Category Archives: Local News
ADVISORY: Suspected Blue-Green Algae Bloom in Duck Lake
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 26, 2024) - The Allegan County Health Department (ACHD) received an alert from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) of a suspected blue-green alga...
Apr 26, 2024
Joblessness Down Along Lakeshore, Across State in March
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2024) - Joblessness took a dip along the Lakeshore and across the state last month. In numbers disclosed on Thursday by the Michigan Department of Technology, Managem...
Apr 25, 2024 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
Allegan County Board Meets Tonight
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 25, 2024) - It will not have the drama that has normally been associated with Ottawa County Board meetings the past 16 months, but the Allegan County Board does have some...
Apr 25, 2024 The 2024 Allegan County Board of Commissioners, along with County Administrator Rob Sarro (L). From left to right: District 5 Commissioner Gale Dugan, District 4 Commissioner Scott Beltman, District 1 Commissioner/Board Chair Jim Storey, District 3 Commissioner/Vice Chair Dean Kapenga and District 2 Commissioner Mark DeYoung. (photo courtesy Allegan County, Michigan)
Waukazoo Elementary, Huisingh Named Tulip Time Parade Grand Marshals
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 24, 2024) - An educational milestone and a departing community leader will be honored during Holland's annual signature event next month. On Wednesday, Tulip Time Festiva...
Apr 24, 2024 May 12, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Participants in the 2022 Tulip Time Festival Kinderparade. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications.
Groundbreaking for Holland Community Ice Park Done on Tuesday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 23, 2024) - A day long-awaited by many in the Holland area arrived on Tuesday. Ground was ceremonially broken on an $11.3 million Community Ice Park, to be built on the g...
Apr 23, 2024
UPDATE: Holland Man Arraigned After Assault, Police Chase Ends in Crash
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 23, 2024) - A 31-year-old Holland man remains behind bars on multiple charges stemming from a Saturday evening incident that begun and ended at a south side apartment com...
Apr 23, 2024 Dean Isom (photo courtesy Holland Department of Public Safety)
Planned Playground Rebuild in Saugatuck Back On After Legal Settlement
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 22, 2024) - After a legal pause, it's apparently back to "full steam ahead" for the renovation of a playground in Saugatuck. On Apr. 12, city officials had called off a...
Apr 22, 2024 Artist's rendering of proposed rebuild of Village Square Playground (Sinclair Recreation image courtesy City of Saugatuck, Michigan)
Biker Hospitalized After Crash North of Allegan
ALLEGAN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 22, 2024) - A 26-year-old Allegan woman was hospitalized after her motorcycle crashed north of Allegan on Sunday evening. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Serge...
Apr 22, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept. to Host State Marine Training Academy This Week
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 22, 2204) - If you see an increased police presence on Lake Macatawa this week, don't be alarmed. It won't be because of any emergency situation, or even any advance...
Apr 22, 2024 Ottawa County Sheriff's Department Marine Unit vessel (file photo courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)
UPDATE: Investigation Into School Threat at West Ottawa; Threat Proven Unfounded
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 21, 2024) - As Saturday was 25 years since the Columbine High School shootings near Denver, school districts nationwide were on heightened alert on Friday for any po...
Apr 21, 2024
