Category Archives: Local News
Water trail plan forming for Ottawa County
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - A Thursday meeting at Park Township Hall discussed the interest in creating a water trail in the Lake Macatawa Watershed. Presentations at the meeting detailed on how water trails...
Jul 31, 2015
Group collects Ottawa County signatures for marijuana legalization
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) - Groups across Michigan are collecting signatures for MI Legalize, a campaign to get marijuana legalization on the November 2016 ballot. An Ottawa County group has been collecting ...
Jul 31, 2015
Holland Twp. Man Runs Red Light, Ends Up on Hospital Bed
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) – An 84-year-old Holland Township man suffered minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash on Holland's North Side this afternoon. Rescue crews had to extricate Kenneth Koning ...
Jul 30, 2015
Robber of Robinson Twp. Gun Shop Sentenced
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC) – A nearly six-year-long federal prison sentence was handed down to a 22-year-old Muskegon Heights man for being a felon in possession of a firearm. A plea agreement kept Xa...
Jul 30, 2015
Youth Crime Spree Snapped on Holland's North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC) - A vehicle burglary overnight may have been an incident that cracked the case of a rash of juvenile-led criminal activity in a neighborhood on Holland's North Side. Sheriff's ...
Jul 30, 2015
WATCH: Ottawa Co. Fair, Coast Guard Festival Continue
UNDATED (WHTC) – Day four of the Ottawa County Fair is highlighted by this evening’s SJO Motorcross' "Supercross Series" in the Grandstand this evening. It’s the 18th year that races...
Jul 30, 2015
Fire Risk High Along Lakeshore, Across State
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The state DNR says that many portions of Michigan have a high or very high fire danger risk, mostly due to recent warm temperatures and a lack of significant rainfall, and t...
Jul 30, 2015
Trail Tourism Promotion Meeting Tonight in Park Twp.
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC) – A public meeting on trail-based tourism along the Lakeshore is this evening at 7 PM in the Park Township Hall. Local and regional officials will get input for better lever...
Jul 30, 2015
Driver and Passenger escape car in flames
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Ottawa County Central Dispatch has confirmed a care fire on Riley just east of Butternut last night. Witnesses say people were yelling at the driver of a silver Audi that hi...
Jul 30, 2015
4-H Auction is tonight at Ottawa County Fair
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – It’s a big day out at the Ottawa County Fair today. The auctioning off of lambs, goats, pigs, beef and feeder calves starts at 6 p.m. The carnival rides start at 3 p.m...
Jul 30, 2015
