Category Archives: Local News
Saugatuck Council Sets May 22 for Public Interview of Four City Mgr. Finalists
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 14, 2024) - After sifting through 48 job applications, the Saugatuck City Council has narrowed the list to four for filling the vacant City Manager position. Coming to t...
May 14, 2024 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
UPDATE: Ottawa Co. Board Sidesteps Pay Increase Resolution
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 14, 2024) - The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners has sidestepped what may have been a political banana peel on Tuesday morning. Among the items on the biweekly Otta...
May 14, 2024 The entrance to the Ottawa Co. Administration Building in West Olive
UPDATE: Victim Identified; Suspect Arraigned in Fatal Otsego Apartment Unit Stabbing
OTSEGO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 13, 2024) - One woman is in custody and the victim has been identified in a fatal Friday evening stabbing at an Otsego apartment unit. On Monday, Karleigh Strickfaden was a...
May 13, 2024 Otsego Police Department (image courtesy City of Otsego, Michigan)
Saugatuck Council to Consider Water System Loan Request, Airport Land Proposal Tonight
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 13, 2024) - Two items of interest are on the agenda for the biweekly Saugatuck City Council meeting on Monday evening. The governing panel is expected to approve a resol...
May 13, 2024 njenney / CC
95th Tulip Time Festival Closes
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 13, 2024) - The 95th Tulip Time Festival is now in the history books. Ten days of events and attractions ended on Sunday with the Tulip Immersion Garden, Historic Walking ...
May 13, 2024 May 9, 2024; Holland, MI, USA; Holland Mayor Nathan Bocks declares the Holland streets are dirty and need sweeping in the ceremonial opening of the Gentex Kinderparade on West 8th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Another Intersection in BL-196 Project to Close
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 13, 2024) - Now that Tulip Time is over, one of the busier intersections east of Holland is closing. Contractors from the Michigan Department of Transportation will c...
May 13, 2024 A look at the latest developments in the BL-196 reconstruction project (image courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
Brashears to Return as Ottawa Co. Community Mental Health Leader
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 12, 2024) - Community Mental Health of Ottawa County is going back to trusted hands as the search for its new permanent leader continues. Following last month's annou...
May 12, 2024 Dr. Michael Brashears (photo courtesy House of Representative, State of Michigan)
Tulip Time Winds Down on Mother's Day
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 11, 2024) - The 95th Tulip Time Festival comes to its nine-day end on Sunday. Highlighted on Saturday by the Quality Car Wash Volksparade through downtown Holland during t...
May 11, 2024 Tulips seen on West 8th Street in Downtown Holland. (photo Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications)
Otsego Police Investigating Fatal Friday Stabbing
OTSEGO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 11, 2024) - Otsego police are investigating a fatal stabbing of a 51-year-old man at a residence on Friday evening. No names were initially disclosed by Police and Fire Dir...
May 11, 2024 Otsego Police Department (image courtesy City of Otsego, Michigan)
Motorcyclist Killed in Crash NE of Allendale
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 11, 2024) - A 22-year-old Grand Rapids man lost his life after crashing his motorcycle northeast of Allendale on Friday night. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's ...
May 11, 2024 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
