Category Archives: Local News
Spring Lake Twp. Couple Hurt in Crash
SPRING LAKE TWP., MI (WHTC) – A 74-year-old Spring Lake Township man and his 75-year-old wife were injured in a two-vehicle crash north of Ferrysburg this afternoon. An SUV driven by Ronald Purc...
May 19, 2015
Olive Twp. Man Burned in Property Fire Accident
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC) – A 51-year-old Olive Township man learned the hard way why it’s not safe to use gasoline to stoke a fire. Ottawa County Sheriff’s Sergeant Dean DeVries and fel...
May 19, 2015
Name released of victim in Crockery Township electrical incident
NUNICA, MI (WHTC) – The name of the victim who was electrocuted at his home yesterday has been released. Jason Bearut, 43, of Nunica was pronounced dead at the scene. According to Sgt. John Wolf...
May 19, 2015
Single vehicle crash sends couple to hospital
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC) – A single car crash has sent two Grand Haven residents to the hospital. The driver Ronald Brown, 56, of Grand Haven told Ottawa County Deputies his brakes malfunctioned o...
May 19, 2015
Muskegon elementary school vandalized
MUSKEGON, MI (WHTC) – The search is on for two people who vandalized an elementary school in the Oakridge School District yesterday. Security camera video caught the two people writing profane a...
May 19, 2015
Babysitter pay in Grand Rapids lowest in the nation
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – If you’re a babysitter in Grand Rapids, there is a bad news about pay. The babysitter pay tracking website Care.com says Grand Rapids has the lowest average babys...
May 19, 2015
One Person Killed, Another Seriously Hurt in Apparent Electrical Incident at Nunica Home
NUNICA, MI (WHTC) – One person died and two first responders were injured in an apparently electrocution at a home north of Nunica on Monday evening. When Crockery Township crews arrived at the ...
May 19, 2015
Robin Root Murder Case Shifted from Grand Haven to Grand Rapids
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC) – The criminal proceedings against a 52-year-old Kent County woman in the 2007 death of Janna Kelly will be held in Grand Rapids. Robin Root was apprehended and arraigned ...
May 18, 2015
Holland School Board to Review Dr. Brian Davis' Performance Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – The annual evaluation of Superintendent Brian Davis' performance by the Holland Board of Education is this evening at 6 PM in the district's Administrative Building's board ...
May 18, 2015
Charges Against Owner of Zeeland-Based Business Thrown Out
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – Charges of violating Michigan safety rules against the sole owner of Zeeland-based Black River Builders in a 2012 worksite fatality have been thrown out. Kent County Ci...
May 18, 2015
