Category Archives: Local News
Allegan is cool
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC) – Budget travel has named the city of Allegan one of the “coolest small towns of 2015.” With a population of nearly 5,000 Allegan Ranked fourth in the travel magaz...
Mar 11, 2015
Former Saugatuck Mayor has died
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC) – Former Saugatuck Mayor Henry Van Singel 88, has died. A founding member of the Butler Street Boys’ Club, Van Singel served in the second World War in the Army Air Co...
Mar 11, 2015
Fatal Fire in Dorr Called "Suspicious"
DORR, MI (WHTC) – Allegan County Sheriff's investigators are calling a fatal mobile home fire in Dorr "suspicious." The 1 PM blaze in the 23 hundred block of Briarwood Street killed an adult and...
Mar 10, 2015
West Ottawa's Martin, Grandville's Caniff Vying for Kent ISD Superintendent's Post
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC) – West Ottawa Superintendent Tom Martin goes before the board of the Kent Intermediate School District on Thursday evening. He is one of four persons to apply for the Sup...
Mar 10, 2015
State Police, Grand Haven Public Safety Rule Man's Death a Suicide
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC) – State Police detectives and Grand Haven Public Safety officers have determined that a 68-year-old man whose body was found at a Sheldon Road home in the shadow of North ...
Mar 10, 2015
Consumers Energy Grants Initiative $25,000
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) – Efforts to develop the Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator based in Ottawa County have been bolstered by a 25 thousand-dollar check from Consumers Energy. The Jackson-...
Mar 10, 2015
Annual Report Day for Ottawa Co. Commissioners
WEST OLIVE, MI (WHTC) – This is annual report day for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners as they hold their biweekly meeting at the Fillmore Street Complex Administration Building in West ...
Mar 10, 2015
Prison Sentence Handed Down to Admitted Exposer
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC) – A 29-year-old Holland man with a history of sexually exposing himself could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Ottawa County Circuit Court Judge Ed Post sentenced A...
Mar 10, 2015
New Terminal for West Michigan Regional Airport Looms
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC) – At its monthly meeting, the West Michigan Airport Authority was told that closing on land needed for a new Business Center at West Michgian Regional Airport will be by the e...
Mar 10, 2015
State Orders Recall of Turkey Meat from Holland Retailer
LANSING, MI (WHTC) – The Michigan Department of Agriculture has ordered a recall of turkey lunch meat from Holland-based Earl’s Meats for possible listeria contamination. Samples of the me...
Mar 10, 2015
