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Organizers planning to bring back Cultivating Community Celebration project in Coldwater
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Organizers are planning to continue the Cultivating Community Celebration project in Coldwater after nearly two dozen events were presented last fall to celebrate the community'...
Jim Measel Feb 15, 2023

City Council approves agreement with Michigan DTMB to upgrade county GIS
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a Intergovernmental Agreement Monday night between the city and the Michigan Department of Technology Management and Budget to enter into the...
Jim Measel Feb 15, 2023 Courtesy of the City of Coldwater

Ovid Township board approves special land use permit for large solar project
OVID TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - On a 4-1 vote Monday night, the Ovid Township Board approved a Special Land Use request for the controversial Apex Solar-Coldwater River Solar Project. Township Clerk Amy Ha...
Jim Measel Feb 15, 2023 Hedgerow INC

Authorities look for suspect charged in August double fatal crash near Orland
STEUBEN COUNTY, IN (WTVB) - The Steuben County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help as they are looking for a man who has been charged in connection with a double fatal traffic crash last ...
Jim Measel Feb 14, 2023 Photo courtesy of the Steuben County Sheriff's Department

Coldwater City Council approves quote for Fire Department SCBA washing equipment
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council passed a resolution on Monday night which approved a quote of just under $30,000 for the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus washing equipm...
Jim Measel Feb 14, 2023 Coldwater Fire Department (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Fowler ordered to serve five to 10 years in MDOC for being in possession of child porn
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man was ordered to serve between five and ten years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after he entered a no contest ...
Jim Measel Feb 13, 2023 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Probation ordered for former Bronson High School student in false bomb threat case
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The former Bronson High School student who entered into a plea agreement two months ago after making a false bomb threat on March 9, 2022 was ordered to serve 18 months of proba...
Jim Measel Feb 13, 2023 Chris Potter / CC

Coldwater Police nab catalytic converter theft suspect after brief search
**THIS STORY CONTAINS UPDATED INFORMATION** COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Police say they arrested a 28-year-old Coldwater man on Sunday morning for trying to steal a catalytic convertor from a veh...
Jim Measel Feb 13, 2023 Coldwater Police vehicle (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Coldwater HS gymnastics team raise over $15,000 in annual cancer fundraiser
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater High School gymnastics team has managed to raise over $15,000 so far in their annual fight against cancer. They hosted their 13th annual Stick It For a Cure Gymnas...
Jim Measel Feb 13, 2023 Cancer survivor Michael Cole speaks during Stick It For A Cure ceremony. Photo courtesy of Kim Nichols

Semi driver suffers serious injuries in Saturday I-69 crash
COLDWATER TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A semi driver from Canada suffered serious injuries Saturday afternoon in a crash that trapped him in his vehicle on southbound I-69 north of State Road. The Branch Cou...
Jim Measel Feb 12, 2023 Branch County Sheriff's Department patch
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