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Tulip Time Festival Ends With Walking Tour, Carnival on Sunday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 11, 2025) - It apparently just wasn't right to close down Holland's annual signature event ahead of Mother's Day. After all, the stars of the show - the Tulip - are still ...
May 11, 2025 May 10, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Visitors to the Tulip Plantings at Window on the Waterfront Park during the 2025 Tulip Time Festival. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Two Hospitalized in Rollover Crash on Adams St.
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 10, 2025) - A two-vehicle crash southeast of Zeeland on Saturday evening led to serious injuries for two persons involved. No names were disclosed by Ottawa County ...
May 10, 2025 A LIFE EMS ambulance (photo courtesy LIFE EMS)
One Holland Man Killed, Four Others Injured in Overnight Crash
WALKER, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 10, 2025) - A man from Holland lost his life, and four others were injured, in a fiery early Saturday morning crash just east of the Ottawa/Kent county line. According to t...
May 10, 2025 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Hope Grad Wins Tulip Time People's Choice Art Award
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 10, 2025) - Heather Persch almost didn't make it to Tulip Time on Saturday. The Hope College graduate from Hudsonville was at State College, Pennsylvania on Friday for her...
May 10, 2025 "Gertrude's Garden" by Heather Persch (image courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Penultimate Day of 2025 Tulip Time Festival is on Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 10, 2025) - It's day nine of the 96th Tulip Time Festival, as Holland's annual signature event reaches it's climax on this Saturday. The schedule begins at 8 AM with the T...
May 10, 2025 May 8, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Dutch Dancers perform on West 8th Street before the Gentex Kinderparade. (Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
Investigation into Nine-Year-Old Boy on School Bus with Gun, Ammo Ongoing
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - An investigation continues into what Ottawa County Sheriff's Deputies say was a nine-year-old West Ottawa Public Schools student in possession of a ha...
May 9, 2025 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Stamp Out Hunger Set for Saturday; Delayed a Week in Holland
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - The National Association of Letter Carriers holds its annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive this weekend. To donate, leave non-perishable food items in a bag near ...
May 9, 2025 Stamp Out Hunger (image courtesy National Association of Letter Carriers)
The Day 8 Tulip Time Festival Slate
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - It's day eight of the 96th Tulip Time Festival, with a sense of anticipation in the air for the final weekend of Holland's annual signature event. The Friday sc...
May 9, 2025 May 8, 2025; Holland, MI, USA; Dutch Dancers perform on West 8th Street ahead of the Gentex Kinderparade during the 2025 Tulip Time Festival. (Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
New Pope Matriculated at Seminary on Felt Mansion Site
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 9, 2025) - As Roman Catholics celebrate the installation of a new Pontiff, the first American to hold that post has a tie to the Lakeshore. Officials with the Felt M...
May 9, 2025 The Felt Mansion, 6597 138th Ave., was once part of the St. Augustine Seminary High School. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Gentex Kinderparade Highlights Day 7 Slate of Tulip Time Festival
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 8, 2025) - The first of two parades during the 10-day renewal of Holland's annual signature event highlight day seven of the 96th Tulip Time Festival for this Thursday. Th...
May 8, 2025 May 12, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Participants in the 2022 Tulip Time Festival Kinderparade. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications.
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