Category Archives: Local News
Zeeland Teen Killed in Overisel Crash
OVERISEL TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2023) - A 14-year-old Zeeland boy lost his life in a single-vehicle crash south of the county line on Friday morning. According to Allegan County Sheriff's Serg...
Sep 01, 2023 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Laketown Twp. Fills Board Vacancy
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2023) - A vacancy on the Laketown Township board has been filled. After conducting a series of five interviews during a special meeting this past Wednesday, the...
Sep 01, 2023 Sept. 1, 2023; Laketown Twp., MI, USA; Laketown Township Clerk Amber Davis (R) swears in new board trustee Patrick Dietrich at the township hall. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
UPDATE: Noisy Helicopter Work Planned for Holiday Weekend Near Battery Expansion Project Postponed
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2023) - If the squeaky wheel gets the grease, as the old saw goes, then what does the loud helicopter get? On Thursday, the Holland Department of Public Safety felt c...
Sep 01, 2023 LG Energy Solution (image courtesy LG Energy Solution)
Sheriff's Canine Helps Track Down Hit-and-Run Suspect in Zeeland
ZEELAND TWP, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 31, 2023) - A 61-year-old Zeeland man ended up in an Ottawa County Jail cell after an eventful Thursday morning along Business 196. According to Sheriff's Sergeant Ma...
Aug 31, 2023 Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Canine Kyan (photo courtesy Ottawa Co. Sheriff's Dept.)
I-96 Pileup Hospitalizes One Driver, Blocks Highway for Hours
POLKTON TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 31, 2023) - A 47-year-old Muskegon man was hospitalized after a three-vehicle pileup on Thursday morning near the southwestern edge of Coopersville. According to Ott...
Aug 31, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Motorcyclist Hurt in North Side Crash
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 31, 2023) - A 40-year-old Holland man was hospitalized after a crash involving a SUV and a motorcycle on Wednesday night at an intersection on Holland's North Side. ...
Aug 31, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Consumers Energy Lays Cards on Table on Future of Allegan Dam
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 30, 2023) - Is it worth it for Consumers Energy to keep maintaining the Calkins Bridge Dam? That question hung over a town hall meeting at Allegan High School on Tuesday ...
Aug 30, 2023 The Calkins Street Dam (image courtesy Consumers Energy)
New leader at Felt Mansion Brings Nonprofit Skills to Laketown Township
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 29, 2023) - The new executive director of the Felt Estate is ready to put her skills with nonprofits to work for the historic facility in Laketown Township. Elizabe...
Aug 29, 2023 Elizabeth A. McEwen stands in front of the Felt Mansion in Laketown Township on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. She starts as the new executive director of the Felt Estate on Sept. 18.
Burglar or Burglars Sought After a North Side Tobacco Shop was Victimized
HOLLAND TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 29, 2023) - The search is on for whoever broke into a tobacconist on Holland's North Side. According to Ottawa County Sheriff's Sergeant Chris Dill, deputies were al...
Aug 29, 2023 Ottawa County Sheriff's vehicle. File photo
Squabble Between Ottawa Co. Govt. Leadership & Administrative Health Officer Continues
OLIVE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 29, 2023) - The ongoing tension between leaders of Ottawa County government and the county's Department of Public Health continues. On Monday, Board Chairman Joe Moss ...
Aug 29, 2023 Ottawa County logo (image courtesy Ottawa County, Michigan)
