Category Archives: Local News
Art In The Park Is Today!
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 4, 2023) - The annual fine arts and crafts fair, Art in the Park, celebrating its 51st year this Saturday at Centennial Park! The event draws one of the largest influxes ...
Aug 05, 2023 GlitterandFrills / CC
Lakeshore Tourism Numbers Strong So Far, Says Local Leader
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 4, 2023) - Tourism is always a big business for Holland and the west Michigan area, especially during the summer months. Linda Hart with the Holland area Convention and V...
Aug 04, 2023 Image from Art in the Park at Centennial Park in Holland on Aug. 7, 2021 (photo Gary Stevens, Midwest Communications)
Concerns Grow Over Rash of Stolen Vehicles, Stolen Weapons in Region
ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 4, 2023) - A neighboring community's concern about a rise in stolen vehicles and firearms should serve as a warning to all law enforcement in the region. On Thursday, the...
Aug 04, 2023 An anti-theft warning. (image courtesy Kent County, Michigan Sheriff's Office)
Deadline This Evening in Applying for Vacant Laketown Twp. Board Spot
LAKETOWN TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 4, 2023) - Those wishing to fill a vacancy on a Lakeshore community's governing panel don't have much time to waste. There is a 5 PM deadline on Friday for applicat...
Aug 04, 2023
Saugatuck's Short-Term Rental Panel Meets Today
SAUGATUCK, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 3, 2023) - A Lakeshore community's efforts to get a handle on short-term rentals continue on Thursday afternoon. During a scheduled meeting of a special Short Term Rent...
Aug 03, 2023 Saugatuck city sign. File photo
Wayland Woman Arrested on Federal Identity Theft Charges
GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 3, 2023) - A 48-year-old Wayland woman faces federal identity theft charges for allegedly posing as a state licensed nurse in order to work at an area hospice facili...
Aug 03, 2023 Arrested (image © Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Hope College Board Finalized for 2023-24
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 2, 2023) - Two new members and nine holdovers will be part of the governing panel of Hope College moving forward. On Tuesday, the Holland-based institution of higher lear...
Aug 02, 2023 May 8, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; Hope College's iconic Anchor Statue off of Central Ave. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Weather Conditions Force Dreyer to Abandon Lake Michigan Swim Attempt
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 2, 2023) - Better to be safe than sorry. That old maxim was the reason that ultra-marathon swimmer Jim Dreyer on Tuesday halted his planned 82.5 mile-trek across Lake Mic...
Aug 02, 2023 Ultra-Marathon Swimmer Jim Dreyer talks with support staff after an attempted swim across Lake Michigan was halted by weather on Aug. 1, 2023. (photo courtesy Jim the Shark Dreyer)
Implosion Planned for DeYoung Plant
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 2, 2023) - Although no exact date was disclosed, the source of electrical power for Holland and its environs for decades will soon be no more. The Holland Board of Public...
Aug 02, 2023 June 21, 2023; Holland, MI, USA; Ongoing work on the deconstruction of the James DeYoung Power Plant. Mandatory Credit: Gary Stevens-Midwest Communications
Missing Grand Junction Woman Found Safe Near Holland
HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Aug. 2, 2023) - There were some anxious moments on Tuesday for a Grand Junction family when an 85-year-old woman went missing, but in the end, there was apparently a happy end...
Aug 02, 2023 Ella Mae Wellington (photo courtesy Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
