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Community Health Agency now offering flu shots
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - September and October are the recommended months for flu shots and the Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency is reminding you that it is time to fight flu. ...
Jim Measel Sep 27, 2022 NIAID / CC

City Council approves amendments to 71-73 W. Chicago Developing Agreement with Marsh
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved amendments to a Development Agreement the city has with local realtor Chad Marsh concerning the property at 71 and 73 West Chicago on Monday ...
Jim Measel Sep 27, 2022 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

City Council approves introduction of Putnam's agreement with community non-profit
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved the introduction of a one year agreement on Monday night with a non-profit corporation formed by community members who want to explore grants...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2022 The former Putnam Funeral Home in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Pain at the pump returns, prices jump 30 cents a gallon to $4.19
BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - Gas prices at some Branch County service stations went up by 30 cents a gallon on Monday to as high as $4.19 ending almost three months of steady declines. After declining f...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2022 Mike Mozart / CC

Odette given prison sentence of five to 22 1/2 years for child sex crimes
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Butler Township man was ordered to serve up to 22 1/2 years in prison on Monday morning in Branch County Circuit Court after entering no contest pleas to charges of being in a...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Calhoun County man wins $500,000 playing Michigan Lottery "Black Pearls" instant game
CALHOUN COUNTY, MI (WTVB) - The Michigan Lottery announced on Monday that a 38-year-old Calhoun County man won $500,000 playing the Black Pearls instant game. The lucky player chose to remain anonymou...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2022 Courtesy Michigan Lottery

Putnam proposal on Monday's City Council agenda
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A proposal from a local non-profit group for the future use of the old Putnam Funeral Home building at 11 East Chicago is scheduled to come before the Coldwater City Council on ...
Jim Measel Sep 26, 2022 The former Putnam Funeral Home in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Coldwater gets $20,000 grant for downtown public restrooms
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The City of Coldwater announced on Friday it will receive a $20,000 grant for creating downtown public restrooms thanks to a Capital Improvement grant program offered by the Mic...
Jim Measel Sep 23, 2022 (Courtesy Downtown Coldwater Facebook page)

Union City Senior Center to be formally dedicated during Saturday Open House
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) - A building which has stood in Union City since 1851 will be formally dedicated on Saturday as the Union City Senior Center. It has taken four years and cost $210,000 to flip th...
Jim Measel Sep 23, 2022 Photo courtesy of Village of Union City Facebook page

Third edition of Hoptoberfest set for next Friday night on South Monroe Street
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The third edition of Hoptoberfest on South Monroe Street in downtown Coldwater will be held on a Friday night this year. The event which pays tribute to Coldwater's German herit...
Jim Measel Sep 23, 2022 Photo courtesy of Second Story Marketing
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