Category Archives: Local News
Project Clarity Posts Results for 2015
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Progress continues on the Project Clarity efforts for Lake Macatawa and the Macatawa Watershed. Officials say that, in 2015, major projects at the Middle Macatawa area in Ze...
Dec 16, 2015
Holland Public Safety Officers Spread Gift Cards in "Pay it Forward" Revival
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Nearly five years after it had started, Holland's "Pay it Forward" civic goodwill initiative has apparently been revived. Public Safety officers are sharing gift cards the d...
Dec 16, 2015
Hudsonville, South Haven Land DNR Recreation Passport Grants
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – Two Lakeshore-area communities are among 33 across Michigan that will share in more than 1.3 million dollars in Recreation Passport grants issued by the state Department of ...
Dec 16, 2015
Morning Commute Crash Injures Zeeland Woman
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) – A 48-year-old Zeeland woman suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Holland's North Side just before dawn this morning. Deputies say that Melissa Hagood was n...
Dec 16, 2015
New Chief at Grand Rapids Vets Home Appointed
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans has a new Chief Operating Officer. Starting next Monday, Scott Blakeney takes over the helm of that facility's operations, working cl...
Dec 15, 2015
Two Homes in Subdivision on Holland's North Side Burglarized
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) – Sheriff's detectives are looking for those involved in two home burglaries during the overnight hours of Monday in a subdivision on Holland's North Side. The residents ...
Dec 15, 2015
State to Survey Grand River Ahead of Dredging; Ottawa County Not Participating
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state will conduct an underwater survey of the Grand River bed between Grand Rapids and the Bass River Recreation Area west of Allendale. A hundred thousand dollars of g...
Dec 15, 2015
GVSU to Conduct Another Oral History Collection Effort
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC) – The Office of Local History at Grand Valley State University plans to collect oral histories of this state's migrant workers this summer, thanks in part to an 11-thousand-...
Dec 15, 2015
Public Hearing for Holland Hospital-Backed Development Postponed
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC) – A scheduled public hearing last night about a proposed 120 thousand square-foot medical services building planned jointly by Spectrum Health and Holland Hospital wa...
Dec 15, 2015
Smith, Fisher to Head Up Board Leadership of West Michigan Works
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – The leadership of the newly formed West Michigan Works organization has been finalized, with Dave Smith, president and CEO of the Employers' Association, as the Chairma...
Dec 14, 2015
