Category Archives: Local News
Zeeland's Plaiderday Chili Crawl Coming on Saturday
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 20, 2025) - Tasting some good, hot chili is a treat during the dead of winter that the Lakeshore is in right now. Such is the case this Saturday, from 2 to 5 PM, as the C...
Feb 20, 2025 Zeeland's Plaiderday Chili Crawl (image courtesy City of Zeeland, Michigan)
Holland Twp. Trustees Meet Tonight
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 20, 2025) - A Lakeshore community decides on Thursday evening on what streets will get resurfaced this year. Holland Township trustees are being asked to approve a $...
Feb 20, 2025 Holland Charter Twp. logo
Ottawa Co. Clerk Warns of Passport Scam
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 20, 2025) - As spring break plans for travel to warm foreign Caribbean ports are being finalized, the scamsters are out en force to prey on unsuspecting tourists. One ...
Feb 20, 2025 July 5, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; Ottawa County Clerk/Register of Deeds Justin Roebuck testifies before the Holland City Council during a council business meeting. (YouTube image courtesy City of Holland, Michigan)
ODC Bike Park Request, BPW Natural Gas Pact with Consumers Energy Before City Council Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 19, 2025) - One of the oddities about Holland's Outdoor Discovery Center could be rectified on Wednesday evening. During the biweekly business meeting, the Holland City C...
Feb 19, 2025 Aug. 29, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Holland City Hall. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Series of Open House Meetings on Proposed HPS Elementary School Revamping Begins on Thursday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 19, 2025) - Holland Public Schools is consolidating its elementary schools. The district is moving ahead with plans for converting four separate schools now into three bu...
Feb 19, 2025 Holland Public Schools (image courtesy Holland Public Schools)
Four Arrested After Gun Threat at North Side Retailer
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 18, 2025) - Four persons are in custody following a Sunday evening incident involving a weapon and an assault north of Holland. According to Ottawa County Sheri...
Feb 18, 2025 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC
Former County Administrator Gibbs Lands HUD Position
WASHINGTON (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 17, 2025) - John Gibbs has landed on his feet, professionally. The one-time Ottawa County Administrator from Byron Center, apparently unemployed since his dismissal last F...
Feb 17, 2025 Ottawa Co. Administrator John Gibbs (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
UPDATE: Suspect in March '24 Death of Husband in Parking Lot Dispute Apprehended in Toledo
TOLEDO, OH (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 16, 2025) - A 45-year-old Grand Haven woman, facing charges in the death of her husband in Holland, is awaiting extradition to the Lakeshore after skipping bond and fleein...
Feb 16, 2025 Vinnice Leon (photo courtesy Lucas County OH Corrections Center)
Graafschap Fire Dept. Announces Grant for New Life-Saving Equipment
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 16, 2025) - Some fresh equipment is on its way to a Lakeshore fire department. On Friday, Graafschap Fire Department Chief Doug DenBleyker sent a letter to his depa...
Feb 16, 2025 The Graafschap Fire Department station, 4534 60th St. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Sedan Driver Hospitalized After Collision with Front Loader on BL-196
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Feb. 15, 2025) - A 22-year-old Holland man suffered serious injuries following a crash between his sedan and a commercial front loader between Holland and Zeeland on Satu...
Feb 15, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
