Category Archives: Local News
EGLE, US Geological Survey to Conduct Groundwater Survey in SW Michigan
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 7, 2026) - If you see some helicopters hauling some strange-looking equipment over parts of the Lakeshore over the next few weeks, don't be alarmed. Even the Michigan Dep...
Apr 07, 2026 Photo of helicopter with geophysical equipment loop deployed below it via slingload. Technician for scale. (photo courtesy US Geological Survey)
UPDATE: Runaway Teen Near Wayland Found Safe
WAYLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 6, 2026) - The search is over for a 13-year-old girl who went missing on Sunday evening in northeast Allegan County and apparently is trying to stay on the run. According...
Apr 06, 2026
Library Access, Brownfield Plans on Zeeland City Council Meeting Agenda Tonight
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 6, 2026) - Maintaining library service for Blendon Township is on the agenda for the Zeeland City Council on Monday evening. Among the items to be discussed by the govern...
Apr 06, 2026 Zeeland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez, Midwest Communications)
Factory Plant Fire Reported Near Fruitport
SPRING LAKE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 6, 2026) - A Fruitport area manufacturing plant sustained fire damage following a Sunday evening blaze. As many as 14 first-responding agencies descended upon th...
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Pere Marquette Train Service Halted by Heavy Rains
CHICAGO (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2026) - The Pere Marquette passenger train service through Holland is down. Amtrak officials announced that routes 370 and 371 have been suspended through at least Monday ...
Apr 05, 2026 The Pere Marquette passenger train makes a morning stop at the Padnos Transportation Center in Holland (file photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Downtown Holland Spring Fling Underway
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2026) - Downtown Holland officials have one message as spring break begins - "Staycationers, rejoice!" The third annual Spring Fling promotion kicks off on Saturday, a...
Apr 04, 2026 Downtown Holland Spring Fling (image courtesy Downtown Holland)
Holland Annual Spring Clean-Up Initiative Winding Down
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2026) - It's last call for Holland's annual Spring Clean-Up. Residents have through the weekend to rake yard clippings, shrub trimmings, and wind-blown twigs to the cu...
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County Health Dept. Lifts Advisory Following Second Allendale Sewage Leak Into Grand River
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 3, 2026) - It took 12 days, but the entire length of the Grand River in Ottawa County is once again safe for humans. On Friday, the county's Department of Public H...
Apr 03, 2026 Area of Grand River under a No Body Contact Advisory in March of 2026. (image courtesy Ottawa County Department of Public Health)
Tulips are "Right on Time" with Tulip Time Festival Set to Begin in Four Weeks
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 3, 2026) - As Holland's Annual Signature Event kicks off in four weeks, it appears that the tulips will be blooming right on time for the Tulip Time Festival. So says Hol...
Apr 03, 2026 Oct. 11, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; A tulip planting site at Windmill Island Gardens. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Distracted Driving Enforcement Efforts to Increase in April
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 3, 2026) - Law enforcement in Michigan apparently mean business when it comes to cracking down on distracted driving. State police troopers were joined by colleagues from...
Apr 03, 2026 An Allegan County Sheriff’s Cruiser. (photo Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
