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Consumers Energy says progress being made, but still almost 5,000 without power in Branch County early Monday
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Even though Consumers Energy says more than 98% of all electric customers statewide now have power after a series of strong thunderstorms last week, almost 5,000 customers remain ...
Aug 16, 2021
Gas line rupture in Quincy causes traffic disruption, but no evacuations
QUINCY, MI (WTVB) - Village of Quincy officials say a significant gas line rupture occurred early Sunday evening on Chicago Street. They say it will be a lengthy repair that will require traffic to be...
Aug 15, 2021
Power back on for all CBPU customers after Thursday storm
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Board of Public Utilities officials now say all customers who lost power in Thursday morning's storm now have their electricity back. CBPU Director Jeff Budd made the ...
Aug 15, 2021
Church switches to outdoor service due to extended power outage
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With a power outage that's lasted since Thursday morning, one Coldwater area church is getting creative with its Sunday morning service this week. Lockwood Community Church will...
Aug 15, 2021
Extended power outage expected for around 800 CBPU customers
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - While many Coldwater Board of Public Utilities customers who lost power in Thursday morning's storm got electricity back later in the day, it will be an extended outage for abou...
Aug 13, 2021
Consumers Energy making progress in restoring power to thousands
JACKSON, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Since the storm system first hit Tuesday night, Consumers Energy officials say their crews have restored 110,000 customers over the last 24 hours and expect to restore...
Aug 12, 2021
Massive thunderstorm rips Branch County, with extensive damage and power outages
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Strong winds and driving rain knocked out power to a large portion of the City of Coldwater Thursday morning, with much of the out county area also without electricity because o...
Aug 12, 2021
Out of state crews called in to help Consumer's crews restore power
JACKSON, MI (WTVB) - Crews from as far away as Kentucky and other states will be in Michigan on Thursday, helping Consumers Energy crews restore electric service to customers following storms on Tuesd...
Aug 12, 2021
CBPU reports 345 customers lost power due to Wednesday's storms
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater BPU Director Jeff Budd says at the peak of Wednesday's outages, they had roughly 345 customers without power over several areas. Budd says the outages were primarily t...
Aug 12, 2021 Tree and wires down on Pelton west of North Clay in Coldwater. Photo by MWC's Jim Measel
Lightning leads to house fire on Liberty Street, damage estimated at $5,000
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A lightning strike from Wednesday afternoon's severe storm led to a fire which caused about $5,000 worth of damage to a home in the 100 block of Liberty Street. Coldwater Fire M...
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