Category Archives: Local News
Holland Harbor Dredging Begins This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 6, 2024) - It's time to get the Holland Harbor cleared out for commercial shipping this season. This weekend, crews from King Company begin dredging the outer harbor chan...
Apr 06, 2024 US Army Corps of Engineers (image courtesy US Army Corps of Engineers)
This is Spring Clean Up Weekend in Holland, Zeeland
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2024) - It's last call in Holland, and only call in Zeeland, for municipal spring clean up initiatives. Residents in the Tulip City are asked to bring their yard waste to ...
Apr 05, 2024 esweta3.gmail.com / Depositphotos.com
Suspect Sought After Teen Girl Robbed at Gunpoint
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2024) - The search is on for a light-skinned black male with a thin build, wearing a black jacket, black jeans and a black face mask that didn't hide dread locks ...
Apr 05, 2024
Christmas Robber, Judge Sentenced in Separate Incidents
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2024) - Sentences were handed down this past week in two separate cases. Austin Buter will serve between two and 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of una...
Apr 05, 2024 PRSA-NY / CC
Work Zone Safety Month Underway as Road Construction Season Begins
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 5, 2024) - As spring break week winds down, the road construction season revs up. April is Work Zone Safety Month, as motorists are asked to be aware of crews and con...
Apr 05, 2024 Mar. 16, 2021; Laketown Twp., MI, USA; A "Road Work Begins" sign alerts motorists on southbound I-196 between Holland and Saugatuck. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Busy Time in Laketown Twp.
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 4, 2024) - A Lakeshore community has been busy over the last few weeks. Here's a recap of what has gone on in Laketown Township: The Graafschap Fire Department has ...
Apr 04, 2024 Laketown Township Hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Baker Announces Relection Bid, Faces Primary Challenger for Sheriff
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM, Apr. 3, 2024) - One of the two sheriffs along the Lakeshore is stepping down at the end of the year voluntarily, while the other is hoping to stay on the job for another four yea...
Apr 03, 2024 Allegan County Sheriff Frank Baker (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest communications)
First Zeeland Citizen's Academy Planned
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM, Apr. 3, 2024) - What has worked for other communities might work in Zeeland. That's the thinking as the Lakeshore community is planning its first Citizen's Academy. The five-week...
Apr 03, 2024 Zeeland Citizen's Academy (image courtesy City of Zeeland, Michigan)
Slagh's Speed Limit Legislation Now State Law
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 3, 2024) - Legislation to help local communities set speed limits on its roads is now state law. On Tuesday, Governor Whitmer signed House Bill 4012, which will allow com...
Apr 03, 2024 Nikodash / Depositphotos.com
Road Funding Alternatives Discussed at Various Levels of State, Local Government
COOPERSVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 2, 2024) - As road construction season gets underway, the issue of funding such projects continues to be discussed at various levels of government. Last week, member...
Apr 02, 2024 Mar. 16, 2021; Laketown Twp., MI, USA; A "Road Work Begins" sign alerts motorists on southbound I-196 between Holland and Saugatuck. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
