Category Archives: Top News Stories
Waterbury resigning as County Treasurer to become CFO of Grand Ledge Schools
COLDWATER, MI. - (WTVB) - Branch County Treasurer Julie Waterbury announced during Tuesday's Board of Commissioners meeting that she was resigning from her position with the county effective on Septem...
Sep 14, 2021 Branch County Treasurer Julie Waterbury.
Nitric acid leak from semi tanker at Pilot Truck Stop forces I-69 shutdown
FREMONT, IN (WTVB) - A leak of nitric acid from a semi at the Pilot Truck Stop just south of the Michigan-Indiana border forced a nearly six mile shutdown of I-69 in southern Branch County and norther...
Sep 14, 2021 Photo courtesy of Brett Briscoe Hometown Media
St. Joseph County theft suspect captured thanks to help from numerous police agencies
CENTREVILLE, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Sheriff's Office was one of numerous area law enforcement agencies in Michigan and Indiana who helped the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department apprehend a ...
Sep 14, 2021 Jernej Furman / CC
City Council approves sale of 15 acres for proposed North Willowbrook development
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved a resolution on Monday night which allows Coach Road Capital of Spring Lake to buy about 15 acres owned by the City of Coldwater at 421 North...
Sep 13, 2021
City Council approves $1,000 offer from Habitat for Humanity for vacant lot on Lawton Avenue
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved an $1,000 offer from Branch County Habitat for Humanity on Monday night to buy the vacant lot at 29 Lawton Avenue for the construction of a n...
Sep 13, 2021
It's Purple Week at Coldwater High School in fundraising effort against cancer
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater High School's annual Purple Games which raise money for the fight against cancer are back this week. Purple Week supports local cancer patients and the ProMedica Coldw...
Sep 13, 2021
Branch County 911 says 3G wireless connections will start to end in 2022
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Central Dispatch Authority is trying to get the word out that the end of 3G wireless connection is rapidly approaching. Branch County 9-1-1/Central Dispatch In...
Sep 13, 2021 Alan Levine
CFD climbs fairgrounds grandstand steps to honor 9-11 victims
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - City of Coldwater firefighters paid tribute to those who died during and after 9-11 Saturday by climbing the grandstand stairs in full gear at the Branch County Fairgrounds. The...
Sep 12, 2021
Westview Capital seeks to purchase all remaining vacant lots from city on Thompson Blvd.
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council will be asked on Monday night to approve the introduction of an agreement to sell the remaining ten lots the city owns on Thompson Boulevard to Westvi...
Sep 10, 2021
Commissioners bring revised Master Plan approval forward during work session
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - An updated Branch County Master Plan was brought forward by the Branch County Board of Commissioners during their work session on Thursday. Commissioners are expected to take fo...
Sep 09, 2021 Branch County Court House and Clock Tower (photo courtesy Justin Lopshire, Midwest Communications, Inc.)
