Category Archives: Local News
LAUP's Fiesta Spotlighted at Herringa Holland Civic Place This Weekend
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 18, 2026) - Although the weather hasn't exactly cooperated, officials with Latin Americans United for Progress are hopeful that its five-day annual celebration of the Lak...
Jul 18, 2026
Macatawa Water Festival Slated in Midst of Ongoing Project Clarity Effort
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 18, 2026) - Although health concerns stemming from this week's wildfire smoke, which wafted in from Canada and Minnesota to all of Michigan, had cast a shadow, the Outdoo...
Jul 18, 2026 Sept. 23, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; A flock of ducks in the waters of Lake Macatawa off of Boatwerks Restaurant. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Smoky Weather Conditions Affecting Planned Outdoor Activities
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM, Jul. 17, 2026) - Organizers of outdoor activities along the Lakeshore are erring on the side of caution in the midst of the Air Quality Alert for the entire state due to smoke wa...
Jul 17, 2026 Jul. 16, 2026; Holland, MI, USA; The sun around 8 AM outside of the WHTC/WYVN studios, affected by smoke conditions. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Allendale Man Hospitalized After Late Night Crash
ROBINSON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 16, 2026) - A 24-year-old Allendale man was hospitalized following a late Wednesday night crash east of Robinson. According to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, t...
Jul 16, 2026 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Project Clarity, Chicken Ordinance Before Holland Twp. Board Tonight
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 16, 2026) - An update on an ongoing effort to clean up the Macatawa Watershed should be presented on Thursday evening. During the Holland Charter Township Board meet...
Jul 16, 2026 Holland Charter Township (image courtesy Holland Charter TOwnship)
Holland City Council Approves Tulip Bulb Purchase for 2027 Blossoming
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 16, 2026) - It may have been two and a half months on the calendar, and several degrees warmer, since Holland's annual signature event ended, but a major part of the 2027...
Jul 16, 2026 Oct. 23, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; A view of part of the Tulip Plantings at Window on the Waterfront Park after the tulip bulbs were planted in the fall. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Rabid Bat Confirmed in Ottawa Co.
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 16, 2026) - Cyclosporiasis may not have come to Ottawa County yet, but its first rabies-positive bat has been spotted. On Wednesday, Department of Public Health offi...
Jul 16, 2026 art_man / Depositphotos.com
Laketown Twp. Board Tabs Burkett for Vacant Parks Commission Seat
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 16, 2026) - A vacancy on the Laketown Township Parks Commission Board was filled on Tuesday night. In a special meeting, the municipality's overall Board of Trustee...
Jul 16, 2026 Laketown Township Clerk Jim Delaney, left, swears in Dale Burkett as new Laketown Township Parks and Recreation Commissioner on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, at Laketown Township Hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, MIchigan)
Pileup on I-96 Near Coopersville Hospitalizes Two Motorists
POLKTON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 15, 2026) - Two persons were hospitalized following a five-vehicle pileup east of Coopersville on Wednesday morning. According to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office,...
Jul 15, 2026 An Ottawa County Sheriff's Department K-9 Team Vehicle (image courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
Five-Day Fiesta Begins at Farmers Market on Wednesday
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Jul. 15, 2026) - What used to be just a single day in May to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire in 1862 has turned to an annual summer spotlight on the L...
Jul 15, 2026 Latin Americans United for Progress (image courtesy LAUP)
