Category Archives: Local News
Weather Spotter Training Class Set for Tonight in Jenison
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 19, 2026) - Just in time for the upcoming spring stormy weather season is the annual Skywarn Weather Spotter Training Class. Set for Thursday evening at Alive Chu...
Feb 19, 2026 Crysis Rubel / CC
Housing Project Rezoning Request OK'd by Holland City Council
YouTube video courtesy City of Holland, Michigan. HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 19, 2026) - A proposed new community housing project received a green light from the Holland City Council on Wednesday n...
Feb 19, 2026
Pickup Slams Into Sedan on I-96, Sends That Driver to a Hospital Bed
WRIGHT TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 18, 2026) - Two drivers are expected to recover from injuries suffered when a pickup rear-ended a sedan on I-96 between Coopersville and Marne on Tuesday morning. No ...
Feb 18, 2026 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Holland Man Sentenced for Domestic Assault Incident in North Side Apartment
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 17, 2026) - A 31-year-old Holland man will spend 14 months behind bars, along with three years of probation, for assaulting a 23-year-old woman in a north side apartm...
Feb 17, 2026 PRSA-NY / CC
Two Holland Youth Advisory Council Members Earns MHSAA Scholar-Athlete Awards
EAST LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 17, 2026) - There may be no Lakeshore teams which will make it to the Breslin Center for the state high school boys basketball tournament finals on March 14th, but t...
Feb 17, 2026 Michigan High School Athletic Association (logo courtesy MHSAA)
UPDATE: Holland, Zeeland Museums to Host US 250th Anniversary Joint Exhibit
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 16, 2026) - A year-long celebration of this country's 250th anniversary as it pertains to the Lakeshore is underway at the Holland Museum and at Zeeland's Dekker Huis Mus...
Feb 16, 2026 America250MI (image courtesy America250MI)
Zeeland Council to Hold Snowmelt Assessment Public Hearing, Consider Master Plan Rewrite Contract Tonight
ZEELAND, MI (Feb. 16, 2026) - Another step in paying for snowmelt in downtown Zeeland will be taken on Monday night. During the biweekly City Council meeting, Mayor Rick Van Dorp and his fellow member...
Feb 16, 2026 Zeeland City Hall file photo
Seasonal Road Restrictions in Place for County Roads Along Lakeshore
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 16, 2026) - It's an annual rite of spring. At 6 AM on Monday, a number of road commissions in West Michigan will impose seasonal weight and speed restrictions on coun...
Feb 16, 2026 Seasonal road restriction sign (image courtesy County Road Association of Michigan)
Two Firefighters Hurt in Zeeland Apartment Fire
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 14, 2026) - Two Zeeland Fire Department personnel were hurt combating a blaze at an apartment complex on Friday evening. According to Interim Fire Chief Mitchell Harsevoo...
Feb 14, 2026 Zeeland Fire Rescue
UPDATE: Holland Pastor, Wife Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 13, 2026) - A Holland church is hoping a legal episode involving its leadership can be closed now. On Thursday, 58th District Court Judge Brad Knoll sentenced Jessica Her...
Feb 13, 2026 PRSA-NY / CC
