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Coldwater Rite Aid store closes, prescriptions moved to nearby Walgreen's
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - There is one less drug store in Coldwater. The struggling drug store chain Rite Aid has shut down its store at 450 East Chicago. Prescription records have been moved across the ...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Photo by MWC's Justin Lopshire

Coldwater School Board approves three year Superintendent's contract with Flynn
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Paul Flynn will take over as the new Superintendent of the Coldwater Community School District on July 1, 2023 after the district's Board of Education approved his three year co...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel

City Council schedules public hearing for May 8 on downtown office building rehab project
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council scheduled a public hearing for May 8 on Monday night on a proposed rehabilitation project concerning proposed office space at 32 Tibbits Plaza and 50 ...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Courtesy City of Coldwater

DDA awards $5,000 from Building Improvement Program for work at 22 West Chicago
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Downtown Development Authority has awarded $5,000 from its Building Improvement Program to William and Cheryl Flickinger for faade renovations that have taken plac...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Photo courtesy City of Coldwater

MDOT scheduled to start work on U.S. 12 at Coldwater River bridge next Monday, May 1
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater has announced a large Michigan Department of Transportation on the west side of the city is scheduled to start next Monday, May 1. City Manager Keith Baker...
Jim Measel Apr 25, 2023 Scott S / CC

City Council approves bids for two road projects in '23-'24 FY budget
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Two road projects that are budgeted for the 2023-24 fiscal year were approved by the Coldwater City Council on Monday night. The Council approved a bid of over $532,000 from Tho...
Jim Measel Apr 24, 2023

Five injured as car hits Amish buggy, driver says at first he didn't know what he had hit
CALIFORNIA TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - Michigan State Police say the driver of a car that struck an Amish buggy in Branch County’s California Township early Saturday morning didn’t see the buggy...
Ken Delaney Apr 24, 2023

Coldwater School Board scheduled to approve Superintendent's contract with Flynn on Monday
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Community School Board of Education is scheduled to approve a Superintendent Employment Contract for Paul Flynn during their monthly meeting on Monday night. The B...
Jim Measel Apr 24, 2023 Coldwater Community Schools logo

Where's Spring?? Frosty mornings to close out April as highs continue to be below normal
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Where did spring go? With a week before we enter the merry month of May, Branch County was included in a freeze warning on Monday morning as temperatures dropped into the lo...
Jim Measel Apr 24, 2023 cybershot dude / CC

WITH VIDEO: Coldwater High School National Honor Society chapter inducts 28
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater High School chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 28 new members - 7 seniors, 10 juniors, and 11 sophomores - during ceremonies Sunday night at the Coach ...
Sean Watson Apr 23, 2023 The Coldwater High School chapter of the National Honor Society, following their April 23, 2023 induction ceremony. (Photo courtesy Coldwater Community Schools)

