Category Archives: Local News
Holland DPS Holding Its Annual Charity Softball Game
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 18, 2023) - The Holland Department of Public Safety would like to invite the public to this year's "Battle of the Badges" Charity Softball Game. This event is free and wi...
Aug 18, 2023
Holland Tourism Officials Plotting Fall, Winter Marketing Campaigns
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 18, 2023) - Even though Labor Day is seen as the traditional end of the summer vacation season, in reality, it ends this weekend. That's because classes begin on Monday i...
Aug 18, 2023 Oct. 21, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; A fall color scene aurropunding the Window on the Waterfront sign at the junction of East 4th Street and Columbia Avenue. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Name Change Formalized for Corewell Health-Zeeland Hospital
ZEELAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 18, 2023) - The assimilation of the Corewell Health name in West Michigan continues. More than two years after Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health announced plans to merg...
Aug 18, 2023 A file photo of what is now Corewell Health-Zeeland Hospital (image courtesy Corewell Health-Zeeland Hospital)
One Man Killed in US-31 Drawbridge Pileup
FERRYSBURG, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 18, 2023) - Morning commute traffic between Grand Haven and Spring Lake was snarled on Thursday following a multi-vehicle pileup that claimed the life of a 62-year-old...
Aug 18, 2023 Fatal Crash reported. (image © Midwest Communications)
Five Emerge as Finalists for Laketown Twp. Board Vacancy
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 18, 2023) - There will be five persons vying for an open seat on the Laketown Township Board of Trustees. Ray Buursma, Jay Cravens, Patrick Dietrich, Stacey Lefevre...
Aug 18, 2023 Laketown Township Hall, 4338 Beeline Road. (Jim Hayden photo courtesy Laketown Township, Michigan)
Applications Available For Huyser Farm Archery Hunt
Applications are now available for the 2023 Laketown Township Archery Deer Hunting Program at Huyser Farm Park, 4188 64 th St. Applications are available at Graafschap Hardware, 4578 60 th St., and mu...
Aug 17, 2023 Huyser Farm Park, 4188 64th St.
Allegan County Will Shatter Passport Record
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2023) -Allegan County residents are gearing up to travel more than ever before , according to Bob Genetski. The County's Register of Deeds is reporting that his offic...
Aug 17, 2023 Allegan County Clerk/Register of Deeds Bob Genetski (file photo)
Issuing of Broadband Expansion Bonds Approved by Holland City Council
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2023) - After an apparent lull, the effort to have broadband access across the city of Holland looks to be back on the fast track. During Wednesday night's biweekly b...
Aug 17, 2023 Aug. 29, 2022; Holland, MI, USA; Holland City Hall. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After M-45 Crash
TALLMADGE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2023) - A 67-year-old Grand Rapids man was injured after crashing his motorcycle between Allendale and Standale on Wednesday night. According to Ottawa County ...
Aug 17, 2023 Injury Crash Reported (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Jenison Man to Serve 30 Years in Prison on Child Porn Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 17, 2023) - A 36-year-old Jenison man could spend the next three decades in a federal prison. Michael Jon Batt was sentenced on Wednesday at US District Court in Gra...
Aug 17, 2023 Seal of the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan (image courtesy US Dept. of Justice)
