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Clean up of downtown Coldwater set for this Friday afternoon
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Volunteers are being sought to help clean up downtown Coldwater on Friday afternoon before Apple Fest and Hoptober Fest. Coldwater City Manager Keith Baker says the clean up wil...
Jim Measel Sep 13, 2022 (Courtesy Downtown Coldwater Facebook page)

City Council introduces agreement for proposed sale of vacant land to Schmitz Foam
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council introduced an agreement Monday for the proposed sale of eight acres of vacant land on Treat Avenue to Schmitz Foam which is planning to expand its fac...
Jim Measel Sep 12, 2022 Henry L. Brown Municipal Building in Coldwater (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Gonzalez going back to prison after entering guilty pleas to larceny charges
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A former Quincy area woman was sent back to the Michigan Department of Corrections on Monday in Branch County Circuit Court after entering guilty pleas to three counts of larcen...
Jim Measel Sep 12, 2022 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

Gowen arraigned on Branch County charges after police find stolen items in vehicle
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - One of four area men who were arrested in Princeton, Kentucky last December for their alleged parts in trying to loot from tornado-damaged homes and vehicles was arraigned on un...
Jim Measel Sep 12, 2022 Rumble Press / CC

New "Welcome to Coldwater" sign on Monday's City Council agenda
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council will be asked on Monday night to approve a $22,500 bid for a new "Welcome to Coldwater" sign on the west side of the city. The ground sign and decorat...
Jim Measel Sep 12, 2022

Branch County Sheriff's Department accepts $6,000 Drone donation
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A $6,000 check was presented on Friday by Tom Kolassa to Branch County Sheriff John Pollack to complete the Sheriff's Office Drone Project. Kolassa currently resides in Battle C...
Jim Measel Sep 11, 2022

County Commissioners bring forward Lake George lake level assessment roll
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners voted during their Thursday work session to bring forward to next week's meeting a resolution which establishes the Lake George lake lev...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Branch County Court House (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Branch County schedules scrap tire recycling event for October 1
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Branch County will once again conduct a scrap tire recycling event on Saturday, October 1. Branch County Administrator Bud Norman told the Board of Commissioners during Thursday...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Photo courtesy of Branch County government

BHSJCHA scheduling appointments again after getting updated COVID-19 booster vaccines
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch-Hillsdale-St. Joseph Community Health Agency is able to make appointments again after they received the updated COVID-19 booster vaccines. The agency had to stop taki...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Anthony Quintano / CC

Second Branch Pride Festival set for Saturday at Parkhurst Park
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The local organization Branch Pride will host their second Pride Festival on Saturday at Parkhurst Park in Coldwater. Organizers say this will be a kid friendly event that will ...
Jim Measel Sep 09, 2022 Courtesy Branch Pride Facebook page
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