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Lack of a state budget keeping Branch County officials in limbo
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With a week to go before the deadline for state leaders in Lansing to come up with a 2026 Fiscal Budget or face the possibility of a state government shutdown next week the rami...
Sep 23, 2025 iqoncept / Depositphotos.com
Hoptoberfest next in a line of South Monroe Street festivals
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - With the annual Applefest and Craft Show now in the rear view mirror, the City of Coldwater is now preparing for the next Monroe Street festival with Hoptoberfest Friday October...
Sep 23, 2025
Steuben County fugitive captured in West Virginia
ANGOL,IN (WTVB) - A man wanted on multiple charges out of Steuben County is behind bars after being apprehended in West Virginia. 36-year-old Matthew Wayne Friedel was located and arrested without inc...
Sep 23, 2025
CCS Board approves Browne Aquatic Center energy analysis and lift chair
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater Community Schools Board of Education took action on a couple of items concerning the Dr. Robert W. Browne Aquatic Center Monday night. The Board approved the distr...
Sep 22, 2025 Courtesy Coldwater Community Schools You Tube channel
Concerns presented to CCS Board about gymnastics coach hiring process
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater High School senior has started an online petition to save the school's girls gymnastics program. Team member Macy Poradzisz told the Coldwater Community Schools Boar...
Sep 22, 2025 Coldwater High School senior Macy Poradzisz. Courtesy CCS You Tube channel
Committee being formed to discuss county's Bater Road property
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Branch County Board of Commissioners are scheduled to take formal action Tuesday afternoon on a committee being formed concerning the county's 168-acre Bater Road property. ...
Sep 22, 2025 Courtesy of Branch County Government
City Council approves purchase of School Resource Officer cars
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - The Coldwater City Council approved the purchase of two 2025 Ford Maverick Hybrid vehicles for a total price of just over $59,600 on Monday night. Deputy Police Chief Pat Beeman...
Sep 22, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater
Annual Housing Commission report presented to City Council
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Coldwater Housing Commission Executive Director Lori LaBundy presented the Commission's annual report to the Coldwater City Council during their meeting on Monday night. LaBundy...
Sep 22, 2025 Courtesy City of Coldwater
Road and water line replacement projects in Coldwater expected to last until the end of October or early November
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Even though some road construction in Coldwater is wrapping up, the work is not over yet. The Butters Avenue reconstruction from Race Street to Garfield Avenue is entering its f...
Sep 22, 2025 Newly paved Butters Avenue, Coldwater MI September 22, 2025
Predicted rain this week could bring some relief from dry conditions across Branch County
COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) - Despite some light rain both Sunday morning and overnight Sunday night into Monday morning, very dry conditions continue around Branch County and most of the region. The Nationa...
Sep 22, 2025 riosihombing@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
