Category Archives: Local News
Slagh to Introduce Resolution Designating November as Dutch Heritage Month in Michigan
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 23, 2024) - If other ethnic groups can get their day or their month in Michigan, why can't the Dutch? That question has compelled State House 85th District Representativ...
Sep 23, 2024 Rep. Slagh celebrates his Dutch heritage wearing traditional garb at the 2024 Tulip Time festival parade. (photo courtesy Michigan House of Representatives)
One Killed, Two Critically Hurt in Crash Near Holland State Park
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 22, 2024) - No names or any identifying descriptions were immediately made available by the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department following a fatal single-vehicle crash o...
Sep 22, 2024 Sept. 22, 2024; Park Twp., MI; USA; First responders at the scene of a fatal crash on Lakeshore Drive near Eagle Drive. Mandatory Credit: Brent Alan-Midwest Communications
Holland Public Schools to Hold Facility Update Session
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 22, 2024) - It's Holland Public Schools' equivalent of what was once seen on road construction signs - "Your tax dollars at work." On Monday evening, from 5-6:30 PM, the...
Sep 22, 2024 Holland High School (Jason Craner photo courtesy Holland Public Schools)
Dump Truck Rams Into Passenger Vehicle, Hospitalizes Its Driver Seriously
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 20, 2024) - A 56-year-old Jenison man was seriously injured when his passenger vehicle was rear-ended by a dump truck in southeast Ottawa County on Friday afterno...
Sep 20, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
UPDATE: Charges Filed, Suspect Jailed After Collision, Assault on US-31
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 20, 2024) - A 60-year-old Muskegon man remains in the Ottawa County Jail on charges stemming from groping a woman following a collision on US-31 between Hollan...
Sep 20, 2024 Greg Joseph DuJardine (photo courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
Cell-Phone "Peeper" Arrested, Charged in North Side Incident
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 20, 2024) - A 39-year-old Holland man is free on bond following a Wednesday arrest on charges stemming from using a smart phone to capture an "upskirt" image of a w...
Sep 20, 2024 Arrested (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Annual Van Raalte Farm Civil War Muster is This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 19, 2024) - Holland's Van Raalte Farm will be brought back to the 1860's as the 15th annual Civil War Muster takes place this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday, the Battle...
Sep 19, 2024
Walk to End Alzheimer's-Holland is This Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 19, 2024) - An annual event to help fight a scourge of the elderly is set for this Saturday. The Walk to End Alzheimer's begins at Centennial Park in Holland (250 Centra...
Sep 19, 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer's - Holland MI (file photo)
Holland Momentum Center to Host Annual "Homecoming with a Heart" Fundraiser on Friday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 19 2024) - Homecoming isn't just for schools and the football field in the fall, and a facility that used to host such festivities in the past will host another such fun...
Sep 19, 2024 May 18, 2023; Holland, MI, USA: The Midtown Center (formerly Holland High School). Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Prepare Fair Set for Today in Allegan
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 19, 2024) - The equinox on the calendar comes on Sunday, but unlike in March, when awareness of storm preparedness is heightened by the arrival of spring, such a precaut...
Sep 19, 2024 Allegan County Prepare Fair 2024 (image courtesy Allegan County Emergency Management)
