Category Archives: Local News
Fuel Prices Up This Week
DEARBORN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 15, 2024) - Just as the snow rose higher and higher along the Lakeshore this weekend, gas prices also climbed, not only here, but across the state as well. That's accord...
Jan 15, 2024 North Dakota
Call for Blood Made
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 15, 2024) - A problem that normally surfaces during the holiday season has lingered into the New Year. Blood banks are reporting low inventory in all blood types, and acc...
Jan 15, 2024 Photo courtesy American Red Cross of Michigan
No Injuries Reported in Assisted Care Facility Blaze
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 14, 2024) - No time is a good time for a fire, and a blaze amidst wintry weather conditions bring about a different type of challenge for first responders. Such was the c...
Jan 14, 2024
Laketown Twp. Approves Pay Raises for Its Leaders
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 13, 2024) - Pay raises are on tap for some leaders in a Lakeshore community. During its monthly meeting last Wednesday, the Laketown Township Board of Trustees unan...
Jan 13, 2024 The Laketown Township Board of Trustees on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Front from left: Treasurer Jim Johnson and Supervisor Linda Howell. Back from left: Trustee Patrick Dietrich, Clerk Amber Davis and Trustee Jim Delaney. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Twp., MI)
Allendale Woman Arraigned on Animal Abuse Charge
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 12, 2024) - A 27-year-old Allendale woman has been arraigned on a felony animal abuse charge and three related misdemeanor counts stemming from a December seizure ...
Jan 12, 2024 Ottawa County Sheriff's cruiser. File photo
Wintry Weather Preparation Announced by Ottawa Co.
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 12, 2024) - The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids has posted a Winter Storm Warning for the Lakeshore and much of West Michigan from 10 this morning to 7 tomorr...
Jan 12, 2024 Mar. 2, 2014; Holland, MI, USA; A look along Central Avenue at West 4th Street during a winter storm. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Hoekman to Fill Laketown Twp. Parks Commission Vacancy
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 11, 2024) - A vacancy has been filled on the Laketown Township Parks and Recreation Commission. During a meeting on Wednesday, after conducting separate interviews ...
Jan 11, 2024 Tom Hoekman was appointed to the Laketown
Township Parks and Recreation Commission on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Towsnhip, Michigan)
Lakeshore, Michigan Getting Weather Breather Before More Winter Storms Arrive
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 11, 2023) - It seems as if winter is making up for lost time along the Lakeshore and across much of the state. Following several inches of heavy, wet snow that fell f...
Jan 11, 2024 An Ottawa County Road Commission Snowplow at work. (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Road Commission)
No Vacancy Sign Out as Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept. Holds CRASE Class Tonight
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 11, 2023) - There is an Civilian Response to an Active Shooter Event class slated for Thursday evening, but don't expect to walk right into the Administration Building...
Jan 11, 2024 Ottawa County Sheriff's Cruiser. Courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Office
Holland City Staff to Present Videos Tonight in Budget-Making Process
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 10, 2024) - Another step in the municipal budget-making process for the City of Holland will be taken on Wednesday night. Following last week's two Coffee with Council ga...
Jan 10, 2024 Holland City Hall, 2021. Peg McNichol/MWC Radio
