Category Archives: Local News
South Haven Joins Holland in Offering Outdoor Fireplace
SOUTH HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 26, 2023) - Although it wasn't a White Christmas in West Michigan for 2023, there will be another Lakeshore community that will have a wintertime gathering place for ...
Dec 26, 2023 The outdoor fireplace at South Haven's Dyckman Park. (Tom Renner photo courtesy of SHOUT)
A Christmas Robber is Sought
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 25, 2023) - Crime apparently takes no holiday, as a early Christmas morning robbery of a convenience store east of Holland can attest. According to Ottawa County She...
Dec 25, 2023 Alan Cleaver / CC
State Grant Headed to Expansion of Holland Facility
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 23, 2023) - The Michigan Strategic Fund has given a Holland firm a financial Christmas present. The office of the Governor of the State of Michigan announced this week th...
Dec 23, 2023 Koops, Inc. (photo courtesy Michigan Economic Development Corporation)
Newest Laketown Twp. Parks Commissioner Named Chairman
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 23, 2023) - The New Year will see a new leader for the Laketown Township Parks and Recreation Commission. During this past Wednesday's monthly meeting, the panel ta...
Dec 23, 2023 Brad Laninga is the new chairperson of the Laketown Township Parks and Recreation Commission. Dec. 22, 2023. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Twp., Michigan)
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Avoiding Collision with an Apparent Oblivious Vehicle Motorist
HUDSONVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2023) - Although it is far from being motorcycle weather along the Lakeshore right now, a 44-year-old Hudsonville man who hoped to get one more ride in before win...
Dec 22, 2023 Andrew Malone / CC
Demolition Effort Paused for Huyser House
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 22, 2023) - "Not so fast! Not so fast!" That classic movie line uttered by The Wizard (Frank Morgan) in the 1939 film "Wizard of Oz" could also apply to the Laketow...
Dec 22, 2023 The Huyser House at Huyser Farm Park, 4188 64th St., in Laketown Township. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Holland Woman Tabbed for Statewide Advisory Panel
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2023) - A Holland woman was among a number of appointees to state panels announced by the office of Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Thursday. Rosalie Austin, a member of...
Dec 21, 2023 Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (image courtesy State of Michigan)
New HBA Board, Executive Committee for '24 Named
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2023) - The Lakeshore Home Builders Association announced on Thursday its executive setup for 2024. Assuming the presidency is Ryan Spencer of Sharp Roofing, replacin...
Dec 21, 2023 Lakeshore Home Builders Assocation
Community Action House to Participate in Homeless Persons Memorial Day Commemoration
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 21, 2023) - A study out of Princeton University has found a link between paying unaffordable rent and dying sooner. Researchers, working with U.S. Census data, discovered...
Dec 21, 2023 Community Action House's Food Club/Opportunity Hub (photo courtesy Community Action House)
Outdoor Discovery Center to Receive State Grant
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 20, 2023) - A Lakeshore-based non-profit aimed at advancing outdoor education and conservation throughout the region is getting a financial boost from Lansing. On Tuesday...
Dec 20, 2023 Andrea Woody, naturalist at the Outdoor Discovery Center, talks with participants in the “Explore with Your Senses” program at Shore Acres Park on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Kids used all their senses around the park in the program partnership with Laketown Township.
