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City Council members express displeasure with proposed brush pickup changes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A proposed change in the pickup of residential brush to twice a year was given the brush off by members of the Coldwater City Council on Monday night. The proposed policy that w...
Jim Measel Sep 27, 2023 Courtesy City of Coldwater

Detroit man charged with speeding away from MSP troopers in Branch County
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police troopers from the Marshall Post were able to track down and arrest a Detroit man who allegedly fled from them last Friday morning. Troopers initially s...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2023 Michigan State Police logo

BHSJCHA reminds residents about the need for annual flu shots
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency is reminding residents that it is time to fight the flu. Director of Personal Health and Disease Prevention Kali Nichols ...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2023 Alan Light / CC

Potential new owners of 71 and 73 West Chicago plan international grocery/Mediterranean restaurant
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A resolution and sales agreement with Ibrahim and Khalil Abdullah to purchase the city owned building at 71 and 73 West Chicago was introduced by the Coldwater City Council on M...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2023

City Council introduces renegotiated 3 year lease with Community Center, Inc.
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council introduced an agreement on a renegotiated three year lease with the non-profit Coldwater Community Center, Incorporated on Monday night. Their members...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2023 Courtesy Coldwater Community Center at the Beech House Facebook page

Smullen given MDOC sentence of 38 months to 5 years in attempted catalytic converter theft
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man who entered a guilty plea to a charge of malicious destruction of personal property over $1,000 after he tried to steal a catalytic converter from a vehicle on I...
Jim Measel Sep 25, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Unattended food causes fire on North Clay, damages estimated at $10,000
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A kitchen fire caused about $10,000 worth of damage Friday afternoon at a home in the 100 block of North Clay. The fire was reported just after 5 p.m.. The Coldwater Fire Depart...
Jim Measel Sep 23, 2023 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Kalamazoo suspects arrested in Indiana after high speed chase, speeds hit 100 mph in Branch County
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - Two suspects from Kalamazoo were arrested Friday in Fremont, Indiana after the Steuben County Sheriff's Office assisted the Branch County Sheriff's Office with a vehicle pursuit. ...
Jim Measel Sep 22, 2023

INDOT plans rolling slow down on I-69 in Steuben County this weekend for utility line work
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - If you are planning to travel south of Branch County Saturday night or Sunday morning, be prepared for a Indiana Department of Transportation rolling slowdown on I-69 as No...
Jim Measel Sep 22, 2023 Courtesy Indiana Department of Transportation Facebook page

Faulty extension cord cited as cause of Balfour Drive garage fire
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A faulty extension cord was determined to be the cause of a fire in an attached garage on Thursday afternoon at a residence on Balfour Drive. Coldwater firefighters were called ...
Jim Measel Sep 22, 2023 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
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