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Two Grand Haven Men Perish in Snowmobile Incident
SHERIDAN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - Two Grand Haven men who were reported missing while snowmobiling on trails in...
8h ago
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Liquor License Transfer Request Highlights Monday's Zeeland City Council Meeting
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - The transfer of ownership and operations for a downtown Zeeland eatery highlights M...
14h ago

Hope Takes Two in Hoops on Saturday; GVSU Women, Chix Girls Also Win, but Maroons & Panthers Lose in Boys' Action
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - In high school basketball yesterday, these results: Grandville's boys 59, Holland Chris...
Dec 14, 2025

Mother Hospitalized, Children Unhurt in SUV-Tanker Collision on US-31
OLIVE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - A 29-year-old West Olive woman is expected to recover from injuries sustained whe...
Dec 13, 2025

Friday's High School Hoops Results: Hope Basketball in Action on Saturday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, these results: Holland's boys 69, Comstock Park 4...
Dec 13, 2025
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Two Grand Haven Men Perish in Snowmobile Incident
SHERIDAN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - Two Grand Haven men who were reported missing while snowmobiling on trails in...
8h ago
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Liquor License Transfer Request Highlights Monday's Zeeland City Council Meeting
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - The transfer of ownership and operations for a downtown Zeeland eatery highlights M...
14h ago

Mother Hospitalized, Children Unhurt in SUV-Tanker Collision on US-31
OLIVE TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - A 29-year-old West Olive woman is expected to recover from injuries sustained whe...
Dec 13, 2025

A Holland Museum Program Ends This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - It's last call for an activity at the Holland Museum. Saturday will be the last day...
Dec 12, 2025

Saugatuck Schools Purchases Land for Proposed Rec Center
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 11, 2025) - As one Lakeshore community is enjoying a new rec center, another is planning one....
Dec 11, 2025
State

Extra Holiday Road Patrols by Police in Michigan Underway
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - Even though Christmas is nearly two weeks away, it's not too early to have extra po...
Dec 12, 2025

Tunnel to Towers Foundation renovates home and pays off mortgage for injured Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer
PLAINWELL, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety officer who was severely injured in a traffic accident h...
Dec 11, 2025

Two dead in crash between car, semi in Muskegon County
MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - A 9-year-old girl and a 51-year-old woman were killed yesterday morning in a crash between...
Dec 11, 2025
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Congresswoman Stevens files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr.
WASHINGTON, DC (WKZO AM/FM) - Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens has filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human...
Dec 11, 2025

University of Michigan fires coach Sherrone Moore For alleged inappropriate relationship
ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) - The University of Michigan has fired head football coach Sherrone Moore over an alleged inapprop...
Dec 10, 2025
Local Sports

Saugatuck High Girls' Hoops on The Van Tonight; Lions Lose, Bears, Griffins Win on Sunday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 15, 2025) - High school basketball along the Lakeshore this evening features a girls/boys doublehea...
2h ago

Hope Takes Two in Hoops on Saturday; GVSU Women, Chix Girls Also Win, but Maroons & Panthers Lose in Boys' Action
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 14, 2025) - In high school basketball yesterday, these results: Grandville's boys 59, Holland Chris...
Dec 14, 2025

Friday's High School Hoops Results: Hope Basketball in Action on Saturday
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 13, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, these results: Holland's boys 69, Comstock Park 4...
Dec 13, 2025

Panthers, Maroons Split Prep Hoops DH; Red Wings Fall in Edmonton
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 12, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, these results: West Ottawa boys 63, Holland Chris...
Dec 12, 2025

Winning Wednesday for Dutch, Trailblazers, Red Wings, Blackhawks & Griffins
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 11, 2025) - In high school basketball last night, Holland's boys outlasted Western Michigan Christi...
Dec 11, 2025
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National Sports
NHL roundup: Mammoth win as Pens bitten by huge comeback (again)
The Pittsburgh Penguins, victims of a blown lead Saturday night, fell prey again Sunday, as the Utah Mammoth completed a wild...
2h ago
NFL roundup: Chargers KO Chiefs from playoff race; Patrick Mahomes tears ACL
Justin Herbert threw for 210 yards and one touchdown while counterpart Patrick Mahomes tore the ACL in his left knee while le...
3h ago
Rams WR Davante Adams (hamstring) could miss Seahawks showdown
Los Angeles Rams receiver Davante Adams exited Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions after aggravating a left hamstring inj...
5h ago
Packers' Micah Parsons suffers non-contact knee injury vs. Broncos
Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons departed Sunday's road game against the Denver Broncos with a non-contact ...
6h ago
Kalen DeBoer declares 'no interest' in leaving Alabama
Amid buzz about his job security and the surprise opening of another big-time head coaching job, Kalen DeBoer and athletic di...
7h ago
National
L.A. police investigate 2 deaths at home of actor-director Rob Reiner as apparent homicide
LOS ANGELES, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Two people were found dead at the Los Angeles home of actor-director-producer Rob Reiner...
4h ago
Flash floods kill seven people in Morocco's Safi
RABAT, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains killed at least seven people and injured 20 o...
11h ago
Providence police detain person of interest after Brown University shooting, NBC 10 WJAR reports
Dec 14 (Reuters) - Providence police said early on Sunday they have taken a person of interest into custody in connectio...
19h ago
How the US freight rail industry got dirtier than coal power plants
By Tim McLaughlin Dec. 14 (Reuters) - BNSF Railway, one of the crown jewels of Warren Buffett's sprawling Berkshire Hathaway ...
20h ago
German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala
By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an allian...
20h ago
World
Reaction to Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai's guilty verdict in national security trial
HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty on Monday of two counts of conspiracy to collude &z...
3h ago
Beachside shooting throws Australia's gun control regime into question
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban...
4h ago
L.A. police investigate 2 deaths at home of actor-director Rob Reiner as apparent homicide
LOS ANGELES, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Two people were found dead at the Los Angeles home of actor-director-producer Rob Reiner...
4h ago
Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai found guilty of collusion with foreign forces
HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's High Court on Monday found pro-democracy campaigner and tycoon Jimmy Lai...
4h ago
What we know about the shooting victims at Sydney's Bondi Beach Jewish event
By Scott Murdoch and Christine Chen MELBOURNE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Among the 15 victims of a mass shooting at Australia's Bond...
4h ago
Business
Korea Zinc board to discuss smelter joint venture plan with US government, source says
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Korea Zinc's board will discuss on Monday a plan to build a 10 trillion won ($6.8 bi...
3h ago
HSBC's $13.6 billion buyout proposal wins Hang Seng Bank board committee's nod
Dec 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's Hang Seng Bank said on Monday an independent board committee found HSBC's $13.6 billion t...
3h ago
China's home prices slide further in November
By Liangping Gao and Liz Lee BEIJING, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China's new home prices extended declines in November, official data...
4h ago
China's factory output, retail sales weaken in November
BEIJING, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China's factory output and retail sales growth slowed further in November, weighed by weak domest...
5h ago
China's November industrial output grows 4.8% y/y, retail sales up 1.3%
BEIJING, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China's industrial output in November rose 4.8% year-on-year, slowing from the 4.9% growth i...
5h ago
Politics
German far-right lawmaker calls for US-German nationalist alliance at MAGA gala
By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) - A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an allian...
20h ago
Analysis-How Donald Trump is molding 2028 Democratic presidential contenders
WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's aggressive policy agenda is doing more than reshaping the economy and...
20h ago
Trump unsure whether impact of economic policies will be felt in time for midterms, WSJ reports
(Corrects typographic error in the first paragraph) Dec 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty abou...
Dec 14, 2025
Prosecutors need warrant to access files from dismissed Comey case, judge rules
By Jody Godoy Dec 13 (Reuters) - Prosecutors must return evidence seized from a key figure in the dismissed criminal case aga...
Dec 13, 2025
'Pins on a Map': How Chicago students are tracking ICE raids
By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, Dec 13 (Reuters) - The windowless newsroom of The Phoenix, the Loyola University Chicago newspap...
Dec 13, 2025
Health
Sweden's SOBI to buy Arthrosi Therapeutics for $1.5 billion
Dec 13 (Reuters) - Drugmaker Swedish Orphan Biovitrum said on Saturday it had entered into an agreement to a...
Dec 13, 2025
France to vaccinate cattle for lumpy skin disease as farmers protest against cull
By Mathieu Rosemain and Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, Dec 13 (Reuters) - France will vaccinate 1 million head of cattle in the...
Dec 13, 2025
Jury orders Johnson & Johnson to pay $40 million to two women in latest talc trial
By Diana Novak Jones Dec 12 (Reuters) - A California jury on Friday awarded $40 million to two women who said Johnson & J...
Dec 13, 2025
US House Republican healthcare plan does not extend Obamacare subsidies
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
Dec 13, 2025
Court rejects Planned Parenthood's challenge to Trump-backed law ending Medicaid funding
By Nate Raymond BOSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a provision of U.S. President Donald ...
Dec 13, 2025
Science
Analysis-Musk's Mars mission adds risk to red-hot SpaceX IPO
By Joey Roulette, Ross Kerber and Echo Wang WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Investors eyeing SpaceX's potential blockbuster IP...
Dec 12, 2025
Bezos' Blue Origin working on orbital data center technology, WSJ reports
Dec 10 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' aerospace firm Blue Origin has been working for over a year on the necessary technology for ar...
Dec 10, 2025
Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England
By Will Dunham Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans i...
Dec 10, 2025
Chinese astronauts install debris protection aboard space station
By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Chinese astronauts have installed protection against "space junk" a...
Dec 09, 2025
Scientists discover secrets of ancient Roman concrete at Pompeii
By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) - Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen i...
Dec 09, 2025
Technology
iRobot enters Chapter 11, lender to acquire Roomba maker
Dec 14 (Reuters) - iRobot said on Sunday that it has started a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy process in...
6h ago
UK regulation of cryptoassets to start in October 2027, finance ministry says
By Phoebe Seers LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Britain will start regulating cryptoassets from October 2027, the finance ministry...
7h ago
Russian ban on Roblox gaming platform sparks rare protest
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Several dozen people protested on Sunday in the Siberian city of Tomsk agains...
20h ago
ServiceNow near deal to buy cybersecurity startup Armis for up to $7 billion, Bloomberg News reports
Dec 13 (Reuters) - ServiceNow is in advanced talks to buy Armis, a cybersecurity startup that had been eyeing an initial...
Dec 14, 2025
Huawei's latest handset uses improved China-made chip, report shows
Dec 12 (Reuters) - The Kirin 9030, the chip that powers Huawei Technologies' latest flagship Mate 80 series handset, has...
Dec 13, 2025
Entertainment
Live Nation, Ticketmaster must face sprawling class action over prices
By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A federal judge in California ruled on Friday that Live Nation and its subsi...
Dec 12, 2025
Disney's 'Zootopia 2' set to join $1 billion box office club
Dec 12 (Reuters) - Walt Disney Animation Studios' "Zootopia 2" is on track to surpass $1 billion at the global box ...
Dec 12, 2025
Netflix's $72 billion Warner Bros deal faces skepticism over YouTube rivalry claim
By Jody Godoy NEW YORK, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Netflix says it must acquire Warner Bros Discovery to compete with YouTube, but an...
Dec 12, 2025
Universal submits remedy to EU's objections over Downtown deal
BRUSSELS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Universal Music said on Friday it has submitted a remedy to address competition concerns fr...
Dec 12, 2025
Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI, license characters for Sora AI tool
Dec 11 (Reuters) - Walt Disney is investing $1 billion in OpenAI and will let the startup use characters from Star Wars, Pixa...
Dec 11, 2025




