Category Archives: Local News

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...
Gary Stevens 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...
Gary Stevens 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...
Gary Stevens 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...
Gary Stevens Jan 05, 2024 Sheriff's Department Investigation (image courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Department)

Active Shooter Class, Law Enforcement Awareness Set in Background of Recent Iowa School Shooting
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 5, 2024) - It took only four days for the reality of life in 2024 to be made painfully aware for all in these United States. Police confirm a sixth grade student is dead ...
Gary Stevens Jan 05, 2024 Allegan County Sheriff Frank Baker (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest communications)

Hopkins Man Sentenced for Stealing $$$ From Gun Lake Casino
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 3, 2023) - It's considered by many to be tough enough to walk out of the Gun Lake Casino as a winner, but for a 26-year-old Hopkins man, an effort to get money out o...
Gary Stevens Jan 03, 2024 The Gun Lake Tribe (image courtesy the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Tribe of Pottawatomi Indians)

Construction Machinery Taken from Grand Junction Road Work Site
COLUMBIA TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 3, 2023) - A roadside construction project east of South Haven was victimized by a burglary on Wednesday. According to the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office, a pers...
Gary Stevens Jan 03, 2024 A workside trailer similar to one taken on Jan. 3, 2024. (photo courtesy Van Buren Co. Sheriff's Office)

UPDATE: One Teen Arraigned in New Year's Stabbing of Another Teen in Violent House Party Near GVSU Campus
ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 3, 2024) - An 18-year-old Allendale man has been arraigned on charges stemming from a New Year's morning incident near the GVSU campus that wounded a 17-year-old b...
Gary Stevens Jan 03, 2024

Car Vs. Building In Georgetown
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 3, 2023) - At approximately 10:18AM Wednesday, January 3, the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office and medical first responders were dispatched to a car vs building at the addr...
Dan Evans Jan 03, 2024 Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept. Vehicle (image courtesy Ottawa County Sheriff's Dept.)

Ottawa Co. Probate Judge Mark Feyen to Retire
GRAND HAVEN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jan. 3, 2023) - There will be a new 20th Circuit Court Probate Judge in 2025. On Wednesday, the court office in Grand Haven announced that Mark Feyen will not seek reelect...
Gary Stevens Jan 03, 2024 20th Circuit Court Probate Court Judge Mark Feyen (photo courtesy 20th Circuit Court)
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