Category Archives: Local News
Area Students Earn Honors in Various State, National Competitions
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 15, 2025) - Although the end of classes for Academic 2025 won't come for a couple of months or so, several students from the Lakeshore have earned accolades for their efforts...
Mar 15, 2025 "The Road to the American Dream: Worthiness & Representation in Education" by Karinna Martinez (video image courtesy C-SPAN)
Holland's St. Patrick's Parade Set for Saturday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 14, 2025) - A tradition more than two decades strong resumes on Saturday. It's the 20th St. Patrick's Day Parade through Downtown Holland, beginning at 12 Noon outside of...
Mar 14, 2025 The traditional Irish snake during the Holland St. Patrick's Day Celebration Parade. (photo courtesy Holland St. Patrick's Celebration committee)
Laketown Twp. Approves Spending Plan as Municipal Budget Season Continues
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - The municipal budget season is underway along the Lakeshore. On Wednesday, the Laketown Township Board of Trustees approved a $1.9 million spending plan...
Mar 13, 2025 Laketown Township Hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Preparedness Emphasized as Spring Storm Season Nears
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - A statewide tornado drill is scheduled to take place next Wednesday at 1 PM. Emergency Management officials such as Lou Hunt with Ottawa County are urging ...
Mar 13, 2025 Ottawa County Emergency Management Director Lou Hunt
Holland native serves With Seabees In the U.S. Navy
SAN DIEGO, CA (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - Petty Officer 2nd Class Colton Heerema, a native of Holland, Michigan, serves the U.S. Navy at Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 operating out of Sa...
Mar 13, 2025
Community Mental Health Ottawa County to Tackle Proposed Medicaid Cuts
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - In the current political climate of government cost-cutting comes an open, public forum on the need for continued Medicaid funding for mental health. Fro...
Mar 13, 2025 Mar 14 CMHOC Open Forum (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Holland Hospital's Culinary Cabaret Set for Tonight
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2025) - An effort to help the needy along the Lakeshore get needed medical attention gets a financial boost on Thursday night. The annual Culinary Caberet, from 6...
Mar 13, 2025 2025 Holland Hospital Culinary Cabaret (image courtesy Holland Hospital)
Fugitive in Chicagoland Arson, Murder Apprehended in Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 13, 2024) - Many people from the Chicagoland area head to the Lakeshore for a vacation escape. A man wanted in the death of a 46-year-old trucking company executive there...
Mar 13, 2025 Holland police cruisers. File photo
EV Construction Honors Long-Time Leader by Establishing Scholarship
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2025) - A Holland-based construction firm is honoring a long-time industry leader by establishing a legacy. On Tuesday, EV Construction announced the creation of ...
Mar 12, 2025 Tony Roussey (photo courtesy EV Construction)
Spring Break Brings Out Scamsters & Fraudsters Preying on Parents & Grandparents
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 12, 2025) - It may be a "spring break" for collegians, but for scamsters and fraudsters, it's anything but a break. Grand Valley State students were off all last week, wh...
Mar 12, 2025
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