Category Archives: Local News
A Big Saturday Along Lakeshore
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Dec. 2, 2023) - It was a busy first Saturday in December along the Lakeshore, with numerous family activities held. It all began at 9 AM with the opening of the Holland Farmers Ma...
Dec 02, 2023 A child whose face is decorated like a reindeer pets a reindeer at Winterfest at the Felt Mansion, 6597 138th Ave., in Laketown Township on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. The reindeer are from the Reindeer Ranch of Kalamazoo. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
State Strategic Fund Grants Headed to Two Lakeshore Business Expansion Efforts
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 30, 2023) - Nearly $600,000 in Michigan Strategic Fund dollars are headed to two entities that are planning expansion efforts along the Lakeshore totaling around $11 mill...
Nov 30, 2023 Michigan Capitol Building (photo courtesy Michigan House Republicans)
Unemployment Dipped Slightly Along Lakeshore, Across Michigan in October
LANSING, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 30, 2023) - Joblessness dipped slightly along the Lakeshore last month. In numbers disclosed on Thursday morning by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and ...
Nov 30, 2023 Unemployment News (image © Midwest Communications)
Clean Energy Future Package Strikes at Local Land Control, Argues Allegan Co. Leader
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 30, 2023) - An overlooked aspect of the Clean Energy Future Package that Governor Whitmer signed into law this week could come back to bite Michiganders, according to som...
Nov 30, 2023 Allegan Co. Board Chairman Jim Storey (R-Holland)
Mediation Slated in Hambley v. Ottawa County Litigation Matter
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 29, 2023) - The latest episode in the daytime drama at the Fillmore Street Complex came on Tuesday evening. Before the Ottawa County Board held its biweekly business m...
Nov 29, 2023 Nov. 28, 2023; Olive Twp., MI, USA; Ottawa County Board Chairman Joe Moss (R) and Vice-Chairperson Sylvia Rhodea during a Board of Commissioners meeting at the Ottawa County Administraton Building. (YouTube image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Allegan Co. Foundation Seeking Funds for Imagination Library Effort
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 29, 2023) - It was the annual effort in support for and raising awareness of local, national and international non-profits on Tuesday. For one agency that backs community...
Nov 29, 2023 The Allegan County Imagination Library (image courtesy Allegan County Community Foundation)
Holland Parade of Lights Set for Tonight
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 28, 2023) - The second of three holiday parades involving three of the four cities in the Lakeshore vicinity is on Tuesday evening. The Holland Parade of Lights begins at...
Nov 28, 2023 File photo from 2019 Holland Parade of Lights
Ottawa Co. Board to Meet Tonight
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 28, 2023) - While the matter of Administrative Health Officer Adeline Hambley won't be on the table, the Ottawa County Board is expected to address other matters durin...
Nov 28, 2023 Ottawa County logo (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Muskegon Man Sentenced Following String of Gun Thefts
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 28, 2023) - A 29-year-old Muskegon man is facing seven and a half years in a federal prison following a Monday sentence at US District Court. Casey Johnson was convi...
Nov 28, 2023 PRSA-NY / CC
Meeting Monday for Holland BPW, Saugatuck City Council
UNDATED (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 27, 2023) - It's a Meeting Monday for two public entities on the Lakeshore. The Holland Board of Public Works' Board holds a special 4 PM session at the municipal utility's o...
Nov 27, 2023 Drawing of Saugatuck Village Hall (image courtesy City of Saugatuck, Michigan)
