Category Archives: Top News Stories

Council passes resolution authorizing city to submit grant application for Waterworks project
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council passed a resolution on Monday night authorizing the city to submit a Michigan DNR Spark Grant Program application for the Waterworks Park Improvement ...
Jim Measel Dec 12, 2022 Waterworks Park sign (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Chavez sworn in as new City of Coldwater Clerk
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater swore in a new City Clerk on Monday as former City Clerk Susan Heath administered the oath of office to Shauna Chavez. Chavez has worked for six years as a...
Jim Measel Dec 12, 2022

Neary sent to prison for four to ten years for being in possession of child porn
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man was ordered to serve concurrent sentences of between four and ten years in the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after ...
Jim Measel Dec 12, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Quincy man enters no contest pleas in domestic violence cases
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - A Quincy man entered no contest pleas on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court in connection with a couple of domestic violence cases. 33-year-old Matthew Allen Jackson plead no co...
Jim Measel Dec 12, 2022 Joe Gratz

Bethel Township homeowner stops attempted vehicle theft, MSP looking for suspect
BETHEL TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) - A man who reportedly tried to steal a vehicle Monday morning in Bethel Township is being sought by the Michigan State Police. Troopers from the Marshall post say they were...
Jim Measel Dec 12, 2022 Scott Davidson / CC

Gas prices continue to fall, two Branch County stations now at less than $3 a gallon
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Gas prices in Branch County continue to drop closer to the $3 a gallon mark and in a couple of cases, the price has gone below that figure. The web site gasbuddy.com reporte...
Jim Measel Dec 12, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC

Quincy Schools looking to fill bus driver openings, using social media to get applicants
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Quincy Community Schools are using their social media platforms to look for persons to fill openings for school bus drivers. The district has posted a video to You Tube which seeks...
Jim Measel Dec 10, 2022

Baker scheduled to make Council presentation on allowing overnight parking
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker is scheduled to make a short presentation during Monday night's City Council meeting which will look at the potential for allowing overnight p...
Jim Measel Dec 10, 2022

County gets three proposals after RFP's are sent out for broadband project
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told the Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday that three companies responded to the broadband RFP by the time the ...
Jim Measel Dec 09, 2022 Richard Patterson / CC

Grievance filed by Juvenile Court employees in reclassification dispute
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Juvenile Court Administrator Wendy Gensch expressed her displeasure to the Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday regarding a lack of action ...
Jim Measel Dec 09, 2022 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

