Category Archives: Local News
Watch Out for Green and Yellow Flashing Lights on Snow Plows
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 10, 2023) - As motorists get through the return of wintry weather this week, it won't be hard to notice where the municipal snow plows are at on area roads. For the p...
Jan 10, 2024 Ottawa Co. Road Commission truck (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Road Commission)
West Michigan Economy "Modestly Negative, but Stable," Says GVSU Economist
KALAMAZOO, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 09, 2024) - It was a typical December in manufacturing for West Michigan firms. So says Dr. Brian Long, Director of Supply Management Research with the Seidman College ...
Jan 09, 2024 Dr. Brian Long, director of Supply Management Research at Grand Valley State University (photo courtesy Grand Valley State University)
Allegan Co. Health Dept. to Distribute Free Radon Test Kits
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 9, 2024) - An odorless, colorless, tasteless threat in many homes can be detected, and the Allegan County Health Department wants residents in its jurisdiction to be made...
Jan 09, 2024 National Radon Action Month (image courtesy Michigan Department of Health and Human Services)
DeBoer Announces Intention for Reelection Run
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 9, 2024) - Holland's first female mayor wants to stay in Lansing for two more years. On Monday, 86th District House Republican Nancy DeBoer announced her intention to run...
Jan 09, 2024 Nancy DeBoer (photo courtesy Committee to Elect Nancy DeBoer)
State LEO Distributes Nearly $16M in Funds; Some Headed to Lakeshore
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 8, 2024) - Cash was flowing out of Lansing towards the Lakeshore on Monday. The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity's Office of Rural Prosperity doled o...
Jan 08, 2024 Jim Bowen / CC
Human Trafficking Awarness Spotlighted
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 8, 2023) - The issue of human trafficking gets a national spotlight this month and this week. During this National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, as well as this Nati...
Jan 08, 2024 Truckers Against Trafficking (image courtesy Truckers Against Trafficking)
Laketown Twp. Board to Fill Parks Commission Vacancy on Wednesday
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 8, 2024) - Three persons will vie for a vacancy on the Laketown Township Parks and Recreation Commission. During a meeting this Wednesday evening, the township's bo...
Jan 08, 2024 The Laketown Township Parks and Recreation Commission oversees township parks, including Laketown Beach. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Twp., Michigan)
Allegan Woman Killed, Plainwell Man Hurt in M-89 Crash Near Richland
RICHLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 7, 2024) - A 20-year-old Allegan woman lost her life in a two-vehicle crash on Sunday morning northwest of Richland. According to the Michigan State Police, trooper...
Jan 07, 2024 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Director Named for New Full-Time Ottawa Co. Vets Board
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 7, 2024) - A natural impulse for someone who gets a new job is to crow about it before it's made official. That seems to be the case for Jason Schenkel, as the 50-year...
Jan 07, 2024 Jason Schenkel, Director of Ottawa County Department of Veterans Affairs (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
String of Larcenies Reported South of Allegan Co.
PAW PAW, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 5, 2024) - If and when the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office get its hands on the perpetrator or perpetrators involved in a series of crimes during the early morning hour...
Jan 05, 2024 Sheriff's Department Investigation (image courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Department)
