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Ottawa County Fair Winds Down on Saturday
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 26, 2024) - The 2024 Ottawa County Fair concludes its six-day annual festivities on Saturday. The final 4-H exhibition is the display of prized donkeys in the Show Ring...
Jul 26, 2024 The Ottawa County Fair (file photo)
Coast Guard Festival Begins Today in Grand Haven
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 26, 2024) - Although organizers try to claim that it's the "best festival along the Lakeshore," which could be considered "fightin' words" around these parts because ...
Jul 26, 2024 US Coast Guard Festival. Courtesy, The Lakeshore WM
Early Voting Begins on Saturday Along Lakeshore, Across State
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 25, 2024) - For the second time this year, and for the just second time since it became law in Michigan in 2022, voters across the state will have a nine-day window to ca...
Jul 25, 2024 lisafx / Depositphotos.com
Western Day is Friday at the Ottawa County Fair
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 25, 2024) - The 2024 Ottawa County Fair heads towards the home stretch, as Friday marks the fifth day of the annual six-day celebration of agriculture and more. Western...
Jul 25, 2024 The DeWayne Spaw & Super Kickers Rodeo (image courtesy DeWayne Spaw & Super Kickers Rodeo/Ottawa County Fair)
Mosquito with West Nile Virus Spotted in SW Ottawa Co.
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 25, 2024) - A somewhat annual scourge is back along the Lakeshore. On Thursday, the Ottawa County Department of Public Health announced that the West Nile Virus was ...
Jul 25, 2024 ellandar / Depositphotos.com
Jobless Levels Rise Along Lakeshore, Across State
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 25, 2024) - Unemployment went up along the Lakeshore and across the state in June. That's according to monthly non-seasonally adjusted numbers disclosed on Thursday from ...
Jul 25, 2024 vadimphoto1@gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Military, First Responders Honored on Day 4 of Ottawa County Fair
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 24, 2024) - The second half of the six-day 2024 Ottawa County Fair is on Thursday. It's a day to honor those who are serving this country in the military services or in...
Jul 24, 2024 A midway ride at the Ottawa County Fair (file photo)
Poison Hemlock Caution Signs Remain at Jenison Park
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 24, 2024) - The signs are still out for a danger at a park near Jenison. Earlier this year, residents living near Maplewood Park off of 12th Avenue noticed someth...
Jul 24, 2024 July 24, 2024; Georgetown Twp., MI, USA; A Poison Hemlock caution sign posted along a non-motorized path at Maplewood Park. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Sentence Handed Down in March '23 Holland Heights Homicide
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 23, 2024) - It won't be life in prison for a 33-year-old suburban Atlanta man, but James Leonard Taylor should spend much of his adult life behind bars anyway. Ottawa...
Jul 24, 2024 James Leonard Taylor (photo courtesy Holland Dept. of Public Safety)
Seniors Spotlighted on Day 3 of Ottawa Co. Fair
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, July 24, 2024) - The 2024 Ottawa County Fair reaches its halfway mark on Wednesday, upon the conclusion of the third day of six days of activities. With carloads admitted fo...
Jul 24, 2024
