Category Archives: Local News
Wildflower Walk Set for Tonight South of Holland
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 30, 2024) - A chance to look at flowers other than just tulips is on Tuesday evening south of Holland. The Outdoor Discovery Center kicks off its spring season with...
Apr 30, 2024 Participants in last year’s Woodland Wildflower Walk snap photos at Laketown Township’s Sanctuary Woods, 4750 66th St. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Saugatuck Playground Community Build Effort is Back On
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 30, 2024) - The Playground Community Build is back on in Saugatuck. City officials reopened registration for volunteers to pitch in on the reconstruction of the Village...
Apr 30, 2024 Artist's rendering of proposed rebuild of Village Square Playground (Sinclair Recreation image courtesy City of Saugatuck, Michigan)
Allegan Co. Cereal Drive Returns
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM, Apr. 30, 2024) - It's that time of year again for the Allegan County Community Foundation. The Allegan County Food Pantry Collaborative, a consortium created by the Foundation of...
Apr 30, 2024 Allegan County Food Pantry Collaborative Cereal Drive (image courtesy Allegan County Community Foundation)
Grand Rapids Man Hospitalized After Crash North of Jenison
GEORGETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - A sharp turn from Cottonwood Drive to Fillmore Street north of Jenison has seen its share of injury crashes over the years. The latest came on Monday ...
Apr 29, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Storey, Genetski Apparently at Odds Over Primary Ballot
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 29, 2024) - An apparent snafu has surfaced involving the chairman of the Allegan County Board of Commissioners. On Monday, District 1 Commissioner Jim Storey released a s...
Apr 29, 2024 The board room at the Allegan County Services Building. (photo courtesy Allegan County, Michigan)
UPDATE: FBI Reported Threat Cited as Reason for Cancellation of Lakeshore Blessing of the Bikes Event
PARK TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 29, 2024) - There was no Blessing of the Bikes at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds on Sunday, and a reason may have surfaced on social media. On Friday evening, organizers...
Apr 29, 2024 Apr. 29, 2021, Holland Twp., MI, USA; A scene from the 2021 Lakeshore Blessing of the Bikes at Beechwood Church. Mandatory Credit: Brent Alan-Midwest Communications
More Traffic Headaches Involving BL-196 Ahead
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - Another twist in the tail of the Lakeshore's biggest road construction project of the season takes place on Monday. The Michigan Department of Transporta...
Apr 28, 2024 A look at the planned Apr. 29-May 3 road closures involving the Business 196 road reconstruction project. (image courtesy Michigan Department of Transportation)
UPDATE: Missing Port Sheldon Man Found Safe - Again
PORT SHELDON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) - Terry Sims was missing ... again, but he has been found safe ... again. For the third time in an 11-month span, the now 21-year-old Port Sheldon man...
Apr 28, 2024 Terry Sims (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Uganski Promoted to #2 Role in Ottawa Co. Health Dept.
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 27, 2024) - As Marcia Mansaray retires from her post as Ottawa County's Deputy Health Officer, her successor has been named. The county's Department of Public Health...
Apr 27, 2024 Ottawa Co. Deputy Health Officer Lisa Uganski (photo courtesy Ottawa County Department of Public Health)
Drug Take-Back Day Set for Saturday Along Lakeshore, Across Country
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 26, 2024) - A semi-annual national effort to get expired and unused prescription/over the counter drugs out of circulation safely is set for Saturday. Funded by the US...
Apr 26, 2024 National Drug Take Back Day (image courtesy US Department of Justice-Drug Enforcement Administration)
