Category Archives: Local News
Adoption Day Ceremonies This Week Along Lakeshore
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 20, 2023) - In this season of Thanksgiving comes one of the most heartwarming days of the year. Adoption Day has been recognized nationally since 1995, and in Michigan fo...
Nov 20, 2023 National Adoption Day (image courtesy National Adoption Day.org)
Bridge Near Zeeland Placed with Weight Restriction
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 20, 2023) - There's another bridge near Zeeland that may need rebuilding soon. During its monthly meeting this past Thursday, the Ottawa County Road Commission appro...
Nov 20, 2023 A map graphic of the location of a bridge on 104th Avenue that has a 22-ton weight restriction placed upon it by the Ottawa County Road Commission. (graphic courtesy Ottawa County Road Commission)
Three-Vehicle Pileup South of Hudsonville Hospitalizes Two Teens
JAMESTOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 19, 2023) - Two teenagers were hospitalized in a three-vehicle pileup south of Hudsonville on Sunday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Matt ...
Nov 19, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Zeeland City Council to Take Up "Granny Flats" in Monday Meeting
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 19, 2023) - Could "granny flats" come to Zeeland? During Monday's biweekly business meeting, the City Council will take up on a procedural first reading a proposed ordina...
Nov 19, 2023 Zeeland City Hall (file photo Ralph Gutierrez, Midwest Communications)
Clerk Explains Why Requested Otsego Millage Proposal Recount was Rejected
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 19, 2023) - The municipal General Election held nearly two weeks ago is now firmly in the history books along the Lakeshore. The last loose end from the November 7th ball...
Nov 19, 2023 Allegan County Clerk/Register of Deeds Bob Genetski (file photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
A Busy Saturday Ahead in the Holland Area
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 17, 2023) - Downtown Holland will be a busy place this Saturday. Downtown Holland/Prinicipal Shopping District hosts its annual Holiday Open House from 5 to 8 PM, where t...
Nov 17, 2023 COURTESY PHOTO: A vendor display wares at Holland's Kerstmarkt. Mandatory Credit: Holland Friends of Art-courtesy photo
Ottawa Co. Commissioner Terpstra Resigns
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 16, 2023) - A turbulent year for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners continued on Thursday. Board Chairman Joe Moss (R-Hudsonville) posted on Facebook that he had...
Nov 16, 2023 Ottawa Co, Commissioner Kyle Terpstra (photo courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
Hudsonville Woman Passes Away Following Crash East of Holland
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 15, 2023) - A 34-year-old Hudsonville woman lost her life in a two-vehicle crash east of Holland on Wednesday afternoon. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergean...
Nov 15, 2023 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
SUV Shot Up in North Side Apartment Complex; Suspects Sought
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 15, 2023) - The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department is looking for whoever fired shots into an unoccupied SUV on Holland's North Side late on Tuesday night. According...
Nov 15, 2023
Motorcyclist Critically Injured in Zeeland Twp. Crash
ZEELAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Nov. 15, 2023) - A 62-year-old Zeeland area man suffered critical injuries in a motorcycle crash between Hudsonville and Zeeland late on Wednesday morning. According to O...
Nov 15, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
