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  • 12 PM News, Sports & Weather 04/16/13

    Tuesday, April 16, 2013

    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.

  • Project Restoration: Keep the Mill Turning

    Tuesday, April 16, 2013

    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.

  • 12 PM News, Sports & Weather 04/15/13

    Monday, April 15, 2013

    Today's Headlines: The Pure Michigan Governor’s Conference on Tourism is underway in Detroit; despite the heavy rains along the Lakeshore this month, the urgency of dredging harbors remains. Saugatuck-Douglas is in line to share in the 21 million-dollar emergency state package signed into law last month by Governor Snyder; can Governor Granholm’s goal of 10 percent sustainable energy for Michigan’s utilities be achieved by 2015?; public comment on a proposed boardwalk connection along part of the northern shore of Lake Macatawa is tonight; on this tax deadline day, the local chapter of the TEA Party is holding a “Tax Day Town Hall” meeting; another Masters golf tournament has come and gone, but the effects of the events at Augusta National linger.

  • Another Addition to Historic Ottawa Beach Project: John Scholtz

    Monday, April 15, 2013

    Gary Stevens chatted with Ottawa County Parks & Recreation Department Director John Scholtz ahead of the Apr. 15, 2013 public meeting at the Park Twp. Hall about a proposed "Historic Ottawa Beach Walkway" on the northern shore of Lake Macatawa.

  • 12 PM News, Sports & Weather 04/12/13

    Friday, April 12, 2013

    Today's Headlines: The rainy and stormy weather along the Lakeshore this week is a reminder from Consumers Energy about being ready and safe this spring and summer; the free fall of gasoline prices along the Lakeshore continues; the second of two public hearings on a proposed “splash pad” in Zeeland was held last night; as second of two public hearings on a proposed “splash pad” in Zeeland was held last night; the Tigers head west after thrashing Toronto; more gloom as the spring monsoon season continues along the Lakeshore.

  • State Adopt-a-Highway Litter Pickup Season Underway

    Friday, April 12, 2013

    Gary Stevens chats on Apr. 12, 2013 with Jon Ogar of the Michigan Department of Transportation about the agency's "Adopt-a-Highway" program in advance of the first of three week-long litter pickup sessions that begin on Apr. 13.

  • Setting the Record Straight: Jim Rhoades of ABATE

    Friday, April 12, 2013

    WHTC News' Diane Coston, a motorcyclist herself, chatted on Apr. 11, 2013 with Jim Rhoades of ABATE about the latest state figures on motorcycle injuries in Michigan since the abolition of the mandatory helmet law last year.

  • Update from Washington: Bill Huizenga Apr 11

    Thursday, April 11, 2013

    Subbing for an ailing Red Kingman on "WHTC in the Morning," Gary Stevens chatted live with US House Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland) about immigration reform, the budget, the proposed Senate gun violence package, and Great Lakes dredging, during their weekly conversation on Apr. 11, 2013.

  • Michigan Agri-Business with Jim Byrum

    Tuesday, April 09, 2013

    Remarks by James Byrum, President of the Michigan Agri-Business Association, before the Michigan West Coast Chamber of Commerce during the monthly "Early Bird Breakfast" at the Haworth Inn in Holland on Apr. 9, 2013.