Category Archives: Local News
Registration Closed for Friday's Ottawa Co. Water Quality Forum
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 11, 2024) - The last call has been sounded for the return of Ottawa County's annual Water Quality Forum on Friday. Registration ended on Wednesday for the 18th annual ...
Apr 11, 2024 Ottawa Co. Water Resources Commissioner Joe Bush (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Virtual Program on Cappon House Anniversary & Presentation Slated for Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 11, 2024) - Another part of a year-long celebration commemorating the 150th anniversary of the building of one of Holland's historic landmarks is on Thursday evening. "Ta...
Apr 11, 2024 Sept. 23, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; The historic Cappon House off of West 9th Street. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Laketown Township Expands Dune-Grass Planting
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 10, 2024) -About 63,000 sprigs of dune grass were planted last week on recently purchased beach property in Laketown Township. "We needed to act there this year bec...
Apr 10, 2024 Workers from Olde Paths Inc. of Holland plant dune grass on recently acquired land at Laketown Township Beach on 142nd Avenue. Photo provided by Olde Paths Inc.
Holland City Council Begins Budget Deliberation Sessions Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 10, 2024) - It's time to work on the Fiscal 2025 municipal budget for the City of Holland. Wednesday evening's biweekly business meeting of the Holland City Council kicks...
Apr 10, 2024 Aug. 29, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Holland City Hall. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Ottawa Co. Detectives Assist in Conviction, Sentence of Wyoming Child Sex Offender
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 10, 2024) - A 42-year-old Wyoming man is facing the next five decades in a federal prison, thanks in part to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Department. On Tuesday, the ...
Apr 10, 2024 PRSA-NY / CC
Two Hospitalized Following Three-Vehicle Pileup Near Grand Haven
GRAND HAVEN TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 9, 2024) - Three persons were hospitalized following a three-vehicle pileup southeast of Grand Haven on Tuesday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Se...
Apr 09, 2024 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Former Administrator Files Lawsuit Against Ottawa Co. Board, Chairman
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 9, 2024) - The dismissal of John Gibbs five weeks ago wasn't to be the final word on this story. That is what the Byron Center man's attorney said when his client wa...
Apr 09, 2024 Ottawa Co. Administrator John Gibbs (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
UPDATE: Suspect Arrested After Teen Girl Robbed at Gunpoint
HOLLAND TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2024) - A 17-year-old man from Holland's North Side is in the Ottawa County Juvenile Detention Center after a Friday arrest, stemming from an incident in the early...
Apr 08, 2024
UPDATE: GVSU Hosted Eclipse Viewing Event
ALLENDALE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2024) - Although it wasn't as total as it was in other parts of the country, the Lakeshore was still in the path a solar eclipse on Monday afternoon. Grand Valley St...
Apr 08, 2024 An Apr. 8, 2024 view of the total solar eclipse. (photo courtesy Mike Trethewey)
CFHZ Announces Proactive Educational Grant Winners
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 8, 2024) - It is one thing to address a need after it surfaces, but another to address a need before it surfaces. Such is the goal of a new series of proactive grants by ...
Apr 08, 2024 Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
