Category Archives: Local News
Fire Strikes Holland Home, No Injuries Reported
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 27, 2024) - Nobody was hurt after a blaze at a home in Holland overnight on Tuesday. Public Safety Department Fire Services crews were dispatched around 12:40 AM to a two...
Aug 27, 2024 Aug. 27, 2024; Holland, MI, USA; Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Services crews at the scene of a blaze in the 300 block of W. 19th Street. (Chris Tinney photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety Fire Services)
Holland Hospital, LIFE EMS to Stage "Stuff the Ambulance" Event on Tuesday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 27, 2024) - There have been "stuff the bus" and "stuff the police cruiser" events, so why not "stuff the ambulance?" The first such effort to provide first aid and school...
Aug 27, 2024 A LIFE EMS ambulance (photo courtesy LIFE EMS)
Saugatuck City Council Approves Restrictions on Short Term Rentals
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 27, 2024) - One of the Lakeshore's tourism destinations has taken a stand on short-term rentals. On Monday evening, the Saugatuck City Council, on a 4-2 vote with one a...
Aug 27, 2024 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
Road Work Continues East of Holland, Finishes in Allegan, Saugatuck
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 26, 2024) - There's some good news, and some bad news, for motorists beginning on Monday. First, the bad. Michigan Department of Transportation contractors will block off 112...
Aug 26, 2024 Road construction update (image © Midwest Communications0
Classes Begin on Monday at Hope College
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 26, 2024) - The 163rd year of classes at Hope College begin on Monday. During Sunday's Opening Convocation at the Jack Miller Center for the Performing Arts, school presi...
Aug 26, 2024 Aug. 25, 2024; Holland, MI, USA; Hope College assistant professor of engineering Dr. Brooke Odle addresses the Opening Convocation at the Jack Miller Center for the Performing Arts. (YouTube video image courtesy Hope College)
Saugatuck City Council to Take on Short Term Rental Issue Tonight
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 26, 2024) - On Monday evening, Saugatuck tackles the short-term rental issue head on. On the agenda for the biweekly City Council business meeting are ordinance amendme...
Aug 26, 2024 Drawing of Saugatuck Village Hall (image courtesy City of Saugatuck, Michigan)
Muskegon Man Hospitalized After Grand Haven Area Three-Vehicle Pileup
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2024) - A 19-year-old Muskegon man found out the hard way about the value of having good brakes following a Friday afternoon pileup south of Grand Haven. It ...
Aug 23, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Woman Hurt in Rollover Crash Near Grand Haven
GRAND HAVEN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2024) - A 34-year-old Grand Haven woman was seriously injured following a single-vehicle rollover crash south of Grand Haven on Friday morning. No name was i...
Aug 23, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Biker Hurt in Collision with SUV on Holland's North Side
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2024) - A 35-year-old Holland man was hospitalized following a collision on Holland's North Side between his motorcycle and a SUV around dawn on Friday. No names...
Aug 23, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Ottawa Co. Board to Discuss FY25 Budget Today
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 23, 2024) - Work on getting a spending plan in place for 2025 will be before the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners on Friday. During a 12 Noon work session at the F...
Aug 23, 2024 The entrance to the Ottawa Co. Administration Building in West Olive
