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Gary Stevens chats with Holland Public Safety Captain Jack Dykstra about the drug take-back day at the parking lot behind the Holland District Courthouse off of 7th Street from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday, Apr. 27, 2013.
Today's Headlines: Flood waters along the Grand River in Ottawa County continue to abate; the Holland City Council got an earful during last night’s work-study session; the state House yesterday approved a nearly 49 billion-dollar budget for fiscal 2014; the Motor City Madman is at it again; the Big Potato is back as the Tigers won last night; a pleasant weekend ahead weather-wise along the Lakeshore.
Gary Stevens chats with US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) about various Congressional topics during their weekly conversation on Apr. 25, 2013.
Today's Headlines: A bank on Holland’s North Side was robbed; the effects of last week’s heavy rains that caused flooding along the Grand River in Ottawa County continue; a chance to help pay for needed repairs to a symbol of Holland, along with renovating its home, has been augmented; in the latest annual rankings of public high schools in America, Zeeland West placed among the top five percent; the Tigers try to play tonight after getting rained out last evening; Old Man Winter may have finally breathed his last for the season this morning along the Lakeshore.
Today's Headlines: It’s not known why a 52-year-old Holland man would want to lie down next to railroad tracks with the Amtrak Pere Marquette passenger train bearing down on him; a 25-year-old Holland man remains in the Ottawa County Jail on 75 hundred dollars bond after a late Saturday morning crash; in the category of making Chicken Salad out of Chicken Scratch comes another idea stemming from stems; the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners is “taking a road trip and staying out late!”
Today's headlines: A bright yet still young member of the Hope College community is gone; a dry weekend and start of the work week along the Lakeshore hasn’t helped in alleviating the problems caused by last week’s monsoon that struck the Lakeshore and West Michigan; concerns have been raised about the possible prosecution of suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev over how authorities are handling the matter since his Friday arrest; sorting through the legal entanglements surrounding the deaths of 16 Michiganders in last year’s fungal meningitis outbreak stemming from tainted steroids doses continues; the Tigers limp back home after being swept in the shadow of Disneyland; the sunny extended weekend gives way to rain & cold again along the Lakeshore.
Gary Stevens chats with US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) about the tainted letter situation, the cyberattack bill, the Keystone pipeline issue, and other Congressional topics during their weekly conversation on Apr. 18, 2013.
Today's Headlines: A wanted Holland man apparently listened to his mother and ended his fugitive flight yesterday; an effort from a Lakeshore lawmaker to crack down on Bridge Card abuse in Michigan cleared a legislative hurdle yesterday; the flooding that currently has the Grand River two to three feet above flood stage may be about to get worse; the fungal meningitis outbreak that killed over 50 persons nationwide was the subject of a Congressional hearing yesterday; after more than three months with the proverbial sunshine of record market heights, economic storm clouds are apparently gathering over Wall Street; the people of Boston were quietly determined to get back to something like normal this morning, two days after the deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon; the Tigers look to continue their winning ways in Seattle tonight; a typical strong spring storm is bearing down on the Lakeshore.
Today's Headlines: In the wake of yesterday’s bombings at the conclusion of the Boston Marathon, it didn’t come as that much of a surprise to some that another large-scale act of violence occurred on American shores; details about a proposed 600 thousand-dollar “Historic Ottawa Beach Walkway” were unveiled during a public hearing in the Park Township Hall last night; tax deadline day was a good time to talk about taxes along the Lakeshore; a county-by-county phone calling campaign has begun by friends and relatives of Fred Byrne, the attorney from Big Rapids who has been missing since dropping off his son at Hope College on February 12th; an effort to raise money for needed repairs of the venerable De Zwaan Windmill and a renovation of Windmill Island Gardens is set for the seasonal opening of the city park this Saturday; ground was broken yesterday on a 55 million-dollar science building on Grand Valley State University’s main campus in Allendale; the Tigers continue their West Coast trip in Seattle tonight; the Lakeshore is enjoying sunshine today, but rain is back in force tomorrow.
The private fundraising effort to pay for renovations to the DeZwaan Windmill and Holland's Windmill Island Gardens is getting a boost from some of its younger citizens. The Holland Youth Advisory Council, made up of members from local high schools, will be holding a silent auction in conjunction with this Saturday's "Project Restoration: Keep the Mill Turning" fundraiser on the island. The evening event concludes a day of activities that includes a "Run of the Mill" 5K run/1 mile walk held earlier in the morning. In this audio podcast, West Ottawa High student Diana Curtis chatted with WHTC News Director Gary Stevens about the HYAC's fundraising effort.
