Oct 27, 2023 Courtesy Children's Museum of Branch County Facebook page

Plenty of Halloween activities scheduled throughout Branch County
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The ghosts and goblins will have a lot to choose from as Halloween celebrations will take place around Branch County over the next few days. After being postponed due to the...
Jim Measel Oct 27, 2023 SurFeRGiRL30 / CC

City Council formally approves sale of 71-73 W. Chicago to Abdullahs
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a resolution and sales agreement with Ibrahim and Khalil Abdullah during a special meeting on Thursday so that the Abdullahs can purchase the...
Jim Measel Oct 27, 2023

Run Branch County seeks Commissioners support for new half marathon/5K run
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A new local non-profit agency that promotes running approached the Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday as they try to gather support for a...
Jim Measel Oct 26, 2023 Courtesy Run Branch County Facebook page

DTMB says Branch County unemployment rate dropped in September to 3.8 percent
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget reported on Thursday that Branch County's unemployment rate dropped in September to 3-point-8 percent after bein...
Jim Measel Oct 26, 2023 Kevin Smith / CC

Coldwater School Board accepts settlement in lawsuit against vaping manufacturers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education voted on Monday night to accept a proposed settlement of over $14,000 from Altria Group, Incorporated as part of a mass action...
Jim Measel Oct 26, 2023 Coldwater Community Schools logo

Bronson Fire Department help in freeing patient leg from grain auger
GILEAD TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Rescue crews had to free a unidentified man from a piece of farm machinery on Tuesday night on Slisher Road in Gilead Township. Bronson Fire Chief Scott Wilber says his de...
Jim Measel Oct 25, 2023 Courtesy Bronson Fire Department

Coldwater City Clerk says over 1,000 mailed absentee ballots were not delivered
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater announced on Wednesday that 1,025 absentee ballots for the November 7 City of Coldwater general election that were to have been mailed on September 29, 202...
Jim Measel Oct 25, 2023 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Record warmth to be followed by cooler temps, snow showers early next week
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - After Tuesday's high temperature in Coldwater tied a record for the date, a big change in the weather is expected to get here in time for Trick or Treating. The high on Tuesday ...
Jim Measel Oct 25, 2023 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
Coldwater, MI, USA
38 °F Partly cloudy

