Category Archives: Local News
Suspect Arraigned after Stabbing on Holland's North Side
HOLLAND TWP, MI (WHTC) – A 46-year-old Holland Township man is held on 15 thousand dollars bond after arraignment on felonious assault charges stemming from an alleged stabbing early Friday morn...
Mar 20, 2015
West Ottawa or Grandville to Lose School Chief to Kent ISD
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – West Ottawa Public School Superintendent Tom Martin and Grandville School Chief Ron Caniff have emerged as the two finalists for the Kent Intermediate School Superinten...
Mar 20, 2015
Holland Public Schools Earn National Honor for Music Ed
CARLSBAD, CA (WHTC) – Holland Public Schools is among 12 districts in Michigan named by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation as "Best Communities for Music Education." This des...
Mar 20, 2015
Ottawa County Prosecutor's Office now investigating deaths of Gary Volkers and Stacey Grotenhuis
OSCEOLA COUNTY, MI (WHTC) – Michigan State Police have turned over its investigation report into the deaths of Gary Volkers and his daughter Stacey Grotenhuis to the Ottawa County Prosecutor's O...
Mar 20, 2015
Donation account now set up in memory of Staff Sgt. Andrew Seif
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Friends of Staff SGT. Andrew Seif and his wife have set up a donation account in his memory. A recent Silver Star recipient and graduate of West Ottawa High School, Seif was...
Mar 20, 2015
Three Teens Hurt in ATV Crash in NE Ottawa Co.
WRIGHT TWP., MI (WHTC) – Three teens riding a ATV on land north of Marne were injured when their machine flipped over this afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Steve Austin, ...
Mar 19, 2015
Governor Snyder Says "Yes" Again to Tulip Time Festival Luncheon Appearance
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – For the fifth time in as many years as Governor, Rick Snyder will address the Tulip Time Festival Luncheon. Officials of Holland's annual signature event confirmed that Mr. ...
Mar 19, 2015
Bond Sale for Water Systems in Ottawa County Successful
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) – Ottawa County's Board of Commissioners and Road Commissioners jointly announced that 30.8 million dollars in Water Supply System Refunding Bonds have been successfully so...
Mar 19, 2015
Bicyclist struck by car
TALLMADGE TWP, MI (WHTC) – 21-year-old Tammy Vickers-Desota of Grand Rapids, was struck by a vehicle while riding her bike through the mobile park Tallmadge Meadows yesterday afternoon. Accordin...
Mar 19, 2015
Pure Michigan goes national
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – Between now and June about 5,000 of Pure Michigan commercials are going to run on national media and cable TV. If they do their job as they have in the past, tourists will b...
Mar 19, 2015
