Category Archives: Top News Stories
St. Charles auction called a success as over $105,000 was raised
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School Principal Brenda Mescher says the 24th Annual Mardi Gras Auction was a big success this past Saturday night as the gross amount for the even...
Feb 07, 2023 Courtesy St. Charles Borromeo Church
Coldwater Walmart shuts down for three hours due to phony bomb threat
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - What turned out to be a phony bomb threat that was phoned into the Coldwater Walmart store at U.S. 12 and Willowbrook Road forced the store to be shut down for nearly three hour...
Feb 06, 2023
Oscar Brown's Tavern wins Love Local soup and chili cook-off vote
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Oscar Brown's Tavern won the Best of Bowls Award for the soup and chili cook-off from the Main Street Program's first Love Local event that was held in downtown Coldwater this p...
Feb 06, 2023 Courtesy Downtown Coldwater Facebook page
Online feedback being sought from those who attended downtown "Love Local" event
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Main Street Program is asking those who attended the first Love Local event this past Saturday to provide them with feedback in an online survey. The five-minute a...
Feb 06, 2023
Consumers Energy credits "significant upgrades" to electric grid for fewer outages in 2022
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Consumers Energy announced on Monday that after they made what they called "significant upgrades" to its electric grid and completing over 2,000 electric projects last year, there...
Feb 06, 2023 Photo courtesy of Consumers Energy
On line application deadline for CCS Superintendent position passes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The search for the next Superintendent of Coldwater Community Schools is about ready to enter the next phase. Whoever is selected will take over for Terry Ann Whelan who is reti...
Feb 06, 2023 Coldwater Community Schools logo
SEKISUI Voltek announces sponsorship of Coldwater race driver Gage Rodgers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater native who will be racing at the Daytona International Speedway in the ARCA Menards Series later this month has picked up a sponsorship from a local company. SEKISUI...
Feb 03, 2023 Photo courtesy of SEKISUI Voltek
Norman says grant application to help fund jail demolition has been received by State of Michigan
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Bud Norman reported to the Board of Commissioners during their Thursday work session that an application for a state grant to help fund the demolitio...
Feb 03, 2023 2015 picture of the old Branch County Jail. Photo courtesy Branch County Sheriff's Office Facebook page
Two Marshall schools locked down on shots fired report, police find nothing during search
MARSHALL, MI (WTVB) - Marshall High School and neighboring Walters Elementary School had to be placed on a lock down Friday morning after there was a report of "shots fired" near the high school. Mars...
Feb 03, 2023 Courtesy Marshall High School Facebook page
Norman tells Commissioners DNR has delayed a decision on the Prairie River indefinitely
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told the County Board of Commissioners on Thursday that the Michigan D.N.R. has indefinitely delayed a decision on the proposed reclassifi...
Feb 02, 2023 Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
