Category Archives: Local News
WATCH: Commencement Speaker Named H.O.P.E. Winner as Hope's Class of '25 Graduates
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 5, 2025) - Dr. Lauren Hearit must have made a deep impression with the Hope College Class of 2025. Not only did the graduates ask the assistant professor of management to ...
May 5, 2025
Sunday May 3 2025 Tulip Time Schedule
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 4, 2025) - It's day three of the 2026 Tulip Time Festival this Sunday. Morning events include the Historic Walking Tour that begins at Window on the Waterfront Park (71 Ea...
May 4, 2025 The Tulip Immersion Garden at Beechwood Church (file photo Brent Alan-Midwest Communications)
UPDATE: Missing North Side Woman, Four Children Considered Endangered Found Safe
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 3, 2025) - A 50-year-old Park Township woman and three children that went missing from their North Side neighborhood earlier this week have been located and are safe. Mi...
May 3, 2025 Michelle Olszewski (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Office)
Teen Hospitalized in West Olive Crash
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 3, 2025) - Two persons were injured in a two-vehicle crash in West Olive on Saturday evening. No names were disclosed by Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Shane Ryke fol...
May 3, 2025 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
A Look at the Day 2 Tulip Time Festival Schedule
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 3, 2025) - It's day two of the 2026 Tulip Time Festival this Saturday. With Holland's annual signature event now beginning on the first Friday in May, the 8 AM Tulip Time ...
May 3, 2025 Tulip Time Run (file photo courtesy Tulip Time Festival)
Hope Graduation Set for Sunday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 3, 2025) - While the Tulip Time Festival will attract the most attention around Holland this weekend, an eventful Sunday lies ahead at Hope College. Weather permitting, ab...
May 3, 2025 May 5, 2019; Holland, MI, USA; Hope College holds its commencement exercise at Ray & Sue Smith Stadium. (Greg Olgers file photo courtesy Hope College)
The 96th Tulip Time Festival Begins
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May2, 2025) - The 96th renewal of Holland's annual signature event begins in earnest on Friday. While the tulips have been in bloom for about a week, and Dutch Dancers held th...
May 2, 2025 May 8, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; A plaque honoring Tulip Time Festival founder Lida Rogers at the Waterfront Park off of East 6th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Dutch Dancers Usher in Tulip Time Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 1, 2025) - While the 96th annual renewal of Holland's annual signature event doesn't officially begin until Friday, the stars of the show don't keep any calendar, and neit...
May 1, 2025 Dutch Dancers along 8th Street in downtown Holland (file photo)
Animal Shelters Hope for Success as "Empty the Shelters" Begins
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 1, 2025) - Wednesday was National Adopt A Shelter Pet Day. The annual observation raises awareness about the thousands of pets in shelters across the country waiting fo...
May 1, 2025 Tippy the Cat (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Tall Ship Stuck in South Haven, No Trip to Holland for Tulip Time in '25
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 30, 2025) - There will be no Friends Good Will in Holland in 2025. It's not because of any animosity-related matter, but a casualty of the elements, that the replica ...
Apr 30, 2025 The tall ship Friends Good Will. (photo courtesy Michigan Maritime Museum)
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